THE BLOCKHASH PODCAST

🎙️ Ep. 687 Certik | Web3 Threat Landscape in 2026 (feat. Yuannan Yang) — — — For episode 687 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Yuannan Yang, Security Engineer at @CertiK, the largest Web3 security services provider. CertiK offers a wide range of products and services to support the Web3 industry, project teams, and users alike. CertiK's products and services span the entire lifecycle of project development, from incubation and early stages, to growth and maturity. CertiK is one of the most globally recognized companies in the Web3 industry, serving users across 150 countries/regions. Yuannan Yang, based in Washington, DC, US, is currently a Security Engineer at CertiK. Yuannan Yang brings experience from previous roles at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, Tsinghua University and Red Hat. Yuannan Yang holds a 2019 - 2020 Master's degree in information security @ Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/m2enym9k 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/55z5emva 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/yc4fjt27 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/3c8wbz6w ⏳ Timestamps: (3:33) What is Certik? (4:57) New attack vectors in Crypto (6:56) Who are bad actors targeting in Crypto? (8:10) What new tools & solutions does Certik have? (11:21) Certik at ETHDenver (12:33) Certik roadmap (15:33) Certik website & socials #BlockHashPodcast #certik #cryptoaudits #cryptothreats #blockchainthreats #cryptosecurity #blockchainsecurity #podcast

🎙️ Ep. 728 Nexo | NEXO Comes Back to the U.S. Market (feat. Neil Steinhardt) — — — For episode 728 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Neil Steinhardt, COO of @NexoUSA. Nexo is a premier digital assets wealth platform designed to empower clients to grow, manage, and preserve their crypto holdings. Their mission is to lead the next generation of wealth creation by focusing on customer success and delivering tailored solutions that build enduring value, supported by 24/7 client care. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/954pv5ft 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/mpwxp3uf 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/4hspzkbw 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/5hdu8kr8 ⏳ Timestamps: (3:58) What is Nexo? (4:32) Thoughts on the state of the Crypto Market (5:15) Why did Nexo decide to come back to the U.S. Market? (5:47) Expanding upon growth in Yield demand (6:36) Retail vs Institutional demand for Yield (7:07) What regulatory changes does Crypto still need to thrive? (10:36) Nexo roadmap (11:18) Nexo credit cards coming (11:38) Nexo at Bitcoin 2026 & takeaways (13:02) Nexo website & socials #BlockHashPodcast #nexo #crypto #yield #web3 #podcast

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agree to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

🔥 BREAKING: CLARITY advances through the Senate Banking Committee in a bipartisan vote.

🎙️ Ep. 727 Mezo | Bringing Everyday Finance to BTC (feat. Matt Luongo) — — — For episode 727 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Matt Luongo from @MezoNetwork, a Bitcoin finance app that empowers people to live off their Bitcoin without spending it. Flagship features include Mezo Borrow and MUSD. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/54ntwxbt 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/yw9mfh66 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/439xuyyd 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/yf8rcma3 ⏳ Timestamps: (3:30) What is Mezo? (5:50) 1% fixed rate against Bitcoin (6:52) Lending for both Business & Retail (12:03) Collateralized Loans (13:10) How Bitcoin lending impacts markets (17:33) Mezo roadmap (19:24) How to get started with Mezo #BlockHashPodcast #mezo #bitcoin #lending #defi #podcast

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Air Force One officially lands in China, carrying President Trump, Elon Musk, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US PPI rises to 6%, higher than expectations.

JUST IN: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says crypto market structure legislation is "closer than ever" to being passed.

🎙️ Ep. 726 KeenAlignment | Strengthening Executive Leadership (feat. Margaret Graziano) — — — For episode 726 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Margaret Graziano (@keenmargo). She is a leadership strategist, keynote speaker, and culture transformation expert with over 25 years of experience working with CEOs, founders, and executive teams. A Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestselling author, she previously ranked in the top 3 percent of recruiters nationwide for 15 consecutive years and placed over 10,000 professionals across 500 companies. After seeing that most performance issues stem from culture, not hiring, she founded KeenAlignment and created the ResponseAgility framework. Today, she helps organizations eliminate internal friction, strengthen leadership, and build high-performance cultures, and has been featured in Forbes, SHRM, Vistage, and NBC, and has spoken for organizations including Volkswagen. ​​Step into the next level of your leadership. Visit margaretgraziano.com/evolve-the-lea… to join Evolve the Leader Within and start building the clarity, confidence, and discipline required to lead under pressure. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/5bv4wr4y 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/yfhywy7u 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/3b6v3ccp 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/4wasa4dd ⏳ Timestamps: (4:13) KeenAlignment? (7:28) What is the ResponseAgility Framework? (12:48) Difficulties with being introspective (19:42) Personal vs Corporate use-cases (20:45) Colleges should teach leadership (23:55) Red flags to identify (26:31) Tactics & Tips (30:38) Measuring growth (33:35) KeenAlignment in 2026 (35:05) Website, socials & book (36:10) How tech is changing inter-company dynamics (38:30) Timeline on NEW book #BlockHashPodcast #keenalignment #executiveleadership #coaching #podcast

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 US inflation rises to 3.8%, higher than expectations.

