Financial Inclusion

Sam Altman
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

Importance of Blockchain for Social Impact and Policy
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...
Importance of Blockchain for Social Impact and Policy

Former Citigroup Chairman Dick Parsons
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

Kingston, Jamaica.
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.

Can Bitcoin Help People Who Aren’t Already Rich?
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 in...
Can Bitcoin Help People Who Aren’t Already Rich?

Ripple
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

Juneteenth Flag (Nafsadh/Wikimedia Commons)
‘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?
Breakdown5-5

cLabs staffers at a quarterly offsite in San Francisco. (Courtesy photo)
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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There's a Bigger Scam Than Anything in Crypto, It's Called KYC/AML
Anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer practices have cost many billions more than all ICO scams put together – yet, what they have produced?
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