Community Crypto

"Community Crypto" takes a close look at the emerging crypto economy in Nigeria. Nigerians facing a local currency crisis became early bitcoin users, and now cryptocurrency adoption is surging. Has this dramatic leap to a new citizen-driven monetary system helped or hurt the country, and what does the future hold? Host Isaiah Jackson sits down with Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation, Freeme Digital CEO Michael Ugwu, and Paxful's Nigeria Regional Manager Nena Nwachukwu.

7 lug 2021

“Community Crypto” takes a close look at the emerging crypto economy in Nigeria. Nigerians facing a local currency crisis became early bitcoin users, and now cryptocurrency adoption is surging. Has this dramatic leap to a new citizen-driven monetary system helped or hurt the country, and what does the future hold? Host Isaiah Jackson sits down with Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation, Freeme Digital CEO Michael Ugwu, and Paxful’s Nigeria Regional Manager Nena Nwachukwu.

1 lug 2021

“Community Crypto” explores central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and their potential to narrow the financial inequality gap with someone who knows all too well how difficult it can be to live outside the current financial system. Host Isaiah Jackson speaks with Carmelle Cadet. Originally from Haiti, she was previously among the millions of “unbanked” many in crypto seek to serve. Last week, she testified before Congress as a CBDC expert and the CEO of an infrastructure company.

24 giu 2021

“Community Crypto” explores the impact and implications of El Salvador’s historic decision to make bitcoin a national currency. What countries will follow El Salvador’s lead, and what are the concerns and potential complications? Joining host Isaiah Jackson to discuss are Fabio Ostermann, a state representative from Brazil, and George Selgin of the Cato Institute.

17 giu 2021

On this week’s episode of “Community Crypto,” musical artist and Digital Currensy founder Adrian Swish discusses bitcoin and crypto in the world of hip-hop with host Isaiah Jackson.

10 giu 2021

This week’s “Community Crypto” puts a spotlight on Miami where the Bitcoin 2021 conference kicks off. With the city’s goal to become a crypto and blockchain technology and business hub, host Isaiah Jackson speaks with special guests: Danielle Cohen Higgins, Miami-Dade county commissioner; Jorge Cortes, BitBasel co-Founder; and Scarlett Arana, UnifyIT CEO.

3 giu 2021

This special episode of “Community Crypto,” live from Consensus, highlights exemplary projects that go to the heart of the crypto story: the hopes and dreams that many have to see that crypto/blockchain technology is used to make society more just and fair. Host Isaiah Jackson speaks with special guests who are putting crypto to work for good causes. Actor Hill Harper and his business partner Najah Roberts discuss their new app called “The Black Wall Street App,” offering a digital wallet, ability to trade and crypto education to users. Producer Leah Callon-Butler and Aleksander Larsen of Axie Infinity show us the difference an NFT game makes in an underserved Philippines community. Greg Magarshak and Gerard Dache discuss a project called “Justice Coin,” that the City of Evanston, Illinois plans to use to make reparations to people previously harmed by harsh marijuana laws.

27 mag 2021

In this episode of “Community Crypto,” we go to Africa to explore the continent’s adoption of cryptocurrencies and what this innovation means to the African diaspora. Host Isaiah Jackson speaks with BTCKing, LLC CEO Dee Duncan who joins us from Ghana and Sinclair Skinner of BillMari based in Zimbabwe.

20 mag 2021

In this episode of “Community Crypto,” we explore booming bitcoin communities in cities like Charlotte and Raleigh in the state of North Carolina where the banking industry has historically been king. Host Isaiah Jackson sits down with Lolli CEO Alex Adelman, along with Bitcoin Charlotte founder Jacob Parrish and Old North Capital Fund CEO David Seroy.

13 mag 2021

In this episode of “Community Crypto,” host Isaiah Jackson sits down with three influential women in the crypto industry: Guap Coin Founder Tavonia Evans, A100x Ventures Managing Partner Nisa Amoils and National Policy Network of Women of Color in Blockchain Founder Cleve Mesidor. They tell the story of women shaping blockchain policymaking and regulation, the case for financial inclusion and gender equity, and ways to engage youth to get interested in the cryptocurrency space.

6 mag 2021