After the success of his youtube podcast series, with more than 12M views, Dinis Guarda presents BooksABC, a new series where he reviews meaningful books that are changing the way we understand technology and society as a whole. More importantly, these are books that he loves. Dinis Guarda is an avid reader and writer and believes books are there to inspire and teach us. The first episode is available now on YouTube.

Throughout his career, Dinis Guarda has published numerous books and articles, and has been interviewed for media outlets such as IrishTechNews, O’Reilly, and Forbes. He is the founder of digital news sites intelligenthq.com, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, openbusinesscouncil.com, cityam, and more.

As an author, Dinis is well known for his book with Rais Hussin, “4IR AI Blockchain, FinTech,  IOT – Reinventing a Nation” and “Blockchain, AI + Crypto Economics – The Next Tsunami.” Additionally, he is about to publish a new book, “NFTs Uprising – The citiesabc Ultimate Guide To Non-Fungible Tokens”. With this new series, Dinis tries to give voice to outstanding books, ideas and authors.

The series kicks off with the newest book by QuHarrison Terry and Scott Keeney: “The Metaverse Handbook”: a one-of-a-kind resource for C-suite executives, business leaders, and creative professionals who seek to understand what changes the Metaverse will bring. With a foreword from Paris Hilton, who does not require any introductions.

The Metaverse Handbook, as Dinis explains, expands on the following topics: 1) What the metaverse is, why you should care about it, and how to build your metaverse strategy. 2) The history of the metaverse and primers on critical technologies driving the metaverse, including non-fungible tokens, XR, the blockchain, and web3. 3) How to unearth unique metaverse opportunities in digital communities, commerce, and immersive experiences.

The book is accessible to everyone, Dinis says. It is easy to understand, with concrete examples and applications, and uncomplicated language. Perhaps it would not have made such an impact, if not for the fact that the authors are world-famous influencers.

QuHarrison Terry, whom Dinis previously interviewed on his podcast, is an author and digital global expert growth marketer. QuHarrison is head of growth marketing at Mark Cuban Companies, a Dallas, Texas venture capital firm. A well-known personality in LinkedIn and digital marketing, QuHarrison previously co-authored the NFT Handbook, a detailed guide on how to create, sell and buy non-fungible tokens without the need to have a technical background.

Scott Keeney is an award-winning creator, producer, entrepreneur, media personality, investor, philanthropist, and futurist. As a driving force behind some of the most influential brands and artists over the past two decades, he is a pioneer in the metaverse operating multiple experiences as the founder of DXSH.mv Studios and also serves as the Chief Metaverse Officer at TSX Entertainment.

QuHarrison described the vision of the book, pointing out that it is important to remember that the Metaverse is not just a single technology.

“The Metaverse is not a single technology. It’s not just a place we’ll visit in VR. It’s not something that can be created and claimed…The Metaverse is about as boundless and unownable as the Internet, if not more so. Sure, there are entities that have contributed more to the Internet than others. Of course, there are innovations that steered the course of the Internet and influenced the experience of the Web. But we didn’t wake up one day with the Internet we see now. It was an ever-evolving thing.

In that sense, the Metaverse is not a destination. The Metaverse is a movement—a movement toward the digital-first livelihood we’ve slowly been adopting year over year, app by app. The Metaverse becomes more real every time we replace a physical habit with a digital equivalent. We, the digital citizens of the Internet, are manifesting the Metaverse by trading time in meatspace (the physical world) for time online.”

The BooksABC series started off on a high note. It will be interesting what the next episodes will bring. Similar series have proved successful in the past, including NPR’s Book of the Day. NPR, Well-Read Black Girl. Pushkin, Debutiful. DDinis can channel his interest in technology to reach his own specific segment of readers. If you want to learn more or listen to Dinis talk about books, follow the link below:

About Dinis Guarda

Dinis Guarda is a founder, author, influencer, entrepreneur, investor, futurist, and global thought leader in 4IR, AI, Fintech, digital transformation and Blockchain. Dinis Guarda is the founder of numerous companies: including, but not limited to, intelligenthq, citiesabc, and openbusinesscouncil. With decades of experience in international business, and holding executive-level positions within digital transformation, Dinis has expertise in new tech, cryptocurrencies, regulation, compliance, and global legal processes. You can find and follow Dinis on a variety of social media platforms.

Dinis Guarda has earned his place as one of the top influencers to follow this year thanks in part to his Dinis Guarda Youtube Podcast Thought Leadership series. This is a fast-growing show with more than 99,9k followers and 12,3 million views to date, having interviewed more than 200 personalities including David Hanson, Ben Goertzel and top government officials. His entire social media ecosystem reaches a global audience of more than 12 million engagements a month. Dinis is followed by almost 50,000 people on LinkedIn, as well as, over 100,000 on Twitter, and 641,000 on Instagram.

