In Studio, Not On Stage: When Shift Happens' Kevin Follonier on Why He Never Networks

In Studio, Not On Stage: When Shift Happens’ Kevin Follonier on Why He Never Networks

The Blockopedia caught up with Kevin Follonier, founder of When Shift Happens, in person at Bitcoin Asia 2026 in Hong Kong, just a day after Kevin sat down with CZ for an interview on the conference’s main stage. The Blockopedia’s Co-founder Mohammad Ahmad Khan sat with Kevin to talk about how a media company built almost entirely without conferences, networking …

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From Patna to Institutional DeFi: How Akash Gaurav Is Building the Financing Layer Crypto Forgot to Build

From Patna to Institutional DeFi: How Akash Gaurav Is Building the Financing Layer Crypto Forgot to Build

In this episode of The Blockopedia podcast, Palladium Labs founder and CEO Akash Gaurav sat down with The Blockopedia’s Co-founder Mohammad Ahmad Khan to talk about his path from IIT Bombay to Bitcoin arbitrage to building institutional grade financial infrastructure, and why he believes financing assets matters just as much as tokenizing them. Akash Gaurav‘s journey began far from crypto. …

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The Blockopedia podcast with LBank VP of Marketing and Partnerships Kaia Wong

LBank’s Kaia Wong on Why Culture, Not Just Listings, Is Becoming an Exchange’s Real Moat

In this episode of The Blockopedia podcast, LBank VP of Marketing and Partnerships Kaia Wong sat down with The Blockopedia co founder Mohammad Ahmad Khan to talk about scaling a global exchange to 55 million users across 210 countries, why LBank partnered with Pudgy Penguins and Nobody Sausage, and what actually separates an early listing from a reckless one.

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The Blockopedia podcast with TransFi's Payaswani Shukla: Why KYC Alone Isn't Enough

From Gorakhpur to Global Compliance: TransFi’s Payaswani Shukla on Why Speed Doesn’t Mean Less Oversight

In this episode of The Blockopedia podcast, TransFi VP of Risk and Compliance Payaswani Shukla sat down with The Blockopedia’s co-founder Mohammad Ahmad Khan to talk about building compliance infrastructure across 70 plus countries, why stablecoin payments raise the compliance bar rather than lower it, and what young professionals need to focus on to build a career in crypto compliance.

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The Blockopedia podcast with Spout Finance co-founder Marc: Tokenized Stocks, 0% Interest in Web3

Borrow Like a Billionaire: Spout Founder Marc on Bringing 0% Interest Trading On Chain

In this episode of The Blockopedia podcast, Spout co founder and CEO Marc sat down with The Blockopedia co founder Mohammad Ahmad Khan to talk about leaving investment banking for crypto, why tokenized stocks alone are not the real unlock, and how Spout is trying to give retail traders access to a borrowing structure once reserved for billionaires.

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The Blockopedia podcast with LuvKaizen founder and CEO Matt: AI Is Changing Web3 Marketing

KOLs, KPIs, and the Rise of the AI Marketing Agent: LuvKaizen’s Matt on What Actually Works in Web3 Growth

In this episode of The Blockopedia podcast, LuvKaizen founder and CEO Matt sat down with The Blockopedia’s co founder Mohammad Ahmad Khan to unpack nearly a decade of Web3 marketing experience, from the ICO era’s advisory boom to today’s KOL campaigns, and to explain why most crypto projects are still spending their marketing budgets on the wrong things entirely.

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The Blockopedia podcast with Venom Foundation CEO Christopher Lewis: Web3 + AI, The Future of Finance

From Floppy Disks to Blockchain: Venom Foundation CEO Christopher Lewis on Four Decades of Betting on What’s Next

In this episode of The Blockopedia podcast, Venom Foundation CEO Christopher Lewis sat down with The Blockopedia’s co founder Mohammad Ahmad Khan to trace a career that runs from building Apple’s earliest software duplication systems in the 1980s through chip design, medical devices, and now institutional blockchain infrastructure, and to explain why he thinks the biggest skill for the next five years is simply knowing how to use AI well.

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The Blockopedia podcast with Atomiq Labs CEO Sylvie: Crypto Building Truth – Why 90% Projects Fail

Banking to Bitcoin: Atomiq Labs CEO Sylvie on Building Trustless Swaps and Earning Trust the Hard Way

In this episode of The Blockopedia podcast, Atomiq Labs co founder and CEO Sylvie sat down with The Blockopedia’s co founder Mohammad Ahmad Khan to talk about leaving banking for crypto, building trustless infrastructure between Bitcoin and other chains, and what it actually takes to earn user trust in a space still fighting its reputation.

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Inside the Making of Bitcoin Asia: A Conversation on Building the World's Most Passionate Conference Floor

Inside the Making of Bitcoin Asia: A Conversation on Building the World’s Most Passionate Conference Floor

There is a moment Justin, Head of Events at BTC Inc, keeps coming back to. In 2021, the Bitcoin conference audience watched a recorded message from Ross Ulbricht, still in prison at the time. People cried. Four years later, in 2025, Ulbricht walked onto that same stage in person, pardoned and free, to address 25,000 attendees. “That whole full circle …

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From Blockchain Blueprint to DevRel Leader: Janesh on What Separates Thriving Web3 Ecosystems From the Ones That Die

From Blockchain Blueprint to DevRel Leader: Janesh on What Separates Thriving Web3 Ecosystems From the Ones That Die

In this episode of The Blockopedia podcast, Pharos Network’s DevRel lead Janesh sat down with The Blockopedia’s C0-founder Mohammad Ahmad Khan to talk about what actually separates successful blockchain ecosystems from the ones quietly fading out, and why hackathons alone are not the developer growth strategy most chains think they are. Janesh‘s entry into Web3 traces back to a small …

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