621: Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies: Analytics and Data Applications

<p>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.</p><p>This episode is brought to you by Datalore (<a href='https://datalore.online/SDS'>datalore.online/SDS</a>), the collaborative data science platform, by Zencastr (<a href='http://zen.ai/sds'>zen.ai/sds</a>), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts, and by Bunch (<a href='https://superdatascience.com/bunch'>superdatascience.com/bunch</a>), the AI driven leadership coach. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit <a href='https://www.jonkrohn.com/podcast'>JonKrohn.com/podcast</a> for sponsorship information.<br/><br/></p><p>In this episode you will learn:<br/>• What the role of a chief economist entails [5:50]<br/>• What are blockchains and cryptocurrency? [8:23]<br/>• How analyzing cryptocurrencies differs from established fiat currencies [12:48]<br/>• Philip&apos;s work at Chainalysis [26:07]<br/>• Philip&apos;s crypto data analytics pipeline [34:48]<br/>• How Philip develops data products for a wide range of users [46:18]<br/>• How the blockchain facilitates innovative computing and machine learning technologies [51:52]<br/>• What Philip looks for in the data scientists he hires [1:04:59]<br/><br/></p><p>Additional materials: <a href='http://www.superdatascience.com/621'>www.superdatascience.com/621</a></p>