Hernaldo Turrillo

Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.

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Taaha Nizam, a young entrepreneur, engineer, and technologist, is the Founder and CEO of HashCase, a platform that creates, launches, and distributes digital assets to a non-web 3.0 audience.

Inspired by Taaha’s achievements at a young age, Dinis asked him to reveal the journey that led him to establish HashCase. Taaha told him that his parents were law attorneys, and had their own law firm. This gave him the confidence to venture into the world of technology right after his graduation in Engineering from a prestigious college in India.

He told Dinis that he, along with a group of friends, created a community of people who would engage, interact, and collaborate to create NFT collections during its early days, in 2017. Recounting his days at one of the largest blockchain firms in Hong Kong, Taaha learned about the limitations of Ethereum blockchain, and the advantages that platforms like Polygon offered. As his interest grew in technology, and he started building his network, he got all the help along his course to laying the foundations of the present-day HashCase.

“That was my first area in Web 3.0, on the NFT side of things. Then as we’ve been building our network, we created an incubator for many NFTS.”, said Taaha. Today, he is the creator of 40 NFT collections.

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Creating a novel custodial wallet solution

Finding an edge at the emerging frontier of blockchain and NFT technology, Taaha founded HashCase in 2021 to allow users to access their NFTs without ever having to create a Web 3.0 account.

During the interview, Dinis wanted to scrape the surface, and unearth the layers that created this unique platform.

“From the beginning, we started to understand that NFTs make sense if there is some utility associated with them. But, there is still one problem that is not solved: its distribution. So, your average consumer who might want to use an NFT does not have the means of accessing the NFT without having access and onboarding on the whole Web 3.0. that according to me is a design flaw. Because web 3.0 is simply a protocol, and the concepts like play-to-earn, tokens, metaverse, and NFTs are concepts that have always existed. But their existence does not guarantee the entry of users to Web 3.0. So, there was clearly something to be done for the consumers who want to engage with NFTs but do not want to jump to all the dimensions of Web 3.0 just yet.”, said Taaha, explaining the need to create HashCase.

Dinis was interested to know how HashCase is progressing towards creating solutions for the metaverse. Taaha told him that while the metaverse is an inevitable reality of our times, improvements in terms of bandwidth and technology are making it more real with time. Explaining the role of NFTs in this space, Taaha said:

“At the end of the day, you need assets to store and hold that need to be light-weight, can confirm to certain standards, and that is platform(s)-compatible. NFT could be that one common standard that is applicable across places, and that is easy to shift around. It unlocks all the experiences the moment you enter a metaverse, but it need not be necessarily present in Web 3.0. To make sure we are able to withhold such proof of ownership and authenticity, HashCase offers custodial wallet solutions”.

Tech Ecosystem in the Indian Economy

Sharing facts with statistical data, Dinis was interested to know the status of tech ecosystems being built in Indian as well as global economies.

“Fortunately, the builders are in a much better situation than the speculators and the investors. while people need to understand these novel concepts like blockchain, metaverse and Web 3.0, the regulators also need to grasp these to be able to lay down the framework. This all is going to take a little bit of time and education. Influencers and leaders have taking the forefront to give it a direction. The overall enthusiasm and response to understanding the fundamentals and their application has been encouraging.”, he concluded.

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A software architect and AWS cloud specialist, Carlos Salas is currently serving with his technological acumen at NordLayer. Carlos has more than 12 years of experience in fields such as Unix Administration, Software Development, Database Administration, Cloud Architecture, and Research and Development.

As Carlos explained early in the interview, he was always innovating and experimenting since his childhood days and has had an inquisitive mind toward technology and its application. He received his Master’s Degree in Informatics from the University of Vilnius.

After that first contact between the two experts, they talked about how NordLayer’s cutting-edge products and solutions create an impenetrable layer of security that is affordable for and accessible to everyone across the globe. From there on, the conversation turned into a masterclass in cybersecurity in today’s digitized world.

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The challenges of cybersecurity in the Web 3.0, NFTs and Metaverse era

NFTs, Metaverse, and Web 3.0 is the recent buzz in the town. Hilton was interested to know if the cybersecurity technologies that are a huge success today are equally (or even more) effective in Web 3.0. Carlos has the perfect answer for that: –

“It’s actually very peer-to-peer in essence. By using NordLayer, everyone is in the local area network. It doesn’t matter where you are. For systems where there is no centralisation, you have a segment that is connected to the internet, to the main net, but at the same time, it is micro-segmented. So, there are only very specific people that are going to be accessing certain central resources, and not all of them.”

