Word on the Block | Forkast.News
A weekly, 30-minute podcast interviewing leading CEOs, policymakers, and thought leaders in the world of blockchain. Produced from Asia by Forkast.News, and hosted by award-winning anchor Angie Lau, Word on the Block goes beyond the headlines in providing in-depth, 1:1 interviews with the newsmakers shaping the rapid innovation and impact of blockchain, crypto, and emerging technology on business, politics, and the global economy.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 218
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
Why institutional investment in crypto will continue to grow (ft. Justin Chow)
Justin Chow of Cumberland DRW explains why Asia has lagged behind the US in institutional interest in Bitcoin and other crypto—and why that will likely change soon.
“The number of institutional inves…
Lawyer for 11,000 XRP holders pushing to fight SEC in Ripple lawsuit (ft. John Deaton)
As Ripple and SEC intensify their legal warfare, attorney John Deaton and his clients want in. Will XRP investors get their day in court?
What do Hong Kong’s regulations mean for crypto exchanges and investors? (ft. Angelina Kwan)
The Hong Kong government’s proposed legislation to ban crypto trading for retail investors and require virtual asset service platforms (VASPs) to obtain licenses to operate has caused great concern a…
Justin Sun: Next generation traders will prefer NFTs and DeFi (ft. Justin Sun)
The new generation of investors are not like those who came before them. Everything is going digital — even valuables like one-of-a-kind art. They won’t be shouting buy orders from the mosh pit of a …
Why Roger Ver prefers Bitcoin Cash to the original BTC (ft. Roger Ver)
Early crypto investor and promoter Roger Ver tells Forkast.News how faster transactions and lower fees are fueling Bitcoin Cash adoption over Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Cash is currently the 13th most popular …
How JPMorgan’s Onyx is redefining payments in banking with blockchain (ft. Christine Moy & Naveen Mallela)
From JPM Coin to payments on Ethereum in outer space, JPMorgan’s Onyx division is pushing out the traditional banking world’s blockchain frontiers
For over five years, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been …
Will DeFi upend traditional finance and democratize capitalism? (ft. Amber Ghaddar)
The GameStop saga shows the changing power dynamics between big money and small investors. Here’s why one former banker thinks ‘DeFi is going to absorb traditional finance’ in the next 10 years.
How blockchain advocates stopped FinCEN’s ‘crypto wallet rule’ in its tracks—for now (ft. Perianne Boring)
Perianne Boring, president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, discusses the controversial ‘crypto wallet rule’ and how the industry pulled together to force FinCEN to consider more public comments.
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Will new CasperLabs token take a bite out of high gas fees? (ft. Medha Parlikar)
CasperLabs, a new layer-1 smart contract network that recently joined China’s nationwide blockchain network, announced today that its CSPR token will be open for sale from March 23 to 26 to “accredit…
In Singapore, bitcoin is challenging gold as a store of value (ft. Eugene Ng)
In ancient China, small golden or silver ingots were used as currency. Its weight in taels — a weight measurement unit in regions of East and Southeast Asia — determined its value. Now, bitcoin — whi…
Don Tapscott’s “personal call” to President Biden on blockchain technology (ft. Don Tapscott)
There is a transition underway from an “internet of information” to an “internet of value” with blockchain as its foundation, Blockchain Research Institute Executive Chairman Don Tapscott said in an …
How blockchain and DLT could combat misinformation and manipulation in the media (ft. Jim Nasr)
Buried under headlines of Covid-19, U.S.-China trade war and controversial elections, 2020 also saw journalism under attack around the world. Under threat of misinformation, manipulation and rising d…
CasperLabs wants to help “morph” China’s BSN into the AWS of blockchain (ft. Mrinal Manohar)
Although Microsoft Azure has been gradually closing the gap, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has topped the world’s cloud infrastructure services in market share again in Q4 of 2020 — a peek into the futur…
How crypto forensics traced $32 million worth of ‘lost’ bitcoin (ft. Benjamin Sauter)
Is crypto use totally anonymous? Think again. The Cubits/Dooga case shows how easy it is to trace crypto transactions compared to fiat.
Cardano, Hoskinson, aim high for Fortune 500 (ft. Charles Hoskinson)
Comparing nations like Ethiopia to “China in the 80s,” IOHK founder Charles Hoskinson explains Cardano’s Africa strategy and why Fortune 500 companies looking to do more global business in developing…
Bitcoin is “better form of value” than fiat, says Binance CEO CZ (ft. Changpeng Zhao)
Binance CEO CZ says bitcoin’s advantages over fiat have become, while sharing his thoughts on the future of DeFi and Binance in an interview with Forkast.News.
‘Crypto Mom’ Hester Peirce calls for more regulatory coordination (ft. Hester Peirce)
The U.S. government needs to provide more clarity and guideposts for crypto regulations — and better cross-agency coordination is needed, said U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commission…
How DLT is fighting the information war in Syria and saving lives (ft. Mance Harmon)
“The world we live in today is that the video, the pictures, deep fakes, people in general now understand that technology can make them see things that never happened,” Mance Harmon, CEO and co-found…
Current Forkast #44: Year in Review: the 5 biggest blockchain and crypto stories of 2020
Here are the hottest blockchain news and trends that dominated Forkast.News headlines over the past 12 months. Let the countdown to 2021 begin!
Current Forkast #43: MassMutual jumps into bitcoin. Singapore’s DBS bank backs crypto exchange. Will Sweden switch to CBDC?
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Fine art goes digital with NFTs. Hong Kong in talks to pilot test China’s DCEP digital yuan.