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What’s been going on in Austin, Texas?

“Opinionated” hosts Ben Schiller and Danny Nelson are joined by Adam B. Levine to discuss the many panels and experiences underway at Consensus 2022. From the prevalence of the phrase “It’s time to build” to discourse on preserving evidence of war crimes on the blockchain, Consensus has ignited conversations in all aspects of the crypto industry. 

This show is produced, and announced by Michele Musso  with additional production support from Eleanor Pahl and edited by Mike McCarthy. Our theme song is by Elison.

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This episode is sponsored by EY.

Live from Consensus in Austin, Texas, "Money Reimagined" hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren sit down with Kimbal Musk, co-founder and executive chairman of Big Green, and H.E.R. DAO Founder, Tracey Bowen to discuss their ESG projects and how DAOs are advancing them.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with announcements by Adam B. Levine with additional production support from Eleanor Pahl. Our theme song is “Shepard.”

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EY is proud to sponsor “Money Reimagined.” As businesses prepare for the token economy, EY is committed to building a better working world and connecting global business ecosystems on the public Ethereum blockchain. To learn more about the EY Blockchain portfolio of products and services, visit blockchain.ey.com.

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"It's about the permissionless innovation that is possible... it's about the fact that users can take their tokens from us and use them on some other exchange that we didn't build at all," Blake West says. 

Michael Sall and Blake West, co-founders of Goldfinch, join "On Purpose" with host Tyrone Ross to discuss how their company plans to make borrowing accessible to everyone in the decentralized world.

For years, people have looked to big banks for how financial lending and borrowing should look. Goldfinch is a decentralized credit platform that empowers financial inclusion. Instead of completely reinventing lending, Sall explains that Goldfinch aims to use blockchain technology to help “existing financial systems benefit from the kind of interoperability, efficiency and openness that DeFi brings.”

This show is produced, announced and edited by Michele Musso  with additional production support from Eleanor Pahl and Nia Freeman.  Our theme song is “Walk With Swag.”

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A pre-Consensus panel on the state of the NFT industry and what investors can do to mitigate risk.

Michael Levy, Magdalena (Mags) Kala and Derek Edward Schloss join David Z. Morris to discuss emerging forms of investing in this pre-Consensus panel that was originally released on Twitter Spaces.

Consensus 2022 will ignite hard-hitting conversations about how crypto technologies and communities are remaking the worlds of finance, investing, culture, entertainment, marketing, governance and more. 

Be sure to check back on CoinDesk podcasts to hear live shows like “Money Reimagined,” “The Breakdown,” “On Purpose” and more recorded at the event, plus bonus episodes from the most exciting panels over the weekend.

This episode has been edited by Eleanor Pahl, and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz.

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Amidst numerous other scandals, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) has added a crypto one: The U.S. House of Representatives House Committee on Ethics has announced an investigation into Cawthorn’s promotion of the “Let’s Go Brandon '' meme coin.

“Opinionated” hosts  Ben Schiller and Danny Nelson dive into the story, explaining the inspiration of the “Let’s Go Brandon” coin and Cawthorn’s involvement in the coin. Nelson’s reporting included an investigation into Cawthorn’s wallet address, revealing a better timeline of Cawthorn’s investing, along with some unique trading behavior.

See also:  Rep. Cawthorn’s Crypto Wallet Reveals Undisclosed Trades Amid House Ethics Investigation

This show is produced, announced and edited by Michele Musso with additional production support from Eleanor Pahl. Our theme song is by Elision.

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Consensus 2022, the industry’s most influential event, is happening June 9-12 in Austin, Texas. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in the fast-moving world of crypto, Web 3 and NFTs, this is the festival experience for you. Use code OPINIONATED15 to get 15% off your GA and Pro pass at coindesk.com/consensus2022.

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This episode is sponsored by EY.

In the Web 2 era of the internet, online abuse, loss of autonomy over personal data and the proliferation of disinformation are rampant. 

Frank McCourt, billionaire and former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, believes blockchain has the power to solve many of our Web 2 problems by strengthening individual autonomy and harmonizing online communities into one cohesive whole, free from abuse or misinformation. But he's not alone!  This idea may seem like a long shot at first glance, given how quickly technology changes nowadays. However, there are those who believe in what McCourt is trying to do with his company-, and everyone is paying attention.

McCourt, now CEO of Unfinished, joins “Money Reimagined” with Michael Casey and Sheila Warren to discuss Project Liberty, an initiative to reimagine the internet from the ground up.

The future internet needs to be built with societal governance at its core. McCourt argues for entirely new protocols designed to follow the principles and governance structures researched and established to address faults within the current web.

A safer internet is on the horizon, one with stronger personal data rights, decentralized power and a balance of truth, trust and transparency. 

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with announcements by Adam B. Levine with additional production support from Eleanor Pahl. Our theme song is “Shepard.”

