#Blockchain #Cryptocurrency #DataScienceApplications Cryptocurrency and blockchain take center stage this week as @JonKrohnLearns welcomes Chief Economist at Chainalysis, Philip Gradwell, to discuss the data science applications in this exciting field. This episode is brought to you by Datalore (https://datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, by Zencastr (http://zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts, and by Bunch (https://superdatascience.com/bunch), the AI driven leadership coach. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit https://www.jonkrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: • What the role of a chief economist entails [4:19] • What are blockchains and cryptocurrency? [6:52] • How analyzing cryptocurrencies differs from established fiat currencies [11:17] • Philip's work at Chainalysis [24:36] • Philip's crypto data analytics pipeline [34:17] • How Philip develops data products for a wide range of users [44:47] • How the blockchain facilitates innovative computing and machine learning technologies [50:20] • What Philip looks for in the data scientists he hires [1:03:27] Additional materials: https://www.superdatascience.com/621