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

In episode 112, we’re excited to welcome Nick Lambert, CEO of Dock, a decentralized identity company that enables organizations to issue, manage, and verify fraud-proof credentials efficiently and securely via blockchain. We discuss how decentralized identity can protect us in our digital world, the innovations of soul-bound tokens and Zero-Knowledge Proofs, how decentralized identity will revolut...

In episode 111, we’re excited to welcome René Pinnell, Co-Founder of Artizen Fund, a movement using Web3 tools to unlock human creativity by reinventing how we fund art, science, technology, and design. We discuss the challenges with getting funding for human creativity and how Web3 can address this, Artizen’s innovative artifact fundraising process, how blockchain can help eliminate bureaucracy a...

In episode 110, we’re excited to welcome Joshua Kagan, CEO & Co-Founder of Bonfire, a Web3 startup using the power of blockchain technology to enable every day people to have access to wealth generation. We discuss how blockchain can democratize access to the wealth-building power of real estate, how tokenization will revolutionize the way people of all income levels invest in physical assets,...

In episode 109, we’re excited to welcome Chauncey St. John, Founder of Angel Giving, a web3 platform with a mission to democratize access to growth funds so any nonprofit organization can achieve a more secure financial future. We discuss how Web3 can improve charitable endowments and other giving tools, navigating the highs and lows of Web3 as a nonprofit, advice for nonprofits who are hesitant t...

In episode 108, we’re excited to welcome Rob Keanalley, CEO at Aquatic Metaverse, a digital asset entertainment and education brand focused on marine life conservation, and also the company behind Salty Sharks. We discuss how Web3 tools can help engage global communities around important causes, using metaverse experiences to raise awareness and educate about marine conservation, why NFTs are a po...

In episode 107, we’re excited to welcome Daniele Servadei, Co-Founder and CEO at Sellix, an e-commerce platform making it easy for the entrepreneurs of tomorrow to grow their businesses with cryptocurrency. At the age of 18, Daniele Founded Sellix, while balancing life as a student, and saw the incredible potential of Web3 from the beginning. We discuss how Web3 can help entrepreneurs and small bu...

In episode 106, we’re excited to welcome Laura Minquini, Founder of AthenaDAO, a decentralized community of researchers, funders, and advocates working to advance women’s health research, education, and funding. We discuss how Web3 presents new funding opportunities for women’s health research, why DAOs are the ultimate tool for organizing the community, the role of IP-NFTs in scientific research,...

In episode 105, we’re excited to welcome Alan Ransil, Project Lead at Filecoin Green, which aims to measure the environmental impacts of Filecoin and verifiably drive them below zero, while building infrastructure that allows anyone to make transparent and substantive environmental claims. We discuss how Web3 can help organizations and governments achieve net-zero emissions targets, building susta...

In episode 104, we’re excited to welcome Josephine Lilly Landertinger Forero, Director and Producer at Global Eyes Production, an independent film company providing author driven films and audiovisual content for the world. We discuss how Web3 can empower independent filmmakers, how NFTs can change the way audiences engage with films, how Web3 will disrupt the massive, and traditionally centralize...

In episode 103, we’re excited to welcome Yuan Su, Founder and CTO of Metis, an Ethereum Smart Layer-2 dedicated to solving the trilemma of security, scalability, and decentralization, and Nuvo, a middleware platform that bridges the gap between Web2 and Web3 development. We discuss how Web3 can enable data privacy and ownership, the exciting potential of a decentralized digital identity, and how i...

In episode 102, we’re excited to dive into a great case study of NFT philanthropy, and welcome three incredible guests to share their story. First, there is Katie Hultquist, Director of Leadership Giving at Outright International, an international charitable organization dedicated to advancing LGBTIQ rights all over the world. Second, there is Jeres, an incredibly talented generative artist. And f...

In episode 101, we’re excited to welcome Carl Cevone from hypercerts, a new protocol for funding and rewarding impact. We discuss how they’re using the power of blockchain to help build sustainable models for public goods financing, why blockchain is such a valuable tool for impact monitoring and evaluation, how Web3 will disrupt the impact ecosystem, and much more. -- Support Crypto Altruism&apos...

