Bridging Privacy, Trust, and Innovation in the Crypto Economy

Update: 2025-12-11

Description

In this episode of Unshielded: A Blockchain & Data Podcast by Midnight, host Ian Kane is joined by Nicolas Cary, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Blockchain.com, to explore what it takes to build and survive in the world of crypto, sharing hard-won lessons on resilience, privacy, product-market fit, and what’s coming next for the crypto industry.

What You’ll Learn:

How to bridge the gap between institutional and retail privacy needs
How Blockchain.com is helping enterprises move billions on-chain without exposing competitive financial data
The founder's framework for product-market fit
How tokenization of real-world assets is reshaping property rights
Why the next wave of economic activity will be conducted by AI agents, not humans

Nicolas Cary is the Co-Founder and President of Blockchain.com, the leading crypto finance house serving tens of millions of consumers, traders, and institutional customers since 2011. In 2015, he was named the European Digital Leader of the Year. Nicolas is also the Founder Commissioner of the Blockchain Commission for Sustainable Development and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Sky's the Limit, the leading non-profit digital business accelerator. Prior to Blockchain.com, Nicolas was a founding Partner at PipelineDeals, where he focused on product development and management.

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Episode Resources:

Nicolas Cary on LinkedIn
Blockchain.com Website
Blockchain Commission for Sustainable Development LinkedIn Page
Sky's the Limit Website
Ian Kane on LinkedIn
Midnight Foundation Website

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