He also explained how private gateways by NordLayer are responsible for maintaining a private line of communication between the peer group. Carlos patiently explained to Hilton how NordLayer maintains the level of security, while also maintaining the authenticity of digital avatars and an overall landscape of cybersecurity in the Metaverse.

Drawing an interesting simile, Carlos explained the cybersecurity measures at NordLayer: – “We use military-grade encryption. You can’t actually unencrypt this even by using a good force (unless by quantum computers). If you look at the research, it would take a few billion years to unencrypt these types of connections and put them into a perspective. The universe is younger than the time you will take to unencrypt this type of connection.” 

Carlos also told Hilton that to keep abreast with the latest technological advancements and provide cybersecurity to the expanding landscape of technology, NoedLayer is constantly educating its users and the general public through its blog posts and websites.

Concluding the interview, Carlos assured Hilton that the world is going to witness a wider adoption of the latest technologies in the next few years.

“Actually, right now, anyone that has a relatively modern device can use augmented reality. So, it’s going to be a matter of a couple of years, that people are going to start that more. I would say it is already mainstream. You could go to the streets, take out your phone, and scan a QR code, and you will see something pop out in real life. So, it’s already here.”, he clarified.

A life dedicated to cybersecurity and software engineering

Carlos joined NordLayer, a digital security and privacy solutions company, in 2021. His passion overlaps with the company’s mission to help the people to interconnect in a secure and faster way. Serving as an Engineering Manager at the NordLayer, Carlos is responsible for supervising and coordinating the efforts towards updating and deploying their privacy and security solutions.

He explained the company’s contribution to “empowering the user to be responsible for their own cybersecurity” while being at the backend for support and round-the-clock assistance.

In the words of Carlos, “It’s actually easier than it sounds, especially when you are using this type of technology where you are like plug n play install and everything will be working as a system.” 

Set up in 2021, the company has its offices all around the globe. The team of developers and experts at NordLayer is always innovating to provide cutting-edge solutions to keep cyberspace as secure and private as possible.

The solutions under the umbrella of NordLayer include:-

• NordVPN – the world’s most trusted online security solution, used by over 15 million of Internet users worldwide.

• NordPass – a password manager that securely stores and helps users organize their passwords by keeping them in one convenient place.

• NordLocker – a file encryption tool that secures sensitive files and folders with zero-knowledge AES-256 encryption.

• NordLayer – network access security that scales with businesses.

• NordWL – An infrastructure, know-how, and tools for businesses who want to build their own VPN products.

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Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.

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Carolina Conforti is an artist and the co-founder of the Art Talks, a brand designed to highlight the wonderful enthusiasm and creativity that makes up the essence of the ‘art ecosystem’. She told Dinis that it was during her childhood itself that she found her connection to the world of art and began her career in ancient drawing.

Working as an intern at old master galleries, she gained an immense wealth of knowledge at The Louvre, Paris, The Sotheby’s, and The Christie’s, amongst others. She revealed to the audience that she fell in love with contemporary art at an Art Fair in Jeddah. It was at this moment that her brand, The Art Talks, was born and became the renaissance of her own being.

Explaining to Dinis what inspired her, she said: “Art is very personal. There is something that you like and something you don’t. Nobody can tell you that for you. But what’s beautiful is the story behind each piece.”. She told him that it was this hunger to know what lies behind the scene that got her involved in the contemporary world. “The fascinating moment to meet the artist, to speak with the artist, and to understand what is behind the scene. That, according to me, is the most incredible thing about contemporary art.”, she added.

Dinis and Carolina talked about how digitisation is creating opportunities and challenges in the art world. They discussed the boom in the industry with the popularisation of NFTs and consequently lifting the art economy like never before.

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Education and Unification for a thriving ‘Art Ecosystem’

Dinis and Carolina discussed that the digital revolution reached the art world very recently. They shared facts and statistics to support their argument that COVID-19 was the turning point in bringing the needed transition from traditional art to digital and more recent NFT creation.

Revealing her empathy towards the creator community, Carolina shared:- “If you are an emergent artist, and tech-savvy, it’s going to be very easy to be on a platform, and market yourself. For others, it’s not possible. For instance, artists in Africa don’t have the same digital abilities.”

She emphasised the role of education in creating awareness about these platforms and the opportunities that lie within them. She believes this could create a stronger community to thrive in. She also highlighted to Dinis that although there are so many platforms that could provide the necessary impetus, most of them are competing amongst themselves. “I think it’s important to support each other at this moment and to create a community that the artists (and galleries) can really benefit from.”, she said expressing her concern.

This is the sole reason she created Art Talks- a platform that showcases the hidden talent within the art community and guides them to be able to market themselves.