In episode 100, we look back on the top moments from the first 99 episodes – the best insights, alpha, and reflections on the incredible potential of blockchain to build a better world. We share one short clip from each of the top ten most popular episodes of the Crypto Altruism podcast – from some of Web3’s pioneering social impact leaders. In this episode, we include insights from: Gabriela Chan...

In episode 99, we’re excited to welcome Karen Shidlo, CMO of Fiat24, an award-winning, Swiss licensed fintech company dedicated to bringing crypto spending to the world. We discuss the exciting world of decentralized digital identity and Soulbound tokens, the recent challenges facing centralized exchanges, the importance of self-custody, financial inclusion, and much more. -- This episode is broug...

In episode 98, we’re excited to welcome Jenny Diggles and Dr. Michael Nova, Co-Founders of JennyCo, the world’s first Web3 healthcare data exchange. We discuss how blockchain can give patients ownership over their healthcare data, using crypto tokenomics to reward patients for their participation in the healthcare data economy, how Web3 can disrupt the massive healthcare sector, and much more. --...

In episode 97, we’re excited to welcome Victor Teixeira, Lead Crypto Economist from Canza Finance, “an Open Finance Portal enabling access to unlimited financial services for emerging markets.” We discuss how Web3 and DeFi can bridge the gap to financial services for small businesses in emerging economies, some of the barriers to financial inclusion for the unbanked and financially underserved, wh...

In episode 96, we’re excited to welcome Melissa Jun Rowley, Founder of HerVoice NFT, an NFT project with a bold vision to “unleash the voices of 3.9 billion women.” We discuss how Web3 can help uplift and drive movements of change, the power of NFTs to raise funds and awareness for important causes, building inclusion and diversity in Web3, and much more. -- This episode is brought to you by Koinl...

In episode 95, we’re excited to welcome Jason Metz, Senior Web3 Strategist at TIME. Through their Web3 community initiative, TIMEPieces, they have released multiple NFT collections, and are using the power of Web3 to bring artists, collectors, and the community together. In this episode, we discuss how NFTs can help elevate history and culture, why Web3 as a powerful tool for uplifting activists a...

In episode 94, we’re excited to welcome Connor O’Day from Gitcoin, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization that is “empowering communities to fund, build, and protect what matters.” We discuss what the heck Quadratic Funding is at its core, how Web3 can empower communities and revolutionize crowdfunding, the incredible impacts of the Gitcoin grants protocol, and much more. -- This episode is broug...

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. --Three Key Takeaways-- Stablecoin provi...

In episode 92, we’re excited to welcome Rafaella Orelli, Madhuri Rahman, and Susana González from ImpactScope, a Web3 startup dedicated to helping organizations deploy web3 tools to measure, verify and amplify their impact. We discuss how Web3 tools can help NGOs and social enterprises achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Proof of Impact NFTs, some compelling use cases for social enterpri...

In episode 91, we’re excited to welcome, Jordan Smith and Hank Brigham, Co-Founders of SCINET, a decentralized life sciences research and investment platform that revolutionizes the way people do and support science. We discuss how decentralized science, or DeSci, can address the biggest pain points felt by scientists, the role of IPNFTs in scientific research, how Web3 can empower individuals to...

In episode 90, we’re thrilled to welcome Gabriela Chang, Co-Founder and CSO of EthicHub, the First regenerative finance protocol connecting people & unbanked smallholder farmers globally using Web3. EthicHub recently won the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications’ Most exciting ReFi project award. We discuss how Web3 can support smallholder farmers, EthicHub’s innovative...

In episode 89, we’re excited to welcome Nihar Neelakanti, Founder & CEO of Ecosapiens, the world’s first Carbon-backed NFT project. We discuss how Web3 is a perfect tool to incentivize climate action, how blockchain can improve carbon markets, NFTs as a powerful tool for activists and changemakers, advice for seeking out venture capital funding in Web3, and much more.    --Three Key Takeaways-...

In episode 88, we’re excited to welcome Dr. Wojtek Sierocki, Founder & CEO of Data Lake, an EU-funded movement dedicated to creating a global Medical Data Donation system based on blockchain technology, and the world’s first consent-to-earn platform. We discuss why blockchain is such a powerful tool for improving medical data collection, their unique consent-to-earn incentive model, some of th...