Financial Inclusion


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Circle Launches Initiative to Boost Global Financial Inclusion

The stablecoin issuer is allocating a share of USDC reserves to support minorities and women, as well as help with worldwide humanitarian efforts.

Jeremy Allaire, Circle (CoinDesk archives)

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A16z, Coinbase-Backed Startup Looks to Distribute Crypto to Everyone on Earth by Scanning Their Eyeballs: Report

Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped unit to produce a unique identifier from an iris scan.

Sam Altman

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Importance of Blockchain for Social Impact and Policy

In their collective mission to drive greater gender equity and financial inclusion, Guap Coin Founder Tavonia Evans, A100x Ventures Managing Partner Nisa Amoils, and National Policy Network of Women of Color in Blockchain Founder Cleve Mesidor discuss their efforts to transform government policy and social impact, and why this matters.

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Former Citigroup Chairman Joins Board of Crypto Payments Firm Celo

Dick Parsons could bring a critical eye to some of the decentralized finance protocols that look like structured products, said Celo co-founder Rene Reinsberg.

Former Citigroup Chairman Dick Parsons

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Jamaica to Pilot CBDC Later This Year

The Caribbean nation's finance minister announced plans to officially launch a CBDC during the annual national budget debate.

Kingston, Jamaica.

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Can Bitcoin Help People Who Aren’t Already Rich?

Human Rights Foundation Chief Strategy Officer Alex Gladstein and "The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance" author Brett Scott debate whether or not bitcoin enables financial inclusion.

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Ripple Donates $10M to Mercy Corps for Increasing Financial Inclusion

The donation will be used to support fintech solutions that leverage blockchain technology and digital assets to further financial inclusion.

Ripple

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‘Satoshi Was a Black Woman’: Blockchain Entrepreneurs Talk Financial Inclusion on Juneteenth

At a virtual event Friday called "Crypto & Race," blockchain entrepreneurs explored how racial inequality affects the cryptocurrency sector.

Juneteenth Flag (Nafsadh/Wikimedia Commons)

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Why Crypto Matters for Financial Inclusion, Feat. Celo's Marek Olszewski

In a world of centralized mobile money solutions, do decentralized, permissionless currencies matter?

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Libra Minus Facebook: Why Celo Is 2020's Buzzy Token Project

With $30 million from Polychain and a16z, here's how the buzzy Celo plans to rival Libra on financial inclusion.

cLabs staffers at a quarterly offsite in San Francisco. (Courtesy photo)

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