For episode 739 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by David Lucatch, the Chair of nGRND, the Gold Protocol that converts stranded in-ground gold into liquid, reward-bearing digital assets, without extraction or environmental cost.

David brings 40+ years of global entrepreneurial experience to this moment. He was an early architect of eCommerce payment infrastructure in Canada during Web1, built an AI/ML-powered engagement platform used by over 200 million people in Web2, and has spent Web3 at the intersection of blockchain, digital identity, and real-world asset tokenisation. He's a Forbes Business Council member, Rolling Stone Culture Council member, NY Emmy-nominated Executive Producer, and part of a team that holds a Guinness World Record in the online space.

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⏳ Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(2:44) Who is David Lucatch?

(6:13) What is nGRND?

(8:34) Tokenization process & regulators

(10:36) How much Gold is unmined?

(14:09) Does the resource sector like tokenization?

(16:28) Focusing on Gold tokenization

(16:52) Sumsub

(17:35) Public Investing

(18:20) Dual-yield solution

(20:05) How to own the nGRND token?

(21:34) Gamification

(25:30) Future of the Gold market & Gold as money

(28:17) nGRND website & socials

(29:05) nGRND roadmap

🎙 nGRND Links:

🔗 Website: https://www.ngrnd.com/

🔗 X: https://x.com/nGRND_io

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lucatch/

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ngrnd/

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