The Art Talks: A platform that connects the ‘Art Ecosystem’

“I started Art Talks to highlight the voices that nobody heard. It was through different social media handles, I met incredible artists. Those artists didn’t have a gallery to represent themselves. They actually had to market themselves in a certain way. I think that’s a very important change that happened in the last few months.”, said Carolina beaming with warmth.

Carolina explained to the audience that “Art Talks” was created as a brand designed to highlight the wonderful enthusiasm and creativity around the art world during the challenging times of the pandemic. The goal of this platform has been to pursue client engagement and the development of strategic partnerships through different initiatives like video podcasts and a magazine.

“Since its launch, we have not stopped. We have had more than 600 artists, creators, and galleries from all around the world: from America to Africa, to Asia, and Europe, of course. And then, I and Francois Renet have been working for the Art Talk Magazine. Now we are at the fifth edition, partly digital but also on paper,” she told Dinis.

She also highlighted that another purpose that the platform fulfils is to use all the knowledge from the art experts from the past generations. She believes that it is a treasure that we all can benefit from. It’s that key that unifies past and present in order to have a future.

Carolina concluded the delightful session by calling the audience to participate in the platform. She said: “The Art Talk and The Art Talk Magazine are including what anyone would like to write or would like to express themselves. The art language is the most important. There are no boundaries for us.”.

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Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.

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Growing up with an inquisitive and enquiring mind for technology, Sameep achieved his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. During his early years, his innate bent towards technology led him to develop solutions, like an all-device-accessible calculator and websites for his school and a library management software for college. Beginning his professional journey as a software developer at Dell Technologies, Sameep transitioned to blockchain while it was still in its infancy.

He gained a rich acumen for blockchain principles while being associated with Openbazaar, ParaSwap, healthcare, ICO companies, gaming companies, and even Polygon and Ethereum. With his experience, he was able to realise the power that layer one and side chains (of the blockchain) hold to support the businesses.

“I realised in 2020 that layer two and side chains will have their own impact. With the gas price, the transaction costs on layer one solutions on Ethereum and Bitcoin were increasing because of the increase in the volumes of transactions on these platforms. And the prices of the tokens were also increasing. With layer one, you have a very limited competitional power, and you have to divide that across the entire planet. So, the logic is very simple: Higher the demand while the supply is constant, the per-transaction cost increases. And that started happening”, he recalls in the interview.

Hilton asked the blockchain expert, Sameep, to explain Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake in the very basic language. “There are multiple ways to validate a transaction on a blockchain. So, if I’m transferring 1BTC to you, whether I own that BTC or not- somebody needs to validate that and transfer it from my account to yours. There are many ways- PoW and PoS are the most famous ones. Anyone can enter a blockchain and become a minor or a validator. Even a malicious party can become a minor, start validating my own transactions. To counteract those particular parties, these validation protocols are used”, Sameep said, explaining the essence of PoW and PoS in the blockchain.

Having worked with almost every player in the blockchain, Sameep was able to share the issues with the existing blockchains in the decentralised space. He also explains ways to create a personalised solution for the business, out of the various tools and blockchains (and side chains) available.

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Quickswap: A new-generation exchange over the decentralised space

While working with the team at Polygon (formerly Matic), Sameep came across the idea of establishing an ecosystem that provides a decentralised exchange and supplemented it with security features. This exchange was capable of handling large volumes, consequently proficient in providing liquidity of even billions of dollars.

Quickswap was created to bring one million users to the blockchain, overcoming the challenges that were prevalent amongst the existing chains. Constructing an entire framework of infrastructure solutions, Quickswap gradually improved the user experience.

“In my opinion, the biggest problem with UX is higher transaction costs and low transaction speeds. If I haven’t provided good gas fees, I would have to wait for minutes or even hours to complete a transaction. The main focus of Quickswap was to solve user experience problems. If these problems persist, forget about one million users, even ten thousand users would not join the space”, he said.

Concluding an extremely informative and interesting session, Sameep expressed:- “It is a very exciting space- the digital realm, where individual identities are valued over a network that follows a digital ledger format. Through Quickswap community channels, we spread information and educate people so that they are able to join blockchain and tap it to its utmost potential.”

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Hernaldo Turrillo

Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.

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Financial and IT services expert, Lars Rottweiler, was interested in computers since his childhood. With a computer frame box in his garage during as early as 1981, he was absorbed by technology ever since. In a recent interview carried out by Dinis Guarda, he recalls, “Our consumption of energy was as much as a factory those days, but he let me experiment and use the computer as much as I wanted. So, my childhood was actually hacking and nerdy years”.

