by Applied Edge
The Applied Edge Podcast is hosted by Adi Ben-Ari and puts AI and Web3 innovation into the spotlight. Through relaxed conversation, Adi speaks with startup founders, business experts and industry leaders about what they are building, where AI and Web3 are heading, and the impact both are having on the modern world. This podcast is brought to you by Applied Edge, the AI consultancy and development studio from the team behind Applied Blockchain.
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August 4, 2026
<p>There's not a single area of the bank untouched by AI. That's the view from Eduardo Alvarez, Partner of Strategy and Chief Data and AI Officer at <strong>Santander Brasil</strong>, who joins Adi Ben-Ari, Founder and CEO of Applied Blockchain and Applied Edge, to share the playbook behind one of banking's most ambitious AI transformations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eduardo explains why Santander Brasil runs AI as its own division reporting directly to top management, how a hundred year old, risk averse institution manages the risks of moving fast, and the uncomfortable conversations required to convince long tenured staff that the job they mastered no longer exists in the same form. He also makes a prediction that should worry every bank: customers will soon stop opening their banking apps altogether, delegating financial decisions to AI agents instead, and banks risk becoming invisible infrastructure unless they get there first.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Plus:</strong> How Pix and open finance turned Brasil into one of the most competitive and advanced digital banking markets in the world, and what the rest of the industry can learn from it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eduardo's recommended sources include:</p><p>● Anthropic Courses</p><p>● karpathy.ai</p><p>● Andrew Ross Sorkin’s 1929: Inside the Crash</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Listen & subscribe:</strong></p><p>Spotify ○ spoti.fi/43AjliC</p><p>Apple Podcasts ○ apple.co/4izThbC</p><p>Amazon Music ○ amzn.to/41RVTfz</p><p>YouTube ○ bit.ly/3QZl2i8</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Follow for more insights:</strong></p><p>LinkedIn ○ bit.ly/3DsNp3</p><p>X ○ bit.ly/4iCKhCB</p><p>YouTube ○ bit.ly/3QZl2i8</p><p>Medium ○ bit.ly/3R16Mp2</p><p>GitHub ○ github.com/appliedblockchain/</p><p>Linktree ○ linktr.ee/appblockchain</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for tuning in.</p><p>appliedblockchain.com | appliededge.com | silentdata.com</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Disclaimer</strong>This podcast is strictly for educational purposes and does not constitute financial or tax advice. It is not a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or make financial decisions. Always consult with a professional and do your own research.</p>
April 1, 2026
<p>In this episode of the Applied Blockchain Podcast, <strong>Adi Ben-Ari </strong>(Founder, CEO of Applied Blockchain) speaks with <strong>Patrick Hennes</strong>, a blockchain and digital assets servicing expert based in Luxembourg, specialising in tokenization, MiCA, and digital asset operating models.</p><p>Patrick has spent 26 years in Luxembourg's fund industry — from transfer agency and fund migrations to six years as Director at PwC Luxembourg, where he co-founded one of the earliest blockchain initiatives in European asset management. He is a speaker, author, and one of the genuine pioneers of tokenization in the institutional finance world.</p><p><br></p><p>Together, Adi and Patrick explore, but not limited to:</p><ul><li>How Patrick first encountered blockchain at a PwC management meeting in 2015 — and what immediately clicked</li><li>The Fund Chain initiative: building the first Ethereum-based tokenization pilot for investment funds back in 2016</li><li>Why digitalization must come before tokenization — and what that means in practice for the full asset servicing value chain</li><li>The two missing pieces from the early days: digital custody and on-chain cash</li><li>Stablecoins, deposit tokens, and the payment rail that will finally enable atomic settlement</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources Mentioned & Themes Discussed</strong></p><ul><li>Fund Chain initiative — PwC Luxembourg white paper: "The Genesis of a New Business Model for the Asset Management Industry"</li><li>Forge stablecoin (accepted as settlement currency by Clearstream)</li><li>Larry Fink's "era of tokenization of all assets"</li><li>ERC standards & Polygon</li><li>DORA, AML directives, MiFID2, GENIUS Act</li><li>Atomic Habits – James Clear</li><li>The 5 AM Club – Robin Sharma</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This podcast is brought to you by Applied Blockchain, a leading blockchain development company shaping the future of Web3 infrastructure and privacy-preserving blockchain solutions.