Isaiah Jackson

Isaiah Jackson

Isaiah Jackson is the best-selling author of, Bitcoin and Black America and host of “Community Crypto” on Coindesk TV. He is an award-winning speaker and educator who travels the world teaching investors and financial groups about Bitcoin and blockchain technology. His work has been featured in Forbes, CNBC, Vogue, Fox Business, and Black Enterprise. Jackson is a native of Charlotte, NC, and a NC State University alumnus.

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The NFT Sale for Cannabis Reform That Combines Artwork by John Jennings and a Previously Unreleased Song by Snoop Dogg
The NFT Sale for Cannabis Reform That Combines Artwork by John Jennings and a Previously Unreleased Song by Snoop Dogg
Before he was pardoned by President Trump in December of 2020, Weldon Angelos was serving his 13th year of a 55-year prison sentence for selling less than $1,000 of cannabis....
The NFT Sale for Cannabis Reform That Combines Artwork by John Jennings and a Previously Unreleased Song by Snoop Dogg
Growing Concerns About Privacy: A Monero Community Leader’s Perspective
Growing Concerns About Privacy: A Monero Community Leader’s Perspective
“Community Crypto” dives into privacy concerns and coins as part of CoinDesk’s Privacy Week coverage consisting of more than 25 articles and video interviews on this important...
Growing Concerns About Privacy: A Monero Community Leader’s Perspective
Blockchain Communities: Tezos in Focus
Blockchain Communities: Tezos in Focus
In this episode of “Community Crypto,” host Isaiah Jackson explores a blockchain that its founders say preceded Ethereum and continues to grow. The open-source, proof-of-stake...
Blockchain Communities: Tezos in Focus
Here Comes ‘Doggy DAO,’ Lessons From ConstitutionDAO
Here Comes ‘Doggy DAO,’ Lessons From ConstitutionDAO
Shiba Inu has launched a beta version of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to give users more authority on crypto projects and other decisions. “Ace,” a Shiba Inu...
Here Comes ‘Doggy DAO,’ Lessons From ConstitutionDAO
What’s Next After MiamiCoin and NYCCoin? The CityCoins Project Prepares for the Future
What’s Next After MiamiCoin and NYCCoin? The CityCoins Project Prepares for the Future
MiamiCoin and NYCCoin have been in the news quite a bit lately after Mayors Francis Suarez and Eric Adams voiced support for those cryptocurrencies, the first to be launched b...
What’s Next After MiamiCoin and NYCCoin? The CityCoins Project Prepares for the Future
What Are the Best Ways to Give Crypto to Charity?
What Are the Best Ways to Give Crypto to Charity?
“Community Crypto” explores charitable giving with crypto: How does it work, and how do donors realize tax benefits? Joining Isaiah Jackson is Pat Duffy, co-founder of The Giv...
What Are the Best Ways to Give Crypto to Charity?
The Artists and Tech Behind CoinDesk’s ‘Most Influential’ Portraits
The Artists and Tech Behind CoinDesk’s ‘Most Influential’ Portraits
CoinDesk readers and staff recognize the “Most Influential” people in crypto, and artists create portraits of the top ten winners every year. As the crypto industry has seen a...
The Artists and Tech Behind CoinDesk’s ‘Most Influential’ Portraits
Why Puerto Rico Is Becoming a Hub for Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Innovation
Why Puerto Rico Is Becoming a Hub for Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Innovation
“Community Crypto” explores the crypto scene in Puerto Rico, where tax advantages have attracted a wide array of crypto/ blockchain businesses and investors. What does Puerto...
Why Puerto Rico Is Becoming a Hub for Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Innovation
Blockchain Visionary Vinay Gupta on His Predictions for Crypto Mass Adoption and Best Uses Cases for NFTs
Blockchain Visionary Vinay Gupta on His Predictions for Crypto Mass Adoption and Best Uses Cases for NFTs
In 2015, Vinay Gupta was the project manager for the launch of Ethereum. Today, the blockchain visionary, serial entrepreneur, and coder has set his sights on NFTs for physica...
Blockchain Visionary Vinay Gupta on His Predictions for Crypto Mass Adoption and Best Uses Cases for NFTs
Minting NFTs on the Bitcoin Blockchain
Minting NFTs on the Bitcoin Blockchain
The Stacks blockchain, which is connected to Bitcoin, is gaining in popularity and uses. “Community Crypto” explores new NFT projects leveraging the Stacks and Bitcoin blockch...
Minting NFTs on the Bitcoin Blockchain