1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 After discovering Bitcoin in 2011, Mark Basa co-founded and designed an omni-currency payment gateway, enabling consumers to pay with fiat, loyalty points, and Bitcoin in a single transaction, which resulted in a partnership with Microsoft and the Australian government through their joint-venture innovation programs for promising technologies. As an early crypto-evangelist, Mark specializes in strategic development and brand conceptualization for early-stage crypto companies and has been featured on and quoted in Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Express.co.uk, and many more. Mark is the Director of HOKK Finance, a cross-chain, DeFi ecosystem, the co-founder of Murasaki B.V: a game studio backed by Japan’s largest VC, and the current Managing Director of the crypto division at XWECAN, a global PR and communications agency. Mark has also worked as a Brand Director of a layer-one blockchain. More from Mark: Twitter:&amp;nbsp;https://twitter.com/storm_css LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-basa/ Website: https://hokk.finance/ Unconventional Life with Jules Schroeder http://www.unconventionallifeshow.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/25989339/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/146728413