Press & media

Interviews, podcasts, features and talks. For enquiries, see work with me.

Awards and recognition

Where an award was decided by a vote or by a room of peers, the page says so.

AI Influencer of the Year, first place, Singapore

First place for AI Influencer of the Year at an awards evening at Marquee, Singapore.

Award at India Web 3.0 Week 2023

Recognised at #BCrypt India Web 3.0 Week in 2023, the year after India's crypto tax regime came in and domestic volumes collapsed.

Binance

The Blockchain 100, Industry Advocate

Named in The Blockchain 100 2025, presented by Binance, in the Industry Advocate category, and voted first in it.

Gurgaon awards evening

Best Crypto Educator, presented by Chetan Bhagat

Named Best Crypto Educator at an awards evening in Gurgaon, with the award presented by the author Chetan Bhagat.

Regional Ambassador Club, Kuala Lumpur

Regional Ambassador Club, Kuala Lumpur, 2018

Recognised by the Regional Ambassador Club, Kuala Lumpur, in 2018, seven years before the audience existed.

Consensus 2025

Top Crypto Educator Award at Consensus 2025, Hong Kong

Recognised at Consensus 2025 in Hong Kong for contributions to blockchain, Web3 and digital asset education.

Degen Summit, Singapore

Most Innovative Web3 KOL, Degen Summit Singapore

Winner at the KOL's Awards Night, Degen Summit, a Token2049 side event at The Westin Singapore on 16 September 2024.

Bitget, BingX, CoinW, CoinDCX, Bitunix

Recognition from exchanges

Awards from Bitget, BingX, CoinW, CoinDCX and Bitunix, listed together with the relationship behind each one stated plainly.

India Blockchain Week

Crypto Influencer Award, India Blockchain Week

Receiving the Crypto Influencer Award 2024 at India Blockchain Week, voted by people who work in the industry rather than by an audience.

UST Global

Recognised by UST Global

An award from UST Global, the digital transformation company, for work in blockchain and crypto education.

Television, panels and interviews

Segments and long-form conversations, embedded where they are public.

Blockchain & AI Summit

Blockchain & AI Summit, Kuala Lumpur

Hosting a 300-person Blockchain and AI Summit in Kuala Lumpur with CIIM, backed by Bitget, Bitunix Academy and CoinDCX.

Capital Circuit

Capital Circuit #CryptoLIVE: a long-form interview

A live interview on Capital Circuit India's #CryptoLIVE, covering the market, the rules, and what Indian investors keep getting wrong.

CNBC Awaaz

On CNBC Awaaz, Crypto Corner

Appearing on CNBC Awaaz's Crypto Corner, produced with CoinDCX, on what Indian investors should check before putting money into crypto.

CoinDCX

Crypto Spotlight: in conversation with CoinDCX

CoinDCX's Crypto Spotlight series, on teaching crypto in Hindi and what Indian retail investors get wrong.

ET Now Swadesh

On ET Now Swadesh: investing in crypto through SIP

A panel on ET Now Swadesh with Naimish Sanghvi and Anuj Bhasin, on whether a SIP approach makes sense for crypto and what it changes for Indian investors.

Josh Talks

Speaking at Josh Talks

On the Josh Talks stage, on building an audience from zero and teaching finance in the language people actually think in.

The Lallantop

On The Lallantop: what a crypto winter actually is

Explaining crypto winter for The Lallantop's audience: what the phrase means, why it keeps happening, and what it does to people who arrived at the top.

Live Bitcoin News

Thoughts on where crypto is heading

Live Bitcoin News on market outlook, what Indian retail investors should watch, and the risks that get ignored in a rising market.

Philippine Blockchain Week

Interviewed at Philippine Blockchain Week

An interview from Philippine Blockchain Week, on Southeast Asia as a base for building and what Indian founders keep running into.

Written coverage

Profiles and features published elsewhere.

Fox Interviewer