After studying Computer Science and Business Administration, he served many multinationals like Accenture, Deutsche Bank, and Infosys gaining extensive acumen for banking and IT services. Lars shares with Dinis that through his managing roles, he offered some unique and customised solutions for the industry.

“We created Pre-internet solutions which are continuously a little bit evolved but still using the old database and stuff. That’s why we decided to do things differently and started a new company”, he says in the interview.

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It is this rich knowledge and experience that drove him -and partner Vladimir Lounegov- to establish Mbanq, a fintech company in 2017. Dinis was excited to know about his realization of setting up a revolutionary solution for the world.

Asked by Dinis, Lars explained the fundamentals of his idea: “We quickly realised that there must be a market for it. An all-in-one banking platform that uses a completely different data architecture. Today, the biggest challenge with all the banks is to keep up with the regulatory changes and requirements.” Lars explains that much of the investment goes into operations instead of developing innovative solutions. This prompted him to use his acumen and present society with path-breaking solutions.

Talking about the evolving financial industry, Dinis asked Lars about the changing paradigms. Lars shares: “The fintech area in the crypto space is unregulated. But more and more regulations are being thought of. There’s more and more drive in this direction. How future regulative jurisdiction can probably control the market and control banking in a crypto space? We talk to many regulations by now to set the target lines and give a guideline on how this could be achieved in a way that it still has the freedom that crypto allows but gives a control. With control, we talk about the trust it gives us in this kind of operations”.

With the Web3.0 fast approaching, Dinis was interested to know how banks are transforming themselves. Lars explains to him that banking and financial services are increasingly being digitalised. He further shares how Mbanq acts as the link that offers innovative and digitalised solutions for banks to be able to thrive in the market that is subject to dynamics of regulations and jurisdictions.

A Lifelong Dream: Creating Mbanq

Mbanq is a FinTech company that sets up and operates banks for clients using its digital banking platform on a Software as a Service (SaaS) basis. Its proprietary technology provides an advanced, modular, end-to-end banking platform with everything required to instantly launch financial services for any use case.

“As a fintech we learn what market demands are and what our cohorts, our clients, our existing other banks, and the neo banks need as a service. So, we create an interconnected ecosystem and see it as part of one.”

Services include banking licenses, compliance, regulatory, lending as a service, payment as a service, credit card licenses, visa licenses, payment drills, ACH, SWIFT, and connecting to blockchain and exchanges.

“Just to summarise it, what do we do differently? I mean, many banks do think digitalisation means you have mobile phones and mobile apps, but we think digitalisation is in the backend, how it’s used to run the whole platform. So, we use Big Data Algorithms where the entire bank has a mobile platform, we have no disrupted data flows, and we never change data. We never accumulate and send it back to the database. We always process the transaction almost instantly, which makes us very flexible and very agile. And obviously, with the new IT infrastructure, we can achieve this kind of tremendous success”.

Mbanq has grown to become one of the most comprehensive digital banking providers globally since its formation in 2016. Today Mbanq is one of the fastest-growing FinTechs in the world, serving banks, credit unions, and financial institutions of all sizes, across the USA, Europe, and Asia.

“We offer for our customers to be compliant at any given time”, concluded Lars Rottweiler on the Dinis Guarda YouTube Podcast.

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Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.

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“Finding Your Atom” is a podcast series with a goal to find the elementary driving energy that blends with empathy and compassion to create a powerful social impact. The series is a brainchild of co-hosts Amrita Sen, artist, designer, and producer, and Dinis Guarda, author, and founder of citiesabc and openbusinesscouncil. Continuing with their ritual of bringing fresh energy to the podcast, they bring Valentina Castellani, (title) to discuss the depths of concepts like modern sainthood and embracing (and overcoming) fear on the path to achieving the goal.

Asked by Amrita about the key drivers that have been responsible for shaping Valentina’s character, she fondly replies that the process of creation is intimate, fragile, and fearsome. But it is these very virtues that paint hope on the canvas of dreams. One should never be afraid to embark on the journey, the first step to the realisation of a goal.

“I do believe that the heart and soul of a storyteller is the fact that you start a journey. Of course, there is some planning, in the sense that you know your goal, you know your arrival. But the journey is never fully planned. It comes to us. Because, if you have your core connected to the final vision, and to your heart, your emotion, your system of being, the journey gets sculpted and crafted day by day. And you have to trust the process.”, she explains.

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While the episode grapples the audience with interesting anecdotes shared by Valentina, it did not skip Dinis’ notice that although we live in the most peaceful of times, the world is fighting together with the most difficult situation of pandemics. Valentina assures us that noise is going to be forever, little things would create the things back to salvation.