🔥 UPDATE: Kraken and Franklin Templeton are partnering to build tokenized investment products on-chain.

JUST IN: Google $GOOGL in talks with Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch data centers in space.

🎙️ Ep. 725 Arch | Evolution of BTC Lending (feat. Himanshu Sahay) — — — For episode 725 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Himanshu Sahay, Co-founder & CTO of @ArchLending. Arch Lending is a financial technology company providing crypto-backed lending solutions for individuals and institutions. The platform enables clients to access liquidity without selling their digital assets, combining a seamless user experience with institutional-grade custody integrations, including Anchorage Digital, and a strict no-rehypothecation policy. Himanshu Sahay is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Arch, where he leads the company’s technical strategy and oversees the development of its core infrastructure. As the architect behind Arch’s lending platform, he is responsible for designing and implementing the systems that power its functionality, with a particular focus on security, scalability, and performance. He has also led the integration of institutional-grade custody solutions, including Anchorage Digital, ensuring that the platform meets the standards required by sophisticated and institutional participants. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/dxvuehyd 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/yc8admat 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/56ypnj7z 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/429jvjwp ⏳ Timestamps: (4:13) What is Arch and how does it work? (4:58) Typical borrowers on Arch (5:44) Lessons learned from Celsius & BlockFi in 2022. (7:10) How does the lending process work with Arch? (8:07) Financial infrastructure for Bitcoin (10:36) Why institutions are getting into Bitcoin (11:28) How does Bitcoin lending work? (12:30) How trends in lending impact crypto markets (13:58) Bitcoin 2026 (14:18) Arch roadmap (15:01) How to start borrowing with Arch today? (16:43) Arch on socials, newsletter & community #BlockHashPodcast #Arch #bitcoin #lending #btc #crypto #podcast

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump to suspend federal gasoline tax.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Texas sues Netflix $NFLX for allegedly "spying" on users.

JUST IN: 🇦🇪 UAE officially allows residents to pay government fees with crypto.

🎙️ Ep. 724 OP_NET | Building Native Functionality on BTC (feat. Samuel Patt) — — — For episode 724 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Samuel (Chad) Patt, Co-founder of @opnetbtc. OP_NET enables smart contracts directly on Bitcoin Layer 1, with no bridges, sidechains or Layer 2s. BTC is used as gas, keeping all security and liquidity native to Bitcoin. This unlocks stablecoins, lending, trading, staking and DeFi entirely on Bitcoin without wrapped assets or custodial risk. Samuel has always pursued opportunities that challenge conventional market cycles and push the boundaries of narrative. Coming from a punk background, his passion for Bitcoin stems from its decentralized architecture and anti-establishment ethos. In 2023, alongside his co-founders Danny and Anakun, Samuel began building toward a more productive Bitcoin - one capable of hosting smart contracts, institutional-grade infrastructure, and open financial applications. That journey culminated in the creation of OP_NET, a protocol representing his core philosophy: continuously redefining what’s possible on Bitcoin in a decentralized and permissionless way. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/3nr8392b 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y9rasxvc 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/4u2xxp2w 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/38us8ehs ⏳ Timestamps: (5:07) Is Bitcoin DeFi viable? (7:25) Building native functionality on Bitcoin (10:30) Whitepaper for OP_NET (12:17) Mainnet launch (14:14) Eliminating friction points (17:35) Does building on Bitcoin congest the network? (28:30) Bitcoin 2026 (31:52) OP_NET roadmap #BlockHashPodcast #OPNET #bitcoin #defi #bitcoinfi #podcast

🔥 LATEST: Wall Street firms are ramping up hiring for Bitcoin and crypto-related roles, per Bloomberg.

Most people think Bitcoin mining is too complicated… @NiceHashMining is changing that.⚡️ #blockhashpodcast #Bitcoin #CryptoMining #NiceHash #BitcoinMining #DigitalAssets

JUST IN: Apple and Intel $INTC reach agreement for Intel to make chips in Apple devices, WSJ reports.

🎙️ Ep. 723 NiceHash | The Truth about BTC Mining in 2026 (feat. Filip Primec) — — — For episode 723 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Filip Primec, Director of @NiceHashMining. With a robust background in law, he has been a member of the Slovenian Bar Organization since 2012 and previously served as Head of the Legal Department at NiceHash since 2017. Filip is a legal expert in IT, blockchain, and online services. A trained lawyer turned Bitcoin enthusiast, he began his crypto journey with NiceHash in 2017. Over the years, he has handled everything from regulatory discussions and tax issues to building AML frameworks and responding to security incidents. Having seen the industry evolve from its “wild west” phase to today’s regulated markets, he remains committed to its continued growth. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/y3w7chbw 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/ymjbust5 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/4jkscad9 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/4erv8vev ⏳ Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (3:11) Who is Filip Primec? (7:07) How Bitcoin mining has changed over time (10:58) What is EasyMining and the features for users? (12:35) How has NiceHash evolved with the markets? (16:20) How do regulations affect the crypto mining sector? (22:20) Does AI have an impact on crypto mining? (25:58) NiceHash roadmap (27:36) NiceHash website & socials #BlockHashPodcast #nicehash #bitcoin #mining #btcmining #podcast