Tech It or Leave It

Luna Media Corporation

Welcome to Tech It or Leave It, a podcast powered by Luna Media Corporation. Each week, we dive into the thrilling world of emerging tech and Web3. We explore founder success stories, analyze industry trends, and discuss the latest news with influential figures in the space. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a crypto degen, or just curious, Tech It or Leave It is your gateway to understanding the digital evolution. Tune in and stay ahead of the curve!

  1. Episode 28 – Chetan Karkhanis on institutional adoption, tokenization, and blockchain in TradFi

    23 APR

    Episode 28 – Chetan Karkhanis on institutional adoption, tokenization, and blockchain in TradFi

    In this episode of Tech It or Leave It, Sebastien Marque, VP of Strategy at Luna PR, sits down with Chetan Karkhanis, Senior Vice President at Franklin Templeton. Chetan shares how institutions are moving toward blockchain driven products, from tokenized funds to new operational models. The conversation explores early adoption, common misconceptions around digital assets, and how blockchain can improve efficiency and reduce costs across financial systems. They also discuss the long term role of decentralized infrastructure in supporting institutional use cases. This episode is for builders, investors, and financial operators focused on tokenization and the evolution of financial infrastructure.

    10 min
  2. Episode 27 – Christian Rau on digital assets, stablecoins, and the future of payments

    16 APR

    Episode 27 – Christian Rau on digital assets, stablecoins, and the future of payments

    In this episode of Tech It or Leave It, Sebastien Marque, VP of Strategy at Luna PR, sits down with Christian Rau, Senior Vice President of Digital Assets at Mastercard. Christian shares how blockchain and digital assets are being integrated into traditional payment systems, improving settlement efficiency and expanding how users interact with financial products. The conversation explores the role of stablecoins, the importance of security and regulatory alignment, and how bridging digital assets with fiat systems is key to mainstream adoption. They also discuss why mass adoption will come when the technology becomes invisible to the end user. This episode is for builders, investors, and financial operators focused on payments infrastructure and the evolution of digital assets.

    17 min
  3. Episode 26 – Paul Brody on enterprise blockchain, stablecoins, and the future of payments

    8 APR

    Episode 26 – Paul Brody on enterprise blockchain, stablecoins, and the future of payments

    In this episode of Tech It or Leave It, Sebastien Marque, VP of Strategy at Luna PR, sits down with Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader at EY and Chairman of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. Paul shares insights into how large enterprises are approaching blockchain adoption, with stablecoins, cross border payments, and tokenized assets emerging as key use cases. The conversation explores how regulation is accelerating adoption by providing the clarity institutions need, and why policy developments are enabling broader deployment across financial systems. They also discuss the future of payments, including streaming money and the opportunity to improve efficiency across the broader economic stack. This episode is for builders, investors, and financial operators focused on enterprise adoption, stablecoins, and the evolving infrastructure of global finance.

    17 min
  4. Episode 25 – Peter Bidewell on institutional adoption, onchain privacy, and hybrid infrastructure

    6 APR

    Episode 25 – Peter Bidewell on institutional adoption, onchain privacy, and hybrid infrastructure

    In this episode of Tech It or Leave It, Sebastien Marque, VP of Strategy at Luna PR, sits down with Peter Bidewell, Head of Product at Rayls. Peter breaks down the scale of the institutional opportunity, where trillions in global financial assets remain largely disconnected from blockchain infrastructure, and why adoption still represents only a fraction of what is possible. The conversation explores why early institutional approaches using private and permissioned networks failed to scale, and how hybrid infrastructure models are emerging to bridge internal systems with public blockchain networks. They also dive into the role of privacy in institutional adoption, with confidential transactions and selective disclosures for regulators, as well as how combining onchain and offchain data can unlock new forms of automation. This episode is for builders, investors, and financial operators focused on institutional adoption, onchain privacy, and the infrastructure required to bring real capital onchain.

