Meltem Demirors


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Crypto and the Crisis of Meaning: Creating Culture and Communities Through Money and Memes

Meltem Demirors, CSO at CoinShares, joins FWB Mayor Alex Zhang at Consensus 2022 to discuss the meanings of crypto with a focus on creating culture and communities through money and memes. Moderator: Joon Ian Wong, Founder, Cryptographic Media

Feature Stage at Consensus 2022

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Web3 Pitch Fest Powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) And CoinDesk

Metagood Co-founder & Chairman Bill Tai and CoinDesk's Chief Content Officer Michael Casey kick off the Web3 Pitch Festival at Consensus 2022. With Extreme Tech Challenge's Executive Managing Director Victoria Slivkoff as moderator, entrepreneurs introduce the highlights of their projects to three judges including Meltem Demirors (CoinShares), Rumi Morales (Digital Currency Group) and Dr. Francis Ho (Walden Catalyst Ventures).

Feature Stage at Consensus 2022

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CoinDesk Confidential: Meltem Demirors

Coinshare's chief strategy officer has fun taking our version of the Proust Questionnaire ahead of Consensus.

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Bitcoin Mining's Energy Consumption Debate

How much energy is bitcoin mining really using, and how does it compare to consumption by other industries? Crypto thought-leader Meltem Demirors and Anton Dek of Cambridge discuss crypto's carbon footprint and the proposed solutions to combat it.

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Meltem Demirors Explains the Crypto Climate Accord and Seeks to Set the Bitcoin Mining Energy Record Straight

Bitcoin and other decentralized networks are notoriously leaderless, which makes organization challenging. So how will the new Crypto Climate Accord get the entire industry on board with its plan for net-zero emissions from mining by 2025? Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer of CoinShares, joins "First Mover" to discuss her company's involvement in the accord and dispel myths around crypto networks destroying the environment.

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Meltem Demirors: Coinbase Will Open the Door for Other Crypto Public Listings and Why That’s Good for the Industry and Women

On “First Mover,” Crypto Thought Leader and CoinShares Chief Strategy Officer Meltem Demirors discusses the impact that Coinbase’s upcoming public listing will have on the crypto ecosystem. Demirors thinks a new wave of millionaire crypto investors is around the corner, and she’s betting many of them will be women.

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For What Future Are We Building Bitcoin?

A reading of Meltem Demirors new essay “Unintended Architecture” asks some key questions about intention setting for the future of Bitcoin.

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