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Listen & subscribe</strong>Spotify ○ spoti.fi/43AjliCApple Podcasts ○ apple.co/4izThbCAmazon Music ○ amzn.to/41RVTfzYouTube ○ bit.ly/3QZl2i8</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow for more blockchain insights</strong>LinkedIn ○ bit.ly/3DsNp3X ○ bit.ly/4iCKhCBYouTube ○ bit.ly/3QZl2i8Medium ○ bit.ly/3R16Mp2GitHub ○ github.com/appliedblockchain/Linktree ○ linktr.ee/appblockchain</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Thank you for tuning in, Applied Blockchainappliedblockchain.com | silentdata.com</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Disclaimer</strong></p><p>This podcast is strictly for educational purposes and does not constitute financial or tax advice. It is not a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or make financial decisions. Always consult with a professional and do your own research.</p>
March 17, 2026
<p><strong>Episode description</strong></p><p>In this episode of the Applied Blockchain Podcast, Adi Ben-Ari (Founder, CEO) speaks with Charles Adams, Head of Investor Relations at Nickel Digital Asset Management, one of Europe's leading digital asset hedge funds, about what a decade inside crypto actually looks like, and where the industry is heading next.</p><p>Charles is a true crypto native who has never worked in traditional finance. He bought a Bitcoin miner and a book on blockchain off eBay in 2013, set up a mining rig in his school dorm, and has been in the space ever since — through ICOs, DeFi, institutional adoption, and now the convergence of AI and digital assets.</p><p><strong>Together, Adi and Charles explore, but not limited to:</strong></p><ul><li>Why Charles started mining Bitcoin in his school dorm in 2013 — and why he originally planned to sell it all immediately</li><li>Why utility tokens remain the most under-appreciated innovation in the ecosystem</li><li>How Uniswap and automated market makers represent one of the few genuinely original innovations in digital assets</li><li>Why autonomous AI agents may be the natural native users of crypto infrastructure</li><li>The risk management challenges of deploying AI agents in a regulated investment environment</li><li>Why hackathons are no longer just for coders — and what's coming up at Applied Blockchain's AI Hackathon</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources Mentioned & Themes Discussed</strong></p><ul><li>Uniswap and automated market makers</li><li>Hyperliquid — decentralised perpetuals trading</li><li>Stablecoins and the GENIUS Act</li><li>KYC/AML friction in institutional fund operations</li></ul><p></p><p>The episode also covers Applied Blockchain's upcoming <strong>AI Hackathon</strong>, where participants can build AI-powered solutions, with <strong>Dan Brockwell</strong> (Portfolio Manager, Directional Digital Liquid Venture, Nickel Digital Asset Management) serving as a judge.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Register for the AI Hackathon → </strong><a href="https://luma.com/5m9c16x4"><strong>https://luma.com/5m9c16x4</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>This podcast is brought to you by Applied Blockchain, a leading blockchain development company shaping the future of Web3 and decentralized technologies.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Listen & subscribe</strong></p><p>Spotify ○ spoti.fi/43AjliC</p><p>Apple Podcasts ○ apple.co/4izThbC</p><p>Amazon Music ○ amzn.to/41RVTfz</p><p>Anchor ○ bit.ly/4hufmY9</p><p>YouTube ○ bit.ly/3QZl2i8</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow us for more blockchain insights</strong></p><p>LinkedIn ○ bit.ly/3DsSNp3</p><p>X ○ bit.ly/4iCKhCB</p><p>YouTube ○ bit.ly/3QZl2i8</p><p>Medium ○ bit.ly/3R16Mp2</p><p>GitHub ○ github.com/appliedblockchain/</p><p>Linktree ○ linktr.ee/appblockchain</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Thank you for tuning in, Applied Blockchain appliedblockchain.com | silentdata.com</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Disclaimer</strong></p><p>This podcast is strictly for educational purposes and does not constitute financial or tax advice. It is not a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or make financial decisions. Always consult with a professional and do your own research.</p>
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The Applied Edge Podcast is hosted by Adi Ben-Ari and puts AI and Web3 innovation into the spotlight. Through relaxed conversation, Adi speaks with startup founders, business experts and industry leaders about what they are building, where AI and Web3 are heading, and the impact both are having on the modern world.
This podcast is brought to you by Applied Edge, the AI consultancy and development studio from the team behind Applied Blockchain.
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