    9 min
  5. Episode 24 – Moshe Cohen on private DeFi, AI agents, and the future of trading

    3 APR

    Episode 24 – Moshe Cohen on private DeFi, AI agents, and the future of trading

    In this episode of Tech It or Leave It, Hamed Faqirzai, Vice President of Global Development at Luna PR, sits down with Moshe Cohen, CEO of PriveX. Moshe breaks down the core limitation of DeFi today, where full transparency can prevent institutional participation due to the exposure of trading strategies and positions. The conversation introduces PriveX, a private perpetual decentralized exchange that uses garbled circuits, a high-performance, ZK-adjacent encryption method, to enable confidential trading without sacrificing decentralization or execution speed. They also explore the rise of agentic AI, where autonomous agents can analyze data, make decisions, and execute trades on behalf of users, shifting trading from manual execution to AI-driven systems. The discussion touches on the broader role of AI, its impact on productivity, and the long-term outlook toward AGI, including its potential to drive major breakthroughs while remaining guided by human intent. This episode is for traders, builders, and financial operators exploring the intersection of privacy, DeFi, and AI-driven markets.

    15 min
  6. Episode 23 – Shahaf Bar-Geffen on programmable privacy and the future of blockchain

    1 APR

    Episode 23 – Shahaf Bar-Geffen on programmable privacy and the future of blockchain

    In this episode of Tech It or Leave It, Sebastien Marque, VP of Strategy at Luna PR, sits down with Shahaf Bar-Geffen, CEO of COTI Group. Shahaf breaks down why privacy is a fundamental requirement for blockchain adoption, particularly for institutions that need to protect sensitive data such as trading strategies, balances, and financial activity. The conversation explores the concept of programmable privacy, and how COTI is building infrastructure that enables confidential decentralized applications, positioning itself as a privacy layer for Ethereum. They also discuss real-world applications, including private perpetual DEXs designed to prevent front-running, AI-powered trading agents that execute strategies without emotional bias, and future use cases such as confidential DAO voting and private payment systems. The episode touches on the intersection of privacy and AI, and how COTI is driving ecosystem growth by educating developers and enabling new products to be built on its stack. This episode is for builders, investors, and operators focused on privacy as the next major unlock in blockchain infrastructure.

    9 min
  7. Episode 22 – William Wu on capital recycling and unlocking trapped market value

    30 MAR

    Episode 22 – William Wu on capital recycling and unlocking trapped market value

    In this episode of Tech It or Leave It, Hamed Faqirzai, Vice President of Global Development at Luna PR, sits down with William Wu, CEO of Altuva Group. William introduces capital recycling, a strategy focused on transforming undervalued capital into higher-performing assets. The conversation explores inefficiencies in public markets, where trillions of dollars in capital continue to trade below intrinsic value, and how Altuva identifies and acquires these opportunities across sectors including biotech, real estate, and industrials. They break down how this approach differs from traditional distressed investing, shifting focus from fixing operations to monetizing balance sheet assets and reallocating capital into stronger-performing assets such as Bitcoin. The discussion also touches on how capital recycling compares to digital asset treasury models, and why this model is designed to be more fundamentally accretive rather than reliant on yield-based flywheels. This episode is for investors, operators, and financial strategists looking at new approaches to capital allocation and the emergence of capital recycling as a potential new asset class.

    17 min
  8. Episode 21 – Melvis Langyintuo on building institutional blockchain for real-world finance

    29 MAR

    Episode 21 – Melvis Langyintuo on building institutional blockchain for real-world finance

    In this episode of Tech It or Leave It, Sebastien Marque, VP of Strategy at Luna PR, sits down with Melvis Langyintuo, Head of Foundation at Canton Network. Melvis explains how Canton is designed as a public, permissionless blockchain built specifically for institutional finance, combining configurable privacy with interoperability to support real-world financial workflows. The conversation explores the evolution of real-world assets, from early experimental phases to today’s more mature, institutionally driven landscape shaped by better infrastructure, integrated systems, and increasing regulatory clarity. They also discuss how Canton enables institutions to operate private applications while remaining interoperable across a shared network, and break down its token model, which is built without pre-mines or pre-allocations and rewards participants based on network contribution. This episode is for builders, investors, and financial operators focused on bridging traditional finance and blockchain infrastructure.

    21 min
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Welcome to Tech It or Leave It, a podcast powered by Luna Media Corporation. Each week, we dive into the thrilling world of emerging tech and Web3. We explore founder success stories, analyze industry trends, and discuss the latest news with influential figures in the space. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a crypto degen, or just curious, Tech It or Leave It is your gateway to understanding the digital evolution. Tune in and stay ahead of the curve!

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  • Creator
    Luna Media Corporation
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
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