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We nerd out hard on crypto and keep up with all the chatter. Check out our posts for expert industry insights (and some controversial opinions).

Proof of Talent Acquired by Inflection Points Inc

Proof of Talent has been acquired by Inflection Points, Inc. Find out more about the great news and what it means for the future of Proof of Talent!

14
Jul
2022
,
Rob Paone

Introducing - Proof of Talent, a Blockchain Recruiting Firm

The bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrency (or whatever we want to call it) industry is one of the most unique fields in existence. It has personally fascinated me since I first saw an article on The Verge in December 2013 that exclaimed "Bitcoin is so 2013: Dogecoin is the new cryptocurrency on the block." Since then, I've had the pleasure of experimenting within the industry, whether mining bitcoin (and Dogecoin, such moon!), running a Bitcoin and Lightning node (thanks Casa), supplying liquidity within #DeFi, supporting platform growth at AirSwap, or jamming out with many of you during Crypto Happy Hour.

27
Jun
2019
,
Rob Paone

Graham Perich on Software Engineer Careers in Crypto - ep1

Graham Perich is a software engineer, currently working at Coinbase, who has worked in the cryptocurrency & blockchain industry for close to 3 years! He joins us to discuss his journey in software engineering, how he began his career with the help of a coding bootcamp (Hack Reactor) and how he found his first job in the crypto industry at Fluidity through personal networking.

14
Jul
2020
,
Rob Paone

From Wall Street to Crypto - Anil Lulla of Delphi Digital

Anil Lulla left a career on Wall Street at Deutsche Bank to co-found Delphi Digital, a cryptocurrency focused research firm. In this episode, we discuss what Anil learned during his time working at Bloomberg and Deutsche Bank, what his colleagues though when he left in 2018 and what he sees as the future of the industry.

16
Jul
2020
,
Rob Paone

Marketing in Crypto - Haider Rafique, CMO of OKCoin

Marketing in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry is a dynamic field, even more so in the hyper competitive world of cryptocurrency exchanges. On today's episode of the Proof of Talent podcast, we spoke with Haider Rafique, the Global Chief Marketing Officer at OKCoin, to learn more about marketing in the crypto industry.

28
Sep
2020
,
Rob Paone

Working AND Teaching in Blockchain with Ayesha Kiani

Ayesha Kiani is the VP of Business Development at Ledger Prime, a quantitative crypto hedge fund. Prior to that, she worked at SingularDTC and Republic, serving as an active participant in the crypto industry since 2016!

28
Jul
2020
,
Rob Paone

Colton Kirkpatrick Joins Proof of Talent in Expansion to San Francisco

When I set off in June 2019 to create Proof of Talent, I always had intentions to scale the business. But as a bootstrapped company, scaling needs to be a slow and intentional process.

24
Feb
2020
,
Rob Paone

How a Petroleum Engineer Became the Director of Biz Dev at Binance US

How does a former Petroleum Engineer start working in the blockchain & cryptocurrency industry? Today, we spoke to Rena Shah, Director of Business Development at BinanceUS, to find out how.

14
Oct
2020
,
Rob Paone

Line of Work - 1st Edition

Welcome to the first edition of Line of Work, a bi-weekly newsletter discussing the more human elements of the Bitcoin, crypto & blockchain industry. Our goal with this newsletter is to track key hires and departures, rising stars in the industry, growing companies and all elements related to talent. As this is the first edition of an evolving newsletter, we welcome your feedback and suggestions!

24
Jul
2019
,
Rob Paone