Hello, I'm Piers Fawkes and in this episode with PSFK futures : crypto-powered community-led brands, bio-engineered everything, and a lean into accessibility.

In the first section: Crypto-Enabled & People Power

Can decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAO's, unleash the power and potential of grassroots investment? Blockchain protocols, like proof-of-work and ledger tracking, offer numerous advantages for coordinating collective community action and driving decentralized and collaborative, user-based change. Crypto-natives are taking notice and taking advantage. 

In the next section: Bio Engineering for Sustainable Products.

Sweeping advances in cellular agriculture methods and nature-based molecule production are allowing companies to find success by altering the genetic makeup of common consumer products and food items. B2B ingredients platforms are producing a new wave of alternative, hyper-functional protein building blocks, empowering companies to replace harmful or toxic components of their products with versions that are safer, synthetic, and more sustainable.

In the final section: Driving Equality and Accessibility.

Companies and platforms are redrawing lines around what equity and inclusivity can look like for the mainstream. By taking a more holistic approach to representation and equitable access within the general marketplace, organizations are finding they can address former imbalances and create new normals. 

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