Amanda Wick served as a federal prosecutor for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for nearly a decade, specializing in money laundering and cryptocurrency.

#cryptolaundering #blockchain #amandawick

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About my Guest Amanda Wick:

Amanda Wick served as a federal prosecutor for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for nearly a decade, specializing in money laundering and cryptocurrency. She worked in three US attorneys’ offices (Atlanta, Birmingham, and St. Louis). After that, she moved to Main Justice to serve in the Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Session. As part of a DOJ leadership program, she served as a detailee and senior policy advisor at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). In 2020, she left the government to serve as the chief of legal affairs at Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics company.In 2021, Wick returned to government service to serve on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. She went on to found and run a global non-profit organization, the Association for Women In Cryptocurrency. The organization aims to build a global network of women and male allies in the cryptocurrency, blockchain, and web3 industries who will advocate for the equal inclusion of women in the future of digital finance.Wick also serves as a principal with Incite Consulting. In that role, she provides expert and litigation advisory services to law firms and advises a wide range of cryptocurrency-related businesses. She remains a digital nomad living out of a carry-on suitcase and a National Geographic backpack. "The Catalysts" is her first book.

What we Discussed:

00:20 Who is Amanda Wick

02:45 Her Crypto Journey with the Government

04:30 What happens when the Federal Government get Crypto from Criminals

06:50 How hard is it to trace Criminal Crypto

10:10 The IRS is Watching your Crypto Gains

13:00 Is there Trackers in Crypto Wallets

16:15 What Wallet does the Government use

17:45 The Presidents should not be allowed use Meme Coins

21:15 Dumb Money

22:20 The Reason she wrote the book and what she covers

27:10 Financial Fraud by City & Governments

32:30 The EU is not as good as People think

33:25 Credit System and protecting your funds

39:05 Corruptible & the advantages of Sovereignity

43:30 People are Moving hoping to find a better place

44:00 Women in Crypto

How to Contact Amanda Wick

www.amandawick.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandawick/

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Meg Lister specializes in designing multi-layered funding strategies that support every stage of a project’s lifecycle—quadratic funding for onboarding, retroactive funding for retention, and direct grants for scaling—empowering Ethereum ecosystem participants to achieve more.

#cryptofunding #blockchain #gitcoin

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About my Guest Meg Lister :

Meg Lister is a leading voice in Web3 funding, transforming capital allocation as a Managing Director at Gitcoin Labs to drive financial returns for ecosystems and builders while ensuring long-term, sustainable growth. She specializes in designing multi-layered funding strategies that support every stage of a project’s lifecycle—quadratic funding for onboarding, retroactive funding for retention, and direct grants for scaling—empowering Ethereum ecosystem participants to achieve more.

What we Discussed:

00:30 Who is Meg Lister

01:00 Her Blockchain Journey

02:40 Bring Web3 Tech to Web 2 Masses

03:50 How to they Validate the Companies looking for Grants

05:30 What are Sybil Attacks

06:30 Is the Funding like Kickstarter for the Crypto World?

08:55 What Happens after they Get the Funding

10:40 Do People that were funding donate back

12:00 Different Project that the Company Backs

13:25 Succssful Projects

15:10 DAOs

17:30 Charity Based Projects

19:40 How can people get Involved

How to Contact Meg Lister:

https://www.gitcoin.co/

https://x.com/gitcoin

https://meglister.com/

https://x.com/meglister

https://www.linkedin.com/in/meglister/

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Adrian Mendoza founded Mendoza Ventures to take an in-depth-focused approach to venture capital, looking for founders who demonstrate domain expertise in one of his three focus areas across fintech, AI, and cybersecurity.

#financialsystem #blockchain #cybersecurity

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About my Guest Adrian Mendoza :

Adrian is the founder and general partner at Mendoza Ventures which is both Latinx and woman-owned and the first Latinx-founded VC fund on the East Coast based in Boston. With 20 years’ of experience in building technology products and teams, Adrian is an experienced entrepreneur, operator, and veteran of the Boston startup ecosystem. Adrian founded Mendoza Ventures to take an in-depth-focused approach to venture capital, looking for founders who demonstrate domain expertise in one of his three focus areas across fintech, AI, and cybersecurity. Adrian prides himself on being a hands-on investor by setting up companies for success beyond just writing a check, creating strong funding syndicates, making customer introductions, and assisting with partnership conversations.

What we Discussed:

00:30 Who is Adrian Mendoza

01:30 Who is the VC Puppy

02:50 Why he Choose Ai & Cyber Security

05:45 Is there hope for having a better Payment System

12:30 Is there any Systems to simplyify Crypto transfers

16:40 KYC and not owning the Crypto

20:40 Tracable Fraud with Blockchain

24:30 Is there companies that work on a % of retrival from fraud

27:40 Can we have an Ai that provides True Answers

36:20 Finding Talent with their VC Fund

38:00 The Process for Pitching

40:50 Do they put Someone on the Board

42:40 Protecting your Business from too much Dilution

45:45 Different Exit Strategies

48:00 Working with his Wife and how to make it work

How to Contact Adrian Mendoza :

https://mendoza-ventures.com/

https://x.com/AdrianMendozaVC

https://www.youtube.com/@MendozaVentures/featured

https://www.instagram.com/adrianmendozavc/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianmendozavc/

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