“Start from the little things, whether it’s the coffee in the morning, a little walk, call your best friend, take a good shower- know that that little thing ignites a better system. And from that little thing, you start again, and be willing to take the time. Pretty much everybody had those days and they can testify that those days were then gone and there were better days.”

Adding further, she says simple gestures help in overcoming the most monstrous of fears. These, Valentina and the hosts, agreed have been the very advanced thoughts that have been prevalent in times immemorial across all the cultures. Features like innate linearity and simplicity are what make their application universal and across the barriers of time.

Emphasising the importance of having a network that not only supports but is also the very reason for keeping one on their path to a goal, Valentina says “As long as the circle is open between the people of a network, that forms the base. And it needs to be respected. If that network is built, and a solid base of openness is created, it will lead to construction, and not the destruction of the project, every chapter of your life.”

Valentina also introduced a unique concept of “Modern Sainthood”. According to her, “I believe that we are all a little bit of a modern saint. We all are human beings, making a million mistakes, but they all have a cause, full of humanity, and have ethics- all human qualities to expand out of ourselves and help others. We do elevate some people, we do inspire them, and we create situations to help others out. Similarly, we surround ourselves with others who protect our vision, elevate us; and in this process, they do carry us”. 

With many deeper insights and concepts being discussed in the podcast, the episode promises to take the audience on a journey that is both enduring and interesting.

Finding Your Atom and Music For podcasts are available on Dinis Guarda YouTube Channel, Amrita Sen YouTube Channel and major podcast directories.

Hernaldo Turrillo

Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.

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A thought leader and a preeminent authority, Professor Lisa Short has led multiple frontiers in digital technology systems, design thinking, education, and removing disparities. On the latest episode of citiesabc’s podcast with Dinis Guarda, Prof. Short shares some inspiring insights of her journey through business and technology and spreading empowerment across the globe.

Professor Short began her career with a small business, after her early education in accounting and financial management. This initial venture helped her understand the importance of building relationships and establishing an ecosystem for a business to thrive. Over the course of her entire career of 35 years, Prof. Short has been able to bring a transformational change using powerful technologies like blockchain, cryptocurrencies, AI, and IoT.

“Technology is not about technology, it’s about making the lives of people better, businesses better, more profitable, better jobs, and better, healthier, and more productive people”, she tells Dinis.

She was granted her professorship from the University of South Africa, for her years of dedication and hard work in bridging education, technology, and business. She explains to Dinis that it is her driving passion for technology, and establishing its relevance in business and other fields. She states, “I’m a rogue academic, really, that likes to drag an academic world that is sitting 30-50 years behind the rest of the development of the world and drag it to the table of innovation, and get them to connect with industry”. She is currently associated with the Global Market Acceleration program by La Trobe University in Melbourne, where she is the Adjunct Professor. This industry-led program intends to bring together industry experts worldwide, and facilitate the acceleration of businesses to the international markets.

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Halfway through the interview, both experts reached a tipping point when Dinis asked her about her work in Africa and in EdTech, and how she took technology as leverage and made impactful moves in various fields.

“I’m called a design ecosystem thinker. I look at the touchpoints, look to see the weaknesses, and look to see how we can improve those connections. That’s where I see myself as sitting between these two worlds of frontier technologies and businesses.”

With podcast as the medium, she pointedly drew attention to the inconsistencies and disparities amongst the systems around the world. Social, economic, and gender-based inequalities that exist worldwide are her areas of concern that can use technology to bring awareness and sustainability.

Being part of some of the outstanding projects like Social Impact Exchange, Prof. Short has utilised her acumen to benchmark some of the most remarkable principles in making a social impact.  “Work in the humanitarian space is really the driver for me because this is about people, and how we can empower them so that everybody has something- access to resources, to live in a safe environment, etc.”. Prof. Short is applying similar principles while working for the Ukraine Development Impact Bond.

Giving examples of her work for African women in agriculture, she explains that technology can empower women and businesses to achieve some of the most unimagined heights of growth and prosperity. It is her firm belief that it is high time that the technologies that are meant to benefit all must be accessible to all. She emphasises, “We are in such a rapid rate of change now, we are talking about smart cities. It’s so critical at this point that we have level playing fields of conversation. It’s not just about ROI, this is about a world moving forward”.  

Dinis was appalled when Prof. Short revealed the disturbing statistics about gender bias in business and entrepreneurship. She emphasised that much of the resources could be redirected by shunning the biases for making a thriving ecosystem for all.

However, she is optimistic about the current situation and spreads a very positive light on the grim situation, “I don’t say we can’t make a change, we can. But, we have to be honest about what we see. We’ve been talking about Smart Cities, it’s a social contract. It’s not about the technologies, because technologies haven’t created that inequity, we have, people have. We can use these technologies to empower us”.

