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Around The Coin

Stephen Sargeant and Mike Townsend

Around The Coin is an award-winning top fintech podcast. Co-Hosts Faisal Khan and Mike Townsend to discuss all things in the world of crypto and payments, from the trading of shells to bitco...

Episodes

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When AI Agents Start Managing Money - Lincoln Murr | ATC #634

Host Stephen Sargeant interviews Lincoln Murr, Head of AI Product at Coinbase, about Coinbase’s agentic finance (AI-Fi) strategy, covering a...

56:10Oct 21, 2026

What's Holding Back Canada's Fintech Industry? - Michelle Beyo | ATC #633

On the Around The Coin podcast, host Stephen Sargeant interviews fintech leader Michelle Beyo, CEO and Founder of Finavator, about why open...

73:56Oct 14, 2026

When Bitcoin Mining Meets AI Compute - Emma Todd | ATC #632

Host Stephen Sargeant introduces an in-person September 2025 Around The Coin podcast episode with Emma Todd, CEO/co-founder of MMH Technolog...

55:35Oct 7, 2026

When Crypto Policy Becomes Political - Amanda Wick | ATC #631

In this episode of Around The Coin, host Stephen Sargeant sits down with Amanda Wick, author of The Catalyst and Founder & CEO of the Associ...

92:04Oct 1, 2026

How Stablecoins Move Money Across Borders - Wei Zhou | ATC #630

Host Stephen Sargeant welcomes Wei Zhou, CEO at Coins.ph, to discuss grassroots crypto and stablecoin adoption in the Philippines, why the c...

49:03Sep 23, 2026

From Trading Floors to Onchain Markets - Bart Smith | ATC #629

In this episode of Around The Coin, Stephen Sargeant speaks with Bart Smith, CEO of Avalanche Treasury Co., to discuss building a regulated...

46:43Sep 16, 2026

What Crypto Investors Look for in Founders - George Christopher | ATC #628

Host Stephen Sargeant welcomes George Christopher, Principal Investor at CoinFund (founded 2015), discussing how CoinFund invests from pre-s...

54:52Sep 9, 2026

Why KYC Isn’t Enough for Crypto Compliance - Charlene Cieslik | ATC #627

Live from Futurist, host Stephen Sargeant interviews Charlene Cieslik, an independent financial crime compliance consultant with 26 years in...

33:42Sep 2, 2026

Why Banks Are Getting Into Crypto Lending - Andrei Poliakov | ATC #626

Live from Futurist, host Stephen Sargeant interviews Andrei Poliakov, founder and CEO of APX Lending. Poliakov explains why he built a highl...

22:00Aug 26, 2026

Rethinking Public Relations in the Age of AI - Nikita Sachdev | ATC #625

Live from Futurist, host Stephen Sargeant interviews Nikita Sachdev, owner of Luna PR, about how AI is reshaping public relations in crypto,...

12:46Aug 19, 2026

The Next Era of Blockchain Finance - Patrick O'Kain | ATC #624

Host Stephen Sargeant welcomes Patrick O’Kain, partner at Borderless Capital, to discuss cybersecurity, crypto investigations, blockchain an...

52:36Aug 13, 2026

Investing in AI and Blockchain Startups - Samiz Bayan | ATC #623

Host Stephen Sargeant interviews Samiz Bayan, partner at Draper Dragon, on the state of venture capital and the convergence of AI, blockchai...

65:35Aug 5, 2026

Programmable Compliance for Onchain Finance - Nikhil Raghuveera | ATC #622

Host Stephen Sargeant interviews Nikhil Raghuveera, CEO and co-founder of Predicate, about building real-time, smart-contract-level policy e...

62:04Jul 29, 2026

From Banking to Stablecoin Payments - Wesley Rios | ATC #621

On Around The Coin, host Stephen Sargeant interviews Wesley Rios, US & LATAM Partnerships Lead at Morph Network, about the current state of...

59:17Jul 22, 2026

How Blockchain Fixes Ticketing Infrastructure - David Barrick | ATC #620

Host Stephen Sargeant welcomes David Barrick, CTO and co-founder of TIX & KYD Labs, to discuss why ticketing is fundamentally a banking busi...

58:07Jul 15, 2026

ATC - Seni Thomas, Founder and CEO of EDGE Markets

Join our host, Stephen Sargeant, as he welcomes Seni Thomas, CEO and founder of EDGE Markets, to discuss prediction markets and EDGE’s role...

49:57Jul 8, 2026

How Crypto Onboarding Finally Gets Easier - Aditi Sriram | ATC #618

On Around The Coin, host Stephen Sargeant welcomes Aditi Shriram, COO of Para, to discuss her path into crypto from seeing Vitalik speak and...

59:17Jul 1, 2026

How AI Agents Use Stablecoins - Xen Baynham-Herd | ATC #617

Join our host Stephen Sargeant with Xen Baynham-Herd, Head of Growth and Marketing at Base, on the Around The Coin podcast to discuss Base’s...

57:52Jun 24, 2026

ATC - Itai Turbahn, Co-Founder & CEO of Dynamic and Tal Zackon, Co-Founder & CEO of TRES Finance

Join our host Stephen Sargeant with Itai Turbahn from Dynamic and Tal Zackon from TRES Finance, both now under Fireblocks, for a deep dive i...

67:12Jun 17, 2026

How Stablecoins Fix Cross-Border Payments - Chris Mason | ATC #615

Host Stephen Sargeant interviews Chris Mason, founder and CEO of Orbital, about building stablecoin infrastructure and how it can improve cr...

50:27Jun 10, 2026