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Next Podcast Episode - December 24 - Trailblazers of Octant #3 - Protocol Guild

Next Podcast Episode - December 24 - Trailblazers of Octant #3 - Protocol Guild



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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 151 - Glo Dollar - Unlocking billions in public goods funding with stablecoins

In episode 151, we’re excited to welcome Garm Lucassen, CTO and Co-Founder of Glo Dollar, a stablecoin dedicated to unlocking $7.4B a year in funding for public goods and charity. We discuss how stablecoins can be leveraged to embed philanthropy into everyday transactions, the concept of Auto Public Goods Funding (or AutoPGF), the roadmap ahead for Glo Dollar, and much more.

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From reactive to proactive: how blockchain is revolutionizing the delivery of anticipatory aid

Anticipatory aid reimagines the delivery of humanitarian aid, taking a more proactive approach that gets aid to those in need before the crisis event even happens. In this article, we dive into how blockchain stands to revolutionize anticipatory aid by improving early warning systems, the transfer of funds to those in need, and the auditing and reporting of aid efforts.

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From Tokens to Trust: What Is Collaborative Finance (CoFi)?

Collaborative finance (CoFi) is all about community, trust, and social agreements, showing great potential to bring a human touch back into the impersonal world of financial transactions. In this article, Tereza Bizkova explores how Collaborative Finance, powered by blockchain, stands as a promising avenue to forge more empowered, human-centric, and peer-to-peer interactions.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 127 - Glo & The Life You Can Save - How blockchain can help alleviate extreme poverty

In episode 127, we’re excited to welcome Jon Behar from The Life You Can Save, a nonprofit making smart giving simpler, and Seth Ariel Green from Glo Dollar, a stablecoin with a mission to end extreme poverty. We discuss how crypto can help fight extreme poverty, how blockchain can fuel smarter giving, some of the barriers preventing crypto from reaching its full potential, and more.

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Crypto Altruism Monthly Recap - March 2023

Newsletter highlighting the most popular Crypto Altruism content from March 2023: how blockchain will improve healthcare, chatting Quadratic Funding with Gitcoin’s Connor O’Day, five ways blockchain can help end deforestation, and how stablecoins can help end extreme poverty.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 93 - Glo - Fighting extreme poverty with Web3 and stablecoins

In episode 93, we’re excited to welcome Garm Lucassen and Jasper Driessens from Glo, a stablecoin with a mission to generate basic income and lift people out of extreme poverty. We discuss why Web3-enabled basic income is such a powerful force for fighting poverty, the mechanics behind the Glo Dollar, how crypto can drive financial inclusion, and much more.

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Web3 - A Disruptive Tool For Social Impact

Cryptocurrency is more than just an investment. Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and web3 are generational technologies that have the potential to change the world for the better. These ground-breaking technologies will positively disrupt nearly all aspects of our lives in the coming decades: the internet, our financial systems, supply chains, health care, and everything in between. From a social impact lens, blockchain is the single greatest development since the internet.

It has the potential to revolutionize the way aid is disbursed, how funds are raised by non-profits and charitable causes, how communities and collectives organize and engage in self-governance, how CO2 is tracked and managed, how important financial services are delivered to the nearly 2 billion unbanked people around the world, and much more. We are only just scratching the surface of the intersections between web3 and social good.

Crypto Altruism is the leading platform for content highlighting the social impact use cases of web3 and the extraordinary organizations and projects that are using this technology to change the world. Through our blog, podcast, and educational resources, we elevate stories of how crypto, blockchain, NFTs, DAOs, and other web3 innovations are being used all over the world for novel and inspiring use cases.