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Hernaldo Turrillo

Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.

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Born in a family that was imbued with entertainment, Valentina Castellani found a bond with theatre and arts during her early life in Florence, Italy, watching ballet, classic opera, classical music, concerts, theatres, and plays. Pursuing her interests in designing and fine arts at the master’s level in Paris and New York, Valentina was fascinated by the world of art and creativity. After the painful and untimely demise of her husband, she found her ‘moment’, and created Quinn Studios Entertainment.

“Simple gestures in our life can really bend our destiny, shift our way of thinking, and make us see in a different way. We start making courageous choices and look ahead. So, that’s pretty much how I started production”, she recalls in the early moments of the interview with Dinis Guarda.

Taking Dinis on a journey through the rough patches in her life where she had to make bold and courageous choices, Valentina shares that the driving factor for any film is its content. If the idea and story are convincing, no matter what platform or film festival it is screened at.

“It’s the story that has to carry you, not vice versa. You have to find a way where the story is carrying you, where there is a thread, where you are following. Just like Hensel and Gretel with little white stones in the story, you know. Just like Cinderella with a fairy coming and putting on a dress and knowing that at midnight, the dress is gone, you know. So, in my case, this film is leading me. The story of the film is leading me.”

This thrilled Dinis into asking about what prompted her to screen some of the most unconventional films at the festivals. Valentina says that keeping a good portion of the budget for marketing is a smart choice that many young filmmakers fail to make. Adding to this, she also believes in focussing on the story and screening it on the most appropriate platform. This, according to her, makes a huge difference in marking the success of the creation.

“It is a very important thing to calculate the budget for the marketing campaign right away. And then, we have to have honesty. Is this an Oscar film or a more niche film? Where is it going to win? I mean, when we made The Butterfly’s Dream, we knew that this film could run for an Oscar. So, of course, the campaign was all geared towards that way”, she insists.

Despite being an admirer of films and arts, especially in the theatrical arena, Valentina appreciates the facility that digitised platforms offer, even in difficult times like the pandemic. However, she insists that the filmmakers believe in the story and let it guide the platform to screen it.

“You have a story to tell, where it’s going to go depends on how this story is told. I mean, imagine if Charlie Chaplin was dealing and dwelling on marketing changing and dwelling from ‘Oh, the movies are not silent anymore and stuff’, he had a story to tell with the tools of the moment, and he told the story.” She emphasises that if a story is good, it will create its own market by resonating appropriately with the audience.

Among the top influencers, Dinis is sensitive about creativity and arts making a powerful impact on society. He continues this custom to understand the impact films and creativity make on society as a whole. Valentina beautifully describes the role of digital tools in enhancing the humanitarian touch of creativity and arts. “We cry at the movie theatres, not because of a special effect, but because we feel an emotion that is close to us. Because we recognise a moment, a momentum, an emotion, a state of being”, she clearly explains.

Finally, concluding a marvellous session where the experts discuss everything from politics to leadership, arts, and creativity, Valentina says, “I would like to encourage people to think in a broader way instead of getting entangled with politics and blockages. With Politics and blockages, we don’t create, there is very little we can do. But, with spirit, with courage, with narrative, with creativity, there are millions of ways that can be expressed, created, found, you know, without being irrational.”

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Creating Quinn Studios Entertainment

Valentina created Quinn Studios Entertainment in 2012 in the loving memory of her husband, Francesco Quinn, son of Oscar-winning actor, Anthony Quinn. The company was created to establish the Quinn legacy in the field of arts, entertainment, and world peace. ‘Life on a Bike’ was the first documentary series filmed for television. It was based on an Italian pro cycling tour, Giro D’Italia, as an ode to his cyclist husband.

A special film, close to her heart, Valentina filmed this masterpiece after her husband, Francesco Quinn’s untimely death in August 2011. Sharing her filming experience, she says, “It was kind of insane. Being there and doing it that way taught me everything as a producer to just break the barrier of thinking. Find another way, think differently, and get out of the box. So, it was a great conquest, and definitely, it did heal me, and the kids, and it was an inspiring moment in understanding that the power of our imagination is way bigger than the power of pain.”

The production house has some very special names to its credit- ‘The Butterfly’s Dream’ (a candidate for Academy Award and Golden Globe 2014, as Best Foreign Movie. Also winner of 13 International Awards), ‘The Square’ (documentary on the Egyptian conflict, winner of Directors Guild Award 2014, Sundance Film Festival 2014, Berlin Film Festival, Dubai Film Festival), ‘One Rock Three Religions’ (Documentary film about Peace in the Middle East, winner of HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD, The US Congress Award Recognition for the film efforts to create dialogue among Countries, Religions, and Ethnicities, the Jury Grand Prix at the Siena International Film Festival, The People Festival in NY as Best Documentary, The Impact DOCS Award), Augie (on the extraordinary life of Augie Nieto, the Steve Jobs of the Fitness Industry), and ‘Wonderful Losers’ (2019 Academy Awards Candidate Best Foreign Film and winners of 11 International Awards).

