{"id":7714,"date":"2019-09-17T17:52:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/broadcasting-blockchain-curtin-grad-co-hosts-coincast\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T05:09:35","slug":"broadcasting-blockchain-curtin-grad-co-hosts-coincast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/broadcasting-blockchain-curtin-grad-co-hosts-coincast\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcasting blockchain: Curtin grad co-hosts Coincast"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today\u2019s hyper-connected world, it takes mere seconds to share a snap of a lavish lunch, find out when our favourite film is showing, or even pay a pesky parking fine. Thanks to online banking, social media and Google everything, it\u2019s hard to imagine our lives without the web.<\/p>\n

But what comes next?<\/p>\n

The answer suggested by today\u2019s tech enthusiasts is \u2018blockchain\u2019: a revolutionary invention that, like the internet before it, could change the world.<\/p>\n

Blockchain is the genius technology that underpins cryptocurrencies and has far-reaching implications for the finance sector and beyond.<\/p>\n

In simple terms, it is a new way to record exchanges of sensitive data using a decentralised, hyper-secure method that nobody controls.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople can be scared of it because it\u2019s all, \u2018crypto, I don\u2019t understand\u2019,\u201d laughs Curtin journalism graduate Tessa Dempster, a business journalist for Perth-based startup Multiplier Media.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the way that people transact these days is a tap of their card, a tap of their phone and what is that? That\u2019s digital money. It\u2019s just another version of that, but it\u2019s much more secure, and it\u2019s a lot quicker.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Coincast makes heads and tails of blockchain<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dempster now co-hosts Coincast TV, a program covering finance, technology and blockchain news produced by blockchain media and investment relations company, Coincast Media. The show\u2019s first season premiered on Sky News Australia in 2018 and has been purchased by international streaming service DIVAN.TV and broadcast in more than 200 countries.<\/p>\n

\"CoincastThe team at Coincast TV includes a number of Curtin alumni including Timothy Angeles, Aleks Ozolins and Kema Johnson.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have such a great team,\u201d Dempster smiles. \u201cMost of us are under thirty, just a few years into our careers. We\u2019re all open to learning and working in an agile way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe source news stories, write scripts and, put together video graphics. Every day is so different. No one does just one thing. It makes it so much easier when you can pick two people and they can go out and produce a story between them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The role has taken Dempster interstate and overseas to Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went with another team member last year to Singapore to film an entire episode,\u201d she says. \u201cMy colleague did all the filming while I researched the stories and interviewed some great talent. We also did Twitter live broadcasts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TessaDempster says live streaming is important to crypto and blockchain enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are really looking for that personal connection,\u201d she explains. \u201cWe produced live stream coverage at Curtin-sponsored West Tech Fest<\/a> and I spoke with some big players in the blockchain industry including angel investor and Bitfury Group board advisor Bill Tai<\/a>, and former US government official Jim Newsome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dempster credits her Curtin degree with providing a strong foundation for her current career.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy journalism units were fantastic at preparing me for the real world,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Coincast video graphics animator Timothy Angeles says he similarly found his Curtin digital design degree an excellent stepping stone to his dream career.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight before I graduated, Curtin invited us to a big industry show to network with key employers in digital design,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cShortly after the show, I received an email about an opening at Channel Nine \u2013 and was later headhunted by Coincast. I didn\u2019t even know such a great job combining my skills and interest existed!\u201d<\/p>\n

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From Bitcoin to Libra: blockchain on the world stage<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In 2009, blockchain technology attracted worldwide attention with the launch of cryptocurrency Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

\"Bitcoin\u201cThe story of Bitcoin is so intriguing,\u201d says Heidi Cuthbert, Multiplier Media founder and former Bloomberg journalist.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was invented by somebody called Satoshi Nakamoto. But nobody knows his true identity. Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, all the large business publications want to know who he is. It\u2019s one of the world\u2019s greatest modern mysteries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cuthbert believes that Nakamoto created Bitcoin from the fallout of the Global Financial Crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cBitcoin arose as an antithesis to the global financial system,\u201d she says. \u201cThe global system could be considered a series of \u2018centralised accounting ledgers\u2019. Whoever controls the ledger, controls the world. But Bitcoin is completely decentralised. It\u2019s designed to take that concentration of power away from those larger institutions that have been around for hundreds of years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Libra<\/p>\n

In June 2019, technology giant Facebook announced the projected 2020 launch of its own cryptocurrency Libra.\u00a0 The payment system aims to bank the world\u2019s 1.7 billion \u2018unbanked\u2019.<\/p>\n

Cuthbert says: \u201cIt\u2019s so clich\u00e9 but money rules the world. When we start distorting the traditional ways money flows, we get a real shift in power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe so-called \u2018unbanked\u2019 will now have an identity and access to finance through Facebook\u2019s Libra system which will have a very interesting global impact.\u00a0 If Libra becomes a dominant payment system, why does anyone need a bank account? And if you don\u2019t need a bank account, the influence of the central bank is diminished.<\/p>\n

\u201cCentral banks have the power to set interest rates and create monetary policy. But if the impact of their monetary policy decisions is reduced, because people are using their own platform to manage their personal finances, then that impacts on the global finance system in ways that we don\u2019t even understand yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tune in to Season 2 of Coincast TV to find out more about how blockchain is transforming the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Name:<\/strong> Tessa Dempster<\/p>\n

Role:<\/strong> Business Journalist, Coincast Media<\/p>\n

Studied:<\/strong> Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)<\/p>\n

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