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Ep. 653 Open Frontier | Reform for Responsible Finance (feat. Erik Balsbaugh & Austin Campbell)

For episode 653 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Erik Balsbaugh, Executive Director of Open Frontier and Board Member Austin Campbell. Open Frontier is on a mission to promote responsible financial innovation while ensuring strong regulatory guardrails, countering Wall Street and big tech, and stopping bad actors. Finance is evolving, and progressive voices need a seat at the table. 📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub. Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transaction monitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance with over 1,800+iGaming Fintech VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations. You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub   ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Sumsub (0:44) Introduction (1:02) Who are Erik Balsbaugh & Austin Campbell? (12:53) Misinformation of Crypto (19:58) Genius Act & impact on crypto (26:44) Sumsub (27:26) U.S. lags in Financial Technology (32:38) Importance of State legislature around Crypto (40:01) Open Frontier roadmap 2026 (42:58) Crypto education & events (44:57) Open Frontier website & socials   🎙 Open Frontier Links:   🔗 Website: https://openfrontier.us/ [https://openfrontier.us/]  🔗 X: https://x.com/Open_Frontier [https://x.com/Open_Frontier]  🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-balsbaugh/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-balsbaugh/]  🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesseaustincampbell/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesseaustincampbell/]  🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-frontier/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-frontier/]    📢 Disclaimer:   None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Bitcoin Drops Below $90K | AI Profit Fears Shake Markets | OpenAI Previews New AI Devices

Bitcoin slips under $90,000 as markets react to rising concerns over AI profitability and slowing earnings from major tech firms. In today’s BlockHash Morning Brief, we break down why risk appetite is shifting, how AI spending forecasts are impacting both equities and crypto, and what traders should watch as volatility increases. We also cover the launch of a new Prediction Markets Coalition—featuring Kalshi, Crypto.com, Coinbase, Robinhood, and Underdog—aimed at creating a unified regulatory framework for event markets in the U.S. This could become one of the biggest new frontiers in fintech and blockchain. Plus: OpenAI explores dedicated AI devices and on-device small models, signaling a major shift toward ambient, personalized, real-time AI experiences that don’t rely solely on cloud compute.   (0:00) Intro (0:32) Bitcoin Drops below $90K (1:56) Prediction Market Coalition (3:14) OpenAI Dedicated AI Devices (4:12) Marco Equities Snapshot (5:11) Crypto & Emerging Tech Market (6:10) What to Watch

Ep. 652 Katana Network | Deeper Liquidity & Higher Yields (feat. Justin Havins)

For episode 652 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Justin Havins, the DeFi Ecosystem Lead for Katana Network. Katana puts users first: delivering higher real yields through concentrated liquidity, redistributed chain revenue, and productive bridged assets. 📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub. Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transaction monitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance with over 1,800+iGaming Fintech VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations. You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub   ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Sumsub (0:44) Introduction (1:00) Who is Justin Havins? (3:32) What is the Katana Network? (7:52) Modularity (10:25) Katana ecosystem (12:13) AI Agents & DeFi (15:31) AI for coding (16:35) Developer experience on Katana (18:30) Next wave of blockchain infrastructure innovation (21:39) Sumsub (22:22) Thoughts on privacy solutions (25:45) Katana Network roadmap 2026 (29:10) Cat Staking? (31:33) Events & conferences (32:38) Katana website & socials   🎙 Katana Network Links:   🔗 Website: https://katana.network/ [https://katana.network/]  🔗 X: https://x.com/katana [https://x.com/katana]  🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-h-4b277132/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-h-4b277132/]  🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/katananetwork/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/katananetwork/]  🔗 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/katananetwork [https://discord.com/invite/katananetwork]    📢 Disclaimer:   None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 651 Argentum AI | AI-Powered Compute Marketplace (feat. Andrew Sobko)

For episode 651 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Andrew Sobko, CEO of Argentum AI, an Enterprise level ready AI-powered compute marketplace. Andrew Sobko is a serial entrepreneur with a background in building transformative marketplaces. He founded one of the fastest-growing companies in America, recognized by the Financial Times and honored by Goldman Sachs' Builders & Innovators award. Andrew has raised over $200 million from leading global investors including Sequoia Capital, Brookfield, and others. 📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub. Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transaction monitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance with over 1,800+iGaming Fintech VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations. You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com [https://sumsub.com]    Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub [https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub]     ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Sumsub (0:44)  Introduction (0:53) Who is Andrew Sobko? (5:50) Argentum Marketplace (9:28) Advantages of Argentum (13:58) Trust & validation for Argentum clients (14:37) Sumsub (16:00) Argentum Token (18:50) How to contribute compute (19:42) Future of Enterprise AI (22:05) Argentum roadmap for 2026 (25:03) Events & conferences (25:30) Website & socials   🎙 Argentum AI Links:   🔗 Website: https://argentum-ai.com/ [https://argentum-ai.com/]  🔗 X: https://x.com/Argentum_AI [https://x.com/Argentum_AI]  🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-sobko-662231102/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-sobko-662231102/]  🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/argentum-ai/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/argentum-ai/]    📢 Disclaimer:   None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 650 GSN | Powering Payments and Tokenization (feat. Kyle Sonlin)

For episode 650 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Kyle Sonlin, President of the Global Settlement Network. Global Settlement's blockchain allows for payments, tokenization and stablecoin solutions to empower financial institutions and governments to integrate blockchain and digital assets into their business in a secure, compliant, and interoperable way—all in one place.   📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub. Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transactionmmonitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance with over 1,800+iGaming Fintech VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations. You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Sumsub (0:44) Introduction (1:18) Who is Kyle Sonlin? (3:26) What is Global Settlement Network? (8:26) Importance of stablecoins in the future (10:53) Friction points in TradFi (11:37) Sumsub (12:04) Is Quantum a threat to Crypto? (13:30) Global Settlement Network at Blockchain Futurist (15:34) How to contact GSN   🎙 GSN Links:   🔗 Website: https://globalsettlement.com/ [https://globalsettlement.com/]  🔗 X: https://x.com/GSXnetwork [https://x.com/GSXnetwork]  🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylesonlin/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylesonlin/]  🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/globalsettlement/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/globalsettlement/]    📢 Disclaimer:   None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.