Nicolas Cary on Blockchain, Crypto and Digital Empowerment

What is money?  It seems like such a simple question, doesn’t it? But, like anything, when you drill down to its inner skeleton, it becomes far more interesting. After all, currency is one of the most fundamental cornerstones of our being and yet how many of us could describe how it exists, how it evolved or even comprehend why the financial model is actually far easier to disrupt than we think? In today’s episode of the podcast, Nicolas Cary co-founder and Vice Chairman of Blockchain.com answers these questions and more. We even have a question from one of crypto’s leading thinkers – Balaji Srivinvasan so stay tuned to the end of the episode for that. Nicolas Cary is a serial entrepreneur and lifelong technologist. He co-founded Blockchain.com here in the UK with co-founders Peter Smith and Ben Reeves, as well as Sky’s the Limit which he is also chairman of – Sky's the Limit connects business mentors with majority-underrepresented first-time founders. Before we get started, I wanted to share three interesting and most likely surprising facts about Blockchain.com Firstly, the company celebrated its tenth birthday this month (which is October 2021) so it was very much one of the earlier companies in this space.  Secondly, the company just reached $1 trillion in crypto transactions. Yes, you heard that right –$1 TRILLION DOLLARS WORTH of transactions. Thirdly, this U.K.-based privately-held company just announced its year to date revenue which has surpassed $1.5 billion. Yup, 1.5 BILLION. It’s kind of unfathomable isn’t it? Needless to say, this is a fascinating interview with someone at the forefront of this technology and a huge advocate for empowering everyone through digital disruption. Finally, for those who don’t know, Blockchain.com is the world’s leading digital assets platform – it builds software that makes using digital assets safe, easy, and secure for consumers and enterprises and has three category-leading products include block explorer which is the most widely used search engine for verifying transactions and accessing data about the Bitcoin blockchain. And has web and mobile wallets which have more users than the rest of the ecosystem combined. Finally, its API is considered by many as the bedrock of the industry - powering exchanges, merchant processors, ATMs and beyond.  It’s both a fun and truly informative conversation which I hope you enjoy. ---------- This is the Danielle Newnham podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human, stories behind the game-changing tech we use every day. ---------- Nicolas on Twitter @niccary Blockchain.com / SkysTheLimit.Org Danielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham  and on Instagram @daniellenewnham --------- This episode was hosted by me - Danielle Newnham, a recovering founder, author and writer who has been interviewing tech founders and innovators for ten years - and produced by Jolin Cheng.  Let us know what you think of this episode and please rate, review and share - it means the world to me and helps others to find it too.