Crypto Altruists: Real-World Stories of Social & Environmental Impact with Web3

For episode 174, we have a special episode in store. On September 25th, Tereza and Drew from Crypto Altruism co-hosted a Twitter Space where they dove into the key themes from their three-part article series, Exploring the Octant Ecosystem, and had the opportunity to chat with Mashal and Wayne from Octant about some of the exciting things they have in the works. We also announced the winners of ou...

In episode 173, we’re excited to welcome Batsirai Muguti & Wayne Anthony Daniels of Pipe gDAO, a decentralized community leveraging blockchain to build a University Real World Asset IP Launchpad to help bring groundbreaking ideas from lab to market. We explore what the heck the European Paradox is, how they are addressing it by creating a decentralized ecosystem that tokenizes intellectual pro...

In episode 172, which is the second part in our two-part series, we welcome back Njeri Muhia and Abeera Akhtar from Mercy Corps Ventures, Greg Schneider and Marie-Odile Zanders from Empowa, and Irthu Suresh from Atlantis. We continue exploring their pilot projects that leverage Web3 technology to build climate resilience, diving deeper into the role of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, how...

TLDR - Exploring conflict and trust in DAOs and decentralized communities For episode 4 of the Impact on Optimism miniseries, we’re excited to welcome Juan Carlos Bell, Project Lead at Gravity DAO, a conflict management DAO that offers alternative dispute resolution and community building services for web3 projects. We’ll explore the origins of Gravity DAO, dive into the unique challenges DAOs fac...

In episode 171, which is part 1 of a 2-part series, we’re excited to welcome five amazing guests: Njeri Muhia and Abeera Akhtar from Mercy Corps Ventures, Greg Schneider and Marie-Odile Zanders from Empowa, and Irthu Suresh from Atlantis. We explore the pilot projects that Empowa and Atlantis recently completed with the help of Mercy Corps Ventures which leverage Web3 to scale climate-resilient ho...

In episode 170, we’re excited to welcome Agustin Liserra, CEO and Co-Founder of Num Finance, an organization on a mission to democratize investing with tokenized Real World Assets. We dive into what exactly a tokenized RWA is, how they can democratize investment opportunities, the role of RWAs in climate finance and the Regenerative Finance movement, how blockchain can bring greater transparency a...

For episode 3 of the Impact on Optimism miniseries, we’re excited to welcome Will T, Founder of KFMEDIA℠, a Web3 educational platform on a mission to “inspire, excite, educate, & motivate people to support the regeneration of knowledge.” We explore how Web3 can improve traditional education systems, their innovative Learn for Impact program that rewards students for their achievements, insight...

In episode 169, we’re excited to welcome Jose Santiago Gomez Piedrahita, CEO of Alternun, a ReFi project that’s revolutionizing the gold industry through “Digital Gold Mining”. We dive into the challenges of traditional gold mining, explore how Alternun is leveraging blockchain to decentralize and democratize investment opportunities in gold, and discuss how they’re using liquidity pools and token...

For today’s episode we’re excited to return to the Impact on Optimism Series for the second episode! In this series, we highlight gamechanging public goods projects in the Optimism Ecosystem, and today, we have a super interesting conversation in store centered around the Ethereum Layer 2 ecosystem. For episode 2 of the Impact on Optimism miniseries, we’re excited to welcome Tobias Schreier, Co-Fo...

In episode 168, we’re excited to welcome Mark Pascall, Co-Founder of The Wellbeing Protocol, an organization on a mission to build a world where local communities are empowered to support their own wellbeing. We discuss how their participatory grantmaking tool is giving communities the power to allocate capital, the role of quadratic and conviction voting mechanisms, the future of hyper local DAOs...

In episode 167, we’re excited to welcome Andrew Forson, Head of Ventures and Investments for The Hashgraph Association, a non-profit organization focused on building a vibrant, innovative, Hedera ecosystem.. We explore what differentiates hashgraphs from blockchains, their vision for building a decentralized economy that empowers startups, enterprises, and governments, their recent collaboration w...

In episode 166, we’re excited to welcome Leo Lin, Founder of Arkreen, a Web3-powered infrastructure network for global distributed renewable energy resources. We dive into the role of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) in achieving net zero, how Web3 can empower individual climate action and make renewable energy accessible to the masses, and much more. --Three Key Takeaways--...

