Future of Crypto, AI, & Blockchain with Paul Quickenden | Insights & Opportunities
Release Date: 08/08/2025
Wall Street Macro Investor Reveals: HRV, Longevity, Bitcoin & The AI Revolution | Jordi Visser
Pushing The Limits
Wall Street veteran and macro investor Jordi Visser spent 30 years managing billions in risk — building turbulence models to predict market crashes before they happened. Then he turned that exact same framework on his own biology. The result? He raised his HRV from the high 20s to the 60s over six years. Not with a protocol. With a system. Jordi is back on Pushing The Limits for round two and this episode covers everything. We go deep on HRV and longevity — what your wearable is actually telling you, why your gut health is the foundation of your HRV, why breathwork beats meditation, why...
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The Dark Side of NMN Nobody Tells You About
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Is your NAD+ supplement actually working against you? Millions of people are taking NMN or NR thinking they're doing something smart for their longevity. And the science behind NAD+ is genuinely extraordinary. But the way most people are supplementing it is incomplete — and there's growing evidence it could be creating downstream harm most people never connect back to their supplement. In this episode I break down the full NAD+ story — the methylation trap, the CD38 drain, why high-dose NMN may be elevating your cardiovascular risk markers, and...
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Trillions of AI Agents Are Coming — Cern Basher on Why Bitcoin Is the Solution
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Episode Title: Tesla's Building A Robot Army — And A $1.5 Trillion Merger | Cern Basher Short Description: Bitcoin isn't money — it's a cyber security technology. And we're going to need it desperately. Cern Basher, CFA, breaks down why AI agents will choose Bitcoin, the Tesla robotaxi economics, the SpaceX–xAI mega-merger, and why Strategy might be the world's largest digital security company. Full Description: How do you constrain trillions of AI agents roaming the internet? Not with passwords and code — AI will hack all of that. You do it with physics. You do it with...
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Ai Just Broke The Economy - Here's What Comes Next / Cern Basher CFA
Pushing The Limits
What happens when AI makes intelligence essentially free — and unlimited energy plus humanoid robots make physical labour free too? The economic models we've built our entire civilisation on stop working. In this episode I sit down with Cern Basher — a CFA charterholder, CIO of Brilliant Advice, and one of the sharpest minds at the intersection of AI, Bitcoin, and macroeconomics. Originally from New Zealand, Cern has built a massive following for his work connecting the dots between exponential technology and the future of money. We go deep on his thesis that AI and Bitcoin are two...
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Why Your Diet Isn't Working - And Why It Might Be Your DNA
Pushing The Limits
What if the diet you've been following diligently — eating all the right things, tracking your macros, staying committed — is actually wrong for your specific biology? In this solo episode I share the anonymised case of a real client who gained eight kilograms following a ketogenic diet perfectly. Not because she was doing it wrong. Because her genetics made her one of the worst possible candidates for high saturated fat eating — and nobody had ever looked at her DNA. We go deep on the three specific genetic variants that predicted her poor response to keto, what her full microbiome...
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Immunosenescence: Why Your Immune System Is Aging Faster Than You Think (And How to Reverse It)
Pushing The Limits
Your immune system doesn't just fight colds — it's the foundation of your longevity, brain health, and recovery capacity. But here's what most people don't realize: immune aging (immunosenescence) begins as early as your teenage years, and your thymus gland — the training ground for your T-cells — is already shrinking. Your thymus shrinks 3% every year from your teens and 80% of adults carry a dormant virus silently hijacking their immune capacity. In this episode, Lisa dives into the Immunosenescence Paradox: why aging makes your body less effective at fighting...
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Bitcoin Adoption & Future in New Zealand | Paul McArthur & Daniel Reid
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Join us for an in-depth conversation with Paul McArthur and Daniel Reid from BitKiwi, New Zealand's premier Bitcoin community organisation. Discover their journey into Bitcoin, the growth of crypto adoption in NZ, and what the future holds for digital currency in our nation. Topics Covered: Bitcoin's role as a store of value vs medium of exchange Currency debasement and the decline of fiat money Lightning Network and Layer 2 scaling solutions Bitcoin taxation challenges and de minimis exemption proposals Institutional adoption: BlackRock, JP Morgan, and the...
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How to Activate Your Body’s Repair System: with Christian Drapeau
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In this groundbreaking episode of Pushing the Limits, we sit down with Christian Drapeau, MSc - stem cell scientist, author of Cracking the Stem Cell Code, and founder & Chief Science Officer of the regenerative health company Stemregen. Christian shares his 25-plus years of pioneering research into stem cells and regenerative biology, beginning with his revolutionary idea that stem cells are the body’s innate repair system, not just a medical oddity studied in labs. What We Discuss in This Episode The History of Stem Cell Science: How Christian’s early neurophysiology work led him...
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Spot Hidden Health Risks Early: Essential Tips for Prevention with Lisa Tamati
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What if you could detect early warning signs of serious health conditions in just minutes, from the comfort of your own home? Download Your Health Compass Assessment Tool: In this groundbreaking episode, longevity expert Lisa Tamati unveils the revolutionary Health Compass App - a privacy-focused wellness tool that empowers you to take control of your health destiny through evidence-based questionnaires and self-assessment. Forget expensive tests and lengthy doctor visits. This simple yet powerful app uses validated public health data to flag early indicators for conditions that matter...
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When Medicine Fails: How Functional Medicine Defies “Incurable” Diagnoses with Dr Aaron Hartman
Pushing The Limits
What happens when the medical system tells you “there’s nothing more we can do” - and you refuse to accept it? In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, I sit down with Dr. Aaron Hartman, family physician turned functional medicine specialist, whose entire medical philosophy changed after his adopted daughter Anna was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and given a hopeless prognosis. Despite being a doctor himself, Aaron watched specialist after specialist offer only medications, surgery, and limitations. But when he and his wife pursued a functional medicine approach...
info_outlineJoin Lisa Tamati in a comprehensive discussion with Paul Quickenden, CIO of Easy Crypto NZ, as they explore the intersection of crypto, AI, and blockchain technology. Discover insights into blockchain adoption, the impact of AI on decentralized systems, the development of the NZ Digital Dollar (NZDD), stablecoins, and practical business opportunities in the evolving digital landscape. Gain strategic perspectives on regulatory challenges and the role of New Zealand in shaping global tech innovations.
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Paul Quickenden Bio
Chief Commercial Officer - Easy Crypto Seasoned financial futurist
Paul is a dynamic speaker who is highly sought after for his insights into and analysis of the transformative power of blockchain and cryptocurrency. With a fervent belief in the potential of this technology to revolutionise the global economic landscape, Paul draws parallels between the current blockchain era and the foundational impact of the internet in the 1990s.
Paul is a seasoned executive who has honed his expertise in disruptive technology and the development of agile digital enterprises primed for global markets. His multifaceted skill set spans strategy, consulting and product development, culminating in a profound understanding of blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystems and how to build lightweight digital businesses that can export to the world.
As the driving force behind Easy Crypto's market expansion, growth initiatives, and the cultivation of the New Zealand Digital Dollar (NZDD), Paul is an expert in balancing growth with risk. His industry analysis commands a dedicated following within the business and crypto community and he has his reputation as a whip-smart leader with an unwavering passion to help propel New Zealand and other nations into the forefront of blockchain innovation.
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