This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler chats to Dr. Navjit Dhaliwal, the CEO of Iagon, which is a proposal to disrupt the big cloud computing companies: Amazon, IBM, Google and Microsoft, with a distributed network of storage and computer processing using computers of the world.

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Disrupting the cloud: Iagon

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler spoke to Nick Armstrong, the CEO of Identitii (ASX:ID8) which listed last month. The business is using blockchain technology to set up an information sharing network between banks at an enterprise level. There's also market commentator Saeed Sidaoui's report on the latest cryptocurrency news and market movements.

Using blockchain to deal with crime: Identitii

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler chats to UWA Business School Professor Dr Dirk Baur, regarding the launch of their upcoming blockchain unit they'll soon be teaching at the university, as well as his thoughts on the current state of the cryptocurrency market and blockchain technology in general. Market commentator Saeed Sidaoui also provides his report on the latest cryptocurrency news and market movements.

What do blockchain and Wikipedia have in common?

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler speaks to Rupert Colchester, Head of Blockchain and Practice Leader at IBM Australia and New Zealand regarding the IBM Food Trust — a blockchain to track food through the supply chain. Market commentator Saeed Sidaoui also provides his report on the latest cryptocurrency news and market movements.

A blockchain for tracking food: IBM Food Trust

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler speaks to Jordan Michaelides, Head of Institutional Investment at CoinJar for an update on institutional investment in the cryptocurrency space. Market commentator Saeed Sidaoui also provides his report on the latest cryptocurrency news and market movements.

A check of institutional cryptocurrency investment: Jordan Michaelides - CoinJar

This week's episode of Crypto Watch is focussed on the 'Australian National Blockchain’ — Australia’s first cross-industry and large scale blockchain to be built by the CSIRO's Data61 in conjunction with Herbert Smith Freehills and IBM. Alan Kohler spoke to Dr Mark Staples, senior research scientist at the CSIRO’s Data61 and Natasha Blycha, Blockchain and Smart Legal Contract Lead from Herbert Smith Freehills to find out more. Market commentator Saeed Sidaoui also provides his report on the latest cryptocurrency news and market movements.

A blockchain for Australian business

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler spoke to Sophie Gilder, Head of Blockchain, Innovation Labs at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia who were chosen by the World Bank to deliver the world's first blockchain bond. Alan spoke to Sophie to find out how it will work, what implications it might have for other securities such as company shares, and for her thoughts on what the future holds for blockchain and cryptocurrencies in general. Market commentator Saeed Sidaoui also provides his report on the latest cryptocurrency news and market movements.

The world's first blockchain bond

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler spoke to Fred Schebesta, the Co-Founder of Finder and also the Co-Founder of HiveEx to discuss the future of the cryptocurrency world. Market commentator Saeed Sidaoui also provides his report on the latest cryptocurrency news and market movements.

The future of cryptocurrencies with Finder's Fred Schebesta

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler spoke to Roger Ver, the Chief Executive Officer of Bitcoin.com and the main proselytiser for Bitcoin Cash which is the competitor to Bitcoin. Roger recently tweeted  that "Bitcoin Cash just processed more transactions in a single day than BTC ever has, and the fees stayed at a fraction of a penny." Roger is all about Bitcoin Cash now, and believes it's the one that's going to take over, so Alan spoke to him to find out why.

The fight for dominance continues...Bitcoin vs. Bitcoin Cash - Roger Ver - Bitcoin.com

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler spoke to Steve Vallas, the founder of Honey Digital and the co-founder of the Blockchain APAC conference which is coming up in late August. Steve has his feet firmly on the ground when it comes to blockchain and cryptocurrencies so Alan gave him a call to find out what businesses are set to jump on the blockchain first.

Ready, set, Blockchain! Which businesses will jump on first?

This week in Crypto Watch, I spoke to Adrian Harrison, the CEO in Australia of Huobi Global. Huobi is a global exchange for trading cryptocurrencies, and they recently launched an ETF. 

Adrian Harrison - Huobi

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler spoke to Andrew Gillick, a writer at Brave New Coin, and this week he's done an interesting piece about how cryptocurrency and blockchain is to some extent a demographic phenomenon, a response to baby boomers pricing them out of the property and share markets.  

Andrew Gillick - Brave New World

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler spoke to Ken Anderson, Chief Developer Advocate for Hedera Hasgraph which is cited as an alternative to the blockchain that was invented by Leemon Baird in the US. Hedera is a development of distributed ledger technology, and they're saying the blockchain that currently exists has a number of problems, including speed and performance. They reckon they've come up with something that is much faster, so here's Ken to explain more about how it all works. Market commentator Saeed Sidaoui also provides his report on the latest cryptocurrency news and market movements.

Ken Anderson - A blockchain alternative?

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler spoke to Daniel Bar, one of the co-founders of Tenzorum, which calls itself the unstoppable machine for self-sovereign key management and access to the decentralized world. Alan spoke to Daniel to find out what it all means. Market commentator Saeed Sidaoui also provides his report on the latest cryptocurrency news and market movements.

‘The Decentralized World’ – Daniel Bar – Tenzorum

This week in Crypto Watch, Alan Kohler spoke to Ben Way, the CEO of Digits, to find out more about their technology which they say allows people to spend cryptocurrencies in shops using their credit cards. Market commentator Saeed Sidaoui also provides his report on the latest cryptocurrency news and market movements.

Ben Way - Digits

Crypto Watch is the home of The Constant Investor's flagship cryptocurrency and blockchain podcast, hosted by Alan Kohler and produced by Greg Dimopoulos. Each week we interview industry heavyweights and get the latest on cryptocurrency market movements with market commentator Saeed Sidaoui.

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