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Hernaldo Turrillo

Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.

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“Well, honestly, I really never thought I would be doing what I do today for a living, especially with global celebrities that I grew up watching as a kid. So, it’s kind of a crazy experience, a little surreal”.

Jeff started his career in software development in 1999, right at the beginning of Y2K and global outsourcing. For the next seventeen years, Jeff continued his journey into software, exploring various roles, and finally doing an IPO for GSS Infotech in India. Meanwhile, the changing paradigms in the market created a fascination for him towards the growing popularity of Bitcoin and (utility of) Smart Contracts by Ethereum.

Asked by Dinis Guarda in this latest episode of the citiesabc podcast, Jeff said that this became a turning point in his career and he started travelling to almost every corner of the world speaking about the practical applications of blockchain. He advocated the importance of tokenising projects and advised offerings during the next few years.  Completely caught up in this entire world of cryptocurrency and leveraging tokens as another capital source for projects, Jeff transitioned to equity and venture capital. The skills acquired during that time leveraged his knowledge to understand the fragmented nature of the crypto markets and this prompted him to create a thriving space for content creators.

“I took a different approach than most of my peers. We didn’t invest in technology first, we invested in legal. This was because if you’re familiar with the entertainment industry, every piece of IP or every celebrity or talent has a circle of agents, managers, and lawyers that just circle around their whole ecosystem. So, knowing that, because I had dabbled in entertainment already, I knew that we would have to go through a huge amount of red lines and contract negotiations to acquire IP”, he recalls fondly.

After layering enough IPs with names like Mike Tyson, Dennis Rodman, Wesley Snipes, The Joe Frasier Estate, Odell Beckham Jr, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, The Wright Brothers, MetaCurio (under Jeff’s leadership), started launching NFTs over the concrete foundations at MetaCurio.

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Making MetaCurio a Heavyweight in the NFT and Web3 Space

MetaCurio is a full-service Web 3 strategy company that works with global brands and talents looking to enter the Web 3.0 space for profitable returns. Metacurio is a next-generation creative studio leading brands and talent into the Metaverse. With a vision to create long-term impact over the blockchain and build a true community, MetaCurio helps creators with various solutions like- NFT drops and digital asset development, and epic activations.

Under Jeff’s leadership, the company launched the ‘Mike Tyson Cory Van Lew collaboration’ in August 2021, taking a bold never-before artistic approach for the NFT collection of the celebrity boxer. Within its very first few minutes, the collection was sold out, profiting the company by a million dollars. What was more interesting was that it earned over $15 million in the secondary markets.

“I think it was the mix of the right time, right place. But I also feel like I had a very specific opinion and stuck to it. I think, sometimes, in business, you have to be willing to just do that. You know, having spent a decade in crypto and considering myself part of this community, I really focussed on bringing Mike into this space and kind of in the most organic and authentic way possible”, he explains.

Successful NFT launches and future plans

The impact these NFT sales and creations made on the community as a whole encouraged Jeff to carry on with them. Mike’s next drop- ‘The Laser eyes Derivative’ was sold out in mere twenty-three minutes of its launch, generating another million dollars. Metacurio is currently at the fourth NFT drop for Mike Tyson, a trading card game on Solana ‘Iron Pigeons’; and another one on Binance.

Other clients like Paradigm Sports, Reactor Motors (sold almost 9000 NFTs in the first four days of launch), Terry O’Neill (authentic band group), and Dennis Rodman. Some of the community acts also include a charity drop recently for Ukraine with artists Vladimir Klitschko and Wisby. Considering the nascent appearance of the company over the space (established in 2021), MetaCurio is currently at its tenth drop.

“Now that we’ve established some credibility and some case studies, we’re working to push Web 3.0 forward in the most authentic way possible to expand the community and to help bring brands and talent into the space in a way that doesn’t punish or hurt collectors. That’s my biggest fear”.

With the dream of creating a space that leverages its participants equally, Jeff and his team at Metacurio are dedicated to creating an integrated space developed with the power of smart contracts.

Motivating the young and micro-level creators, he says, “The future of creation in the Web 3.0 economy is the lower-level creators. It’s enabling the people with fewer followers on various platforms to be able to monetise their fanbase in a way that adds value to the total economy”.

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