Hosted by Yitzy Hammer · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 87 episodes
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Welcome to Beyond the Code, the podcast where we dive into the legal, regulatory, and ethical issues surrounding emerging technologies. Each week, we bring you in-depth conversations with industry experts, discussing the latest advancements in technology and their implications on society and the legal system. From artificial intelligence to blockchain, we'll be exploring all the hot topics in the field. Your host, Yitzy Hammer, a lawyer and tech enthusiast, is joined by a diverse group of experts, providing valuable insight into the complex and ever-evolving world of technology.
Yitzy Hammer hosts Beyond the Code, a technology show with 87 episodes published.
In this episode, we cover Michael Terpin's journey from early internet PR (founding Globe Newswire, working with Motley Fool, Earthlink, and AOL) to becoming one of crypto's earliest and most recognized figures — a path
In one of the most unique conversations in Beyond the Code history, Yitzy sits down with Reuven "Ruby" Rivlin — the 10th President of the State of Israel — to talk about why, at 86 years old, he's betting on crypto. Rivl
This episode was recorded live at Consensus Miami 2026 . Jonathan Schmalfeld — known as 'Birdnals' across Crypto Twitter — is Policy Director at The Digital Chamber . He came up doing soft IP litigation, got into crypto
A milestone episode, recorded live at Consensus Miami 2026: after three years, Beyond the Code has its first sponsor — and there's a good story behind why it's FirstRead. Yitzy is joined by returning guest Mike Bacina, n
Snir Levi is the founder and CEO of Nominis — a crypto compliance and blockchain intelligence platform. Before building Nominis, Snir was inside Celsius Network during its rise and sudden collapse, working in the securit
Sam Krichevsky and Sarah Figueroa are married, co-founders, and some of the most fun people I've met in this space. We sat down at Coindesk's Consensus Miami 2026 to talk about their whole journey - from Sarah mining Eth
Live from Consensus 2026 in Miami, we're joined by Russ Davis - " In Russ We Trust " - one of the co-founders of Shiba Inu, the meme coin that changed everything. Russ tells the full story: from passing on Doge in 2016 (
Live from Consensus 2026 in Miami, we're joined by Jacqueline Cooper , also known as CryptoMom2 (we already had CryptoMom No. 1 on this show) ,— partner at Cogent Law Group, co-founder of the Blockchain Legal Institute,
Jonathan Benton spent 25 years at London's Metropolitan Police - running undercover operations straight out of "The Wire," investigating homicide and counterterrorism, and ultimately leading international corruption case
Recorded live at Consensus Miami 2026, I sat down with Karen Knox, digital assets insurance specialist at Howden, for one of the most unexpected origin stories I've heard on this show. From Andy Griffith's hometown in No
I sat down with Delphine Forma — Head of Policy Europe at Solidus Labs, founder of the largest crypto compliance Telegram group in existence, and one of the most well-traveled compliance professionals in the space. From
Recorded live at Consensus Miami 2025, I sat down with Ari Redbord — Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs and former federal prosecutor at the DOJ — to talk about following illicit money through the blockchain, the Beacon N
In this episode, Yitzy sits down with Itai Kanot , CGO and Co-Founder of BeeHero , the company using IoT sensors, AI, and machine learning to monitor beehives and deliver precision pollination at global scale. Itai grew
After a six-week hiatus spent between reserve duty and bomb shelters, Beyond the Code is back with Avishay Yanai , co-founder and CEO of Soda Labs . In this episode, Yitzy sits down with one of Israel’s top cryptography
In this episode of Beyond the Code , Yitzy Hammer sits down with Scott Thiel , CEO and founder of Tokinvest , to explore how real-world asset tokenization is moving from hype to reality. Scott shares his path from award-
Erin West returns to Beyond the Code to unpack the terrifying scale of today’s global scam economy. A former prosecutor and founder of Operation Shamrock , Erin explains how organized criminal networks built massive scam
Stephen Sargeant ( Airdropd ) breaks down what crypto compliance actually looks like from the inside: five years at Bitfinex handling investigations and law enforcement requests, why the compliance community is tighter (
I sat down with Yoni Assia , co-founder & CEO of eToro , for a wide-ranging conversation that spans Bitcoin’s earliest days , eToro’s journey through the 2008 crisis , and why Yoni thinks AI agents will soon trade more t
Crypto lawyer-turned-operator Daniel Lo shares an “alternative legal career” journey, sharing how he wen from M&A in Calgary to Managing Director, GM and CLO at Acheron Trading in Singapore. He explains what it’s wearing
Prediction markets are booming - but Philipp Tsag o lov , CEO & co-founder of Trendle , believes the next frontier is attention . In this episode, we talk about “AttentionFi”: markets that let you trade whether a person
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