621: Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies: Analytics and Data Applications

Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 11 a.m.

Cryptocurrency and blockchain take center stage this week as we welcome Chief Economist at Chainalysis, Philip Gradwell, to discuss the data science applications in this exciting field.\nThis episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts, and by Bunch (superdatascience.com/bunch), the AI driven leadership coach. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.\nIn this episode you will learn:\u2022 What the role of a chief economist entails [5:50]\u2022 What are blockchains and cryptocurrency? [8:23]\u2022 How analyzing cryptocurrencies differs from established fiat currencies [12:48]\u2022 Philip's work at Chainalysis [26:07]\u2022 Philip's crypto data analytics pipeline [34:48]\u2022 How Philip develops data products for a wide range of users [46:18]\u2022 How the blockchain facilitates innovative computing and machine learning technologies [51:52]\u2022 What Philip looks for in the data scientists he hires [1:04:59]\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/621