Mai Santamaria

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Head of Financial Advisory Unit at Department of Finance Ireland

The Next Episode - MoneyNeverSleeps 300: One Story Ends, Another Begins
Oct. 10, 2025

The Next Episode - MoneyNeverSleeps 300: One Story Ends, Another Begi…

This one was special. Episode 300 of MoneyNeverSleeps was recorded live at the Podcast Studios at HeadStuff HQ in Dublin - the legendary former Westland Studios where artists like U2, Dropkick Murphys, and Hozier have recorde...

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285: Startup Smarts & Web3 Wisdom | Highlights from the Past Year
Feb. 21, 2025

285: Startup Smarts & Web3 Wisdom | Highlights from the Past Year

This week, we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite moments from the past year—the conversations that stuck with me long after we hit stop on the recording. If you missed them the first time around, now’s your chance to catch the highlights, chock full of startup smarts and web3 wisdom!

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278: Money Talks w/ Mai Santamaria | The Butterfly Defect & the Future of Finance
Dec. 6, 2024

278: Money Talks w/ Mai Santamaria | The Butterfly Defect & the Futur…

This week, I’m joined by the brilliant Mai Santamaria for a far-ranging discussion inspired by Ian Goldin’s concept of The Butterfly Defect — a thought-provoking take on the risks and interconnectedness of our global systems....

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260: Money Talks with Mai Santamaria | The Human Side of Digital Identity
May 17, 2024

260: Money Talks with Mai Santamaria | The Human Side of Digital Iden…

This week, I’m joined by guest co-host Mai Santamaria, the head of the financial advisory unit for the Department of Finance in Ireland. We delve into the world of digital identity, discussing the projects of World ID and TON, iris and palm scanning, and how humans are incentivized to digitalize th…

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247: Money Talks with Mai Santamaria | Digital Identity, Trust, Risk and Blockchain (or not)
Feb. 9, 2024

247: Money Talks with Mai Santamaria | Digital Identity, Trust, Risk …

Mai Santamaria joins me once again as guest co-host as we riff on the intersection of digital identity, digital wallets, blockchain, CBDCs, and how the political regime under which an individual lives influences your senses of trust and risk. We also blow to bits my expectation that the new EU digi…

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241: Money Talks with Mai Santamaria | Binance and CZ | Argentina's New President | Vitalik's Techno-Optimism Manifesto | Blockchain and AI Intersect
Dec. 1, 2023

241: Money Talks with Mai Santamaria | Binance and CZ | Argentina's N…

This week I’m joined by guest co-host Mai Santamaria, the Head of the Financial Advisory Unit for the Department of Finance in Ireland. Mai and I riff on where crypto exchange Binance goes from here after being fined $4.3bn, with co-founder and CEO Changpeng Zao stepping down.  We also look at the …

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005: Started From The Bottom | Mai Santamaria
June 19, 2018

005: Started From The Bottom | Mai Santamaria

Mai Santamaria joins us this week to talk about how she fell into accounting and used it as a stepping stone to drive change across many organisations....as well as sharing an unfortunate translation mistake!

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