Interview with Jamiel Sheikh by Nadia Kugrashova

In this video Nadia Kugrashova talks to Jamiel Sheikh. Jamiel Sheikh is a founder, CEO, author, professor and community builder. Jamiel founded Scifn (formerly Chainhaus) in 2016 as a blockchain and AI advisory, education, services and products firm and founder of CBDC Think Tank. He has over 30 years of experience in capital markets, banking and technology, having worked for organizations like JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and Lehman Brothers. Jamiel is adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, Zicklin Business School, CUNY SPS and Zhejiang International Business School in China, where he teaches graduate courses on blockchain, machine learning and AI and is Innovation Fellow at Columbia Business School’s Lang Center for Entrepreneurship. He currently runs AI NYC and Blockchain NYC, the largest blockchain community in NYC with over 40K local members hosting marquee events like DEFICON, DARC and CBDC Summit, while running popular portals like and Currency Insider. He is author of bestselling book Mastering Corda, upcoming Cambridge Handbook on Law and Policy of NFTs, and Finance 3.0 with Columbia University Press and a Forbes contributor writing on blockchain and AI topics. Jamiel holds an MBA from Columbia University’s Business School and BBA from Baruch College and is completing his second Masters in Artificial Intelligence from Georgia Institute of Technology. _______ Nadia Kugrashova is a product manager, polyglot and self-made Russian immigrant in NYC discovering places, people and new ideas. Partnership: socialnetworkemail212@ 2:00 Who is Jamiel Sheikh? 4:20 How is Jamiel able to do so many things? 8:25 Jamiel’s age 9:00 Daily routine 12:00 Motivation to do business 18:05 More about Jamiel’s daily routine 21:00 Mental health 25:00 Scifn (previously Chainhous) 27:45 2 new courses by Jamiel 31:00 Course’s price 33:00 US formal education in blockchain 36:00 Innovation 39:44 What makes some countries more open minded to crypto? 40:00 Kazakhstan 44:15 Jamiel’s message to the heads of central banks 46:00 Perception of time 50:12 Outside of work #crypto #blockchain #jamielsheikh #nft #interview #ai #nyc