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Jonathan Levin: The Blockchain Archivist

Jonathan Levin
Jonathan Levin
Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Chainalysis
February 8, 2022
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Jonathan Levin, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Chainalysis, joins World of DaaS host Auren Hoffman. Auren and Jonathan dive into the importance of understanding transactions on the blockchain, how challenging it is to establish a data co-op, and what it’s like to build a data company in crypto. They also chat about how data companies are misunderstood and can’t be viewed from the SaaS lens.

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