In episode 165, we’re excited to welcome Evan Shapiro of Mina Foundation, a zero knowledge blockchain for a secure, private, and verifiable internet. We break down what the heck a zero knowledge proof is, why you should get excited about this emerging technology, and some of the most compelling social impact use cases of ZK proofs. --Three Key Takeaways-- At their core, Zero Knowledge Proofs give...

In episode 164, we’re excited to welcome David Casey, CEO of Funding the Commons, a project incubated by Protocol Labs that builds bridges between builders, researchers, and funders transforming funding models and mechanisms for public goods. We discuss why Web3 has become a hub for public goods funding experimentation, some of the most exciting innovations coming out of the space, the challenge o...

In episode 163, we’re excited to welcome Nico Gallardo of LottoPGF, the creators of permissionless lotteries for public goods funding on Ethereum. We dive into the history of lotteries as a funding mechanism, why Ethereum is such a powerful force for community coordination and capital allocation, how permissionless lotteries are set to disrupt traditional public goods funding, unifying degens and...

Today we’re excited to release the first episode of our new Crypto Altruism mini series – “Impact on Optimism”, where we explore Public Goods Changemakers creating impact in the Optimism ecosystem. There is some really exciting experimentation and innovation in the Optimism Ecosystem centered around a vision of uplifting public goods, so in this series we’re excited to do some deep dives into the...

In episode 162, we’re excited to welcome Rod Mamin, Founder of LunCo, an organization on a mission to decentralize space exploration and catalyze open source space engineering. We talk about the growing DeSpace movement, how Web3 can help address the pain points in traditional space research, bringing an open source ethos to space engineering, why the average person should care about space explora...

In episode 161, we’re excited to welcome Alexander Aleksashev-Arno, CEO & Founder of CHOICE, a decentralised community that stands for LGBTQIA+ rights and accelerates the culture of diversity, equity and inclusion through secure and immersive technologies. We discuss their Global Digital Pride campaign, the role of decentralization in empowering activists around the world, how Metaverses, NFTs...

In episode 160, we’re excited to welcome Monica Talan of CryptoConexión and WAGMI LatAm, two incredible projects focused on catalyzing the Web3 movement in Latin America. We discuss why Latin America has been such an exciting hub for innovation, how Web3 can create economic and social inclusion in the region, some of the most exciting projects coming out of Latin America, and much more.  --Three K...

In episode 159, we’re excited to welcome Rodrigo Nuñez, Co-Founder of MesoReefDAO, a decentralized organization leveraging Web3 technology to scale coral reef conservation efforts in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. We discuss how Web3 mechanisms can help incentivize coral restoration efforts, partnering with local organizations as a DAO, the role of decentralized science in conservation effo...

In episode 158, we’re excited to welcome Jimi Cohen, Founder of Treegens, a community on a mission to build a world where anyone can plant trees & get rewarded. Another fun fact about Jimi, is that he recently set a Guiness World Record for most trees planted in 24 hours by a single individual, with over 30,000! In our chat we discuss how Web3 can help coordinate tree planters all over the wor...

In episode 157, we’re excited to welcome Daniel Villota, Founder of Unchained Elephants, a community leveraging Web3 technology to promote elephant welfare in Thailand, and to rescue elephants enduring cruel treatment. We discuss some of the challenges facing elephants in the tourism industry in Thailand, how they’re leveraging NFTs to create a community dedicated to elephant welfare, how they rai...

In episode 155, we’re excited to welcome Adam Silver, Co-Founder & CEO of Plural Energy, an organization dedicated to making the financing of renewable energy better, faster, cheaper, and accessible to all. We discuss some of the challenges in renewable energy markets, how blockchain is revolutionizing climate finance, onboarding projects and investors to Web3, and much more. --Three Key Takea...

In episode 154, we’re excited to welcome Avery Schwarz and Christian Chegne of Coral Tribe and ReFi Hub, a community of impact investors powering Web3 climate finance. We discuss how the tokenization of real-world assets can revolutionize climate finance, how Web3 can help coordinate communities around climate solutions, the growing Regenerative Finance movement, and much more. --Three Key Takeawa...

In episode 153, we’re excited to welcome Professor Tonya Evans, an author, law professor at Penn State specializing in Web3, sought-after consultant, and award-winning tech leader. Oh, and she even testified in front of congress about Web3 regulations. We discuss how Web3 can be key in building more equitable institutions, staying agile in challenging regulatory environments, building inclusion in...