#247: Creating a Cutting-edge Company at the Intersection of Cannabis and Blockchain with Greg Anderson, USMA ‘92, and Charlie Uchill, USMA ‘92

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We were able to take the technology associated with blockchain and cryptocurrency and use that as a fundraising mechanism, initially, to help support cannabis operators.”  -</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Greg Anderson, USMA ‘92</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Both 1992 graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Greg Anderson and Charlie Uchill came together to create CeresCoin, a financial services company for the highly regulated legal cannabis industry. Ceres is a blockchain compliance and transparency solution that provides a peer-to-peer methodology for conducting secure, auditable, financial transactions. As CEO, Greg brings leadership experience from his time in the military and over 20 years in the real estate development industry. With a background in alternative structured finance, Charlie brings his industry expertise to the Ceres team as COO.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The development of a financial services platform that bridges the gap between two highly regulated spaces—cannabis and blockchain</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Greg and Charlie worked with the SEC to become a regulated security</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The challenges Ceres faces due to the uncertainty in both the crypto and cannabis industries</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Ceres is a unique solution for a significant problem in a growing $70 billion industry</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Greg and Charlie’s goals for Ceres</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Greg and Charlie explain how choosing to become a regulated security before it was the industry standard, although a long and difficult process, was the right path for Cer