Newsletter highlighting the most popular Crypto Altruism content from May 2023: How blockchain will revolutionize humanitarian aid delivery, tracking positive impact with hypercerts, how blockchain can empower democracies, Bitcoin Ordinals and crypto philanthropy.

While still in the early stages, a decentralized digital identity could be a gamechanger for financial and social inclusion by providing individuals with a trusted form of identification that is secure, accessible, fraud proof, gives them true ownership over their personal data, and provides them with access to vital financial and social services.

In episode 105, we’re excited to welcome Alan Ransil, Project Lead at Filecoin Green, a project focused on building infrastructure that allows anyone to make transparent and substantive environmental claims. We discuss how Web3 can help organizations achieve net-zero emissions targets, building sustainable blockchain protocols, how blockchain can restore trust in carbon markets, and much more.

Whether you’re a newcomer or seasoned Web3 professional, there is no shortage of quality educational content to help you broaden your knowledge of crypto and blockchain, and this is certainly true for podcasts as well. Here, we highlight ten of these podcasts that are worth a listen for crypto builders, enthusiasts, newcomers, and everyone in between.

Web3 technology is transforming the way communities interact and engage with each other. By leveraging decentralized networks, blockchain technology, and smart contracts, Web3 is making it easier for communities to come together, collaborate, raise funds, and take action.

In episode 104, we’re excited to welcome Josephine Lilly Landertinger Forero, Director and Producer at Global Eyes Production, an independent film company providing author driven films and audiovisual content for the world. We discuss how Web3 can empower independent filmmakers, how NFTs can change the way audiences engage with films, how Web3 will disrupt the massive, and traditionally centralized film industry, and much more.

In episode 103, we’re excited to welcome Yuan Su, Founder and CTO of Metis, an Ethereum Smart Layer-2 dedicated to solving the trilemma of security, scalability, and decentralization, and Nuvo, a middleware platform that bridges the gap between Web2 and Web3 development. We discuss how Web3 can enable data privacy and ownership, the exciting potential of a decentralized digital identity, and how it can help the 1B unbanked around the world, and much more!

As the world continues to face unprecedented humanitarian challenges, embracing blockchain technology could prove to be a game-changer in providing timely and reliable assistance to those in need by increasing cost efficiency, transparency, auditability, and speed, and providing humanitarian organizations with innovative new tools to raise funds.

In episode 102, we’re excited to welcome Katie Hultquist from Outright International, Generative Artist Jeres, and Aldredo Asuzano from fxhash for a fascinating discussion on NFT philanthropy. We discuss their collaborative NFT project that raised funds and awareness for Outright International, why NFTs are a powerful force for social impact, how Web3 can benefit social causes, and much more.

Newsletter highlighting the most popular Crypto Altruism content from April 2023: Gitcoin Beta Round, how blockchain can empower democracies, web3 and healthcare data ownership, why Nonprofits should embrace Web3, and how Web3 can help combat climate change.

Democracies all over the world are in peril as citizens feel powerless & disconnected from their systems of governance. Blockchain can help build democracies that are truly representative of the people and give agency to the average citizen to participate and find their voice.

Bitcoin Ordinals, and cryptocurrency more generally, provide unique opportunities for nonprofits to future-proof their operations, and scale impact through new fundraising strategies, partnership opportunities, and the ability to connect with a global community of passionate and generous innovators.

In episode 101, we’re excited to welcome Carl Cevone from hypercerts, a new protocol for funding and rewarding impact. We discuss how they’re using the power of blockchain to help build sustainable models for public goods financing, why blockchain is such a valuable tool for impact monitoring and evaluation, how Web3 will disrupt the impact ecosystem, and much more.

If you’re active in the Web3 space, you’ve probably seen a lot of buzz around Gitcoin Grants. The Gitcoin Grants program is a community-driven fundraising protocol, delivered quarterly, that catalyzes the Web3 community and empowers individuals to fund Web3 public goods projects. In this article, we breakdown the basics of Gitcoin Grants, and demystify the innovation of Quadratic Funding.

In episode 100, we look back on the top moments from the first 99 episodes – the best insights, alpha, and reflections on the incredible potential of blockchain to build a better world. We share one short clip from each of the top ten most popular episodes of the Crypto Altruism podcast – from some of Web3’s pioneering social impact leaders.

In this podcast starter pack, we’ve bundled together eight episodes highlighting incredible projects using the power of web3 and blockchain to combat climate change, and drive regeneration and conservation efforts. This starter pack includes renowned guests from ImpactScope, Ecosapiens, ReFi DAO, OASA, Kokonut Network, Topl, WheelCoin, and Celo Foundation.