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EY is proud to sponsor “Money Reimagined.” As businesses prepare for the token economy, EY is committed to building a better working world and connecting global business ecosystems on the public Ethereum blockchain. To learn more about the EY Blockchain portfolio of products and services, visit blockchain.ey.com.

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Consensus 2022, the industry’s most influential event, is happening June 9-12 in Austin, Texas. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in the fast-moving world of crypto, Web 3 and NFTs, this is the festival experience for you. Use code MONEYREIMAGINED15  to get 15% off your GA and Pro pass at coindesk.com/consensus2022.

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This episode is sponsored by EY.

The future of blockchains is in question, with some experts warning that their power could be vulnerable to quantum computing techniques. The problem lies within the fact they are currently based on outdated technology and would eventually become obsolete if not updated soon enough - which means this issue needs urgent attention from developers who want their projects protected against any potential risks arising out of it!

Join "Money Reimagined'' hosts  Michael Casey and Sheila Warren from Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum Annual meeting, as they dive deep into this topic of Quantum computing with guest Jack Hidary of Sandbox AQ, an enterprise company combining AI and Quantum tech to solve hard problems facing society. 

Jack discusses how the application of these new quantum techniques to process massive amounts of data, in conjunction with blockchain-based verification systems can speed up innovation; such as improving battery storage or finding drugs which have yet to be discovered. 

And as Hidary suggests these new quantum techniques can accelerate computation and encryption to speeds that would have been unimaginable just 30 years ago. This will change everything we know about data storage and transmission of information- it's almost like science fiction! 

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EY is proud to sponsor “Money Reimagined.” As businesses prepare for the token economy, EY is committed to building a better working world and connecting global business ecosystems on the public Ethereum blockchain. To learn more about the EY Blockchain portfolio of products and services, visit blockchain.ey.com.

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Consensus 2022, the industry’s most influential event, is happening June 9-12 in Austin, Texas. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in the fast-moving world of crypto, Web 3 and NFTs, this is the festival experience for you. Use code MONEYREIMAGINED15 to get 15% off your GA and Pro pass at coindesk.com/consensus2022.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with announcements by Adam B. Levine. Our theme song is “Shepard.”

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Crypto can wait and portfolio assets don't matter if we don’t fix this problem.

“On Purpose” host Tyrone Ross expresses his pain and shares his frustration with the recent mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. 

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Consensus 2022, the industry’s most influential event, is happening June 9-12 in Austin, Texas. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in the fast-moving world of crypto, Web 3 and NFTs, this is the festival experience for you. Use code ONPURPOSE15 to get 15% off your GA and Pro pass at coindesk.com/consensus2022.

This show is produced, announced and edited by Michele Musso . Our theme song for this episode is “Those Lost” by artist Adrian Walther.

If you or a loved one is experiencing grief from the loss of a child help can be found at www.willowhouse.org 

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There's no doubt that the crypto space is experiencing explosive growth even with the latest volatile upheaval. 

However, this growth is happening away from traditional financial advisers. With platforms like Uniswap, Coinbase, Robinhood, and Metamask, you don't need permission to get started. Everything you need is right in the palm of your hand. Right on your phone. Permissionless!

This makes it easier than ever for people to self custody. You don’t need to go through an adviser, firm or any traditional financial arm to get started with crypto. With more people participating, the crypto community can continue to build a better decentralized and inclusive world however the wealth management space needs to participate if it wants to remain relevant!

“On Purpose” host Tyrone Ross shares his thoughts and new found data from what came out of the biggest DeFi conference of the year; Blockworks Permissionless 2022.

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Consensus 2022, the industry’s most influential event, is happening June 9-12 in Austin, Texas. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in the fast-moving world of crypto, Web 3 and NFTs, this is the festival experience for you. Use code ONPURPOSE15 to get 15% off your GA and Pro pass at coindesk.com/consensus2022.

This show is produced, announced and edited by Michele Musso . Our theme song is “Walk With Swag."

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode is sponsored by EY.

The crypto community is faced with the challenge of scalability. Can we build a blockchain that is secure, permissionless and scalable? And what needs to happen in order for people all over the world to start using it easily? 

The answer to the first question is still up for debate. There are many different solutions being proposed, but no clear consensus has emerged. The second question is easier to answer. In order for blockchain to be adopted on a mass scale, it needs to be easy to use. This means building user-friendly interfaces and simplifying the process of buying, selling and exchanging blockchain-based assets. It also requires increasing the efficiency of blockchain networks so that they can handle large numbers of transactions without slowing down. These are daunting challenges, but if the blockchain is going to achieve its full potential, they must be conquered.

Join "Money Reimagined'' host Michael Casey as he discusses these issues with Alex Zinder, the global head of  Ledger Enterprise, and Dr. Naveen Singh, the CEO of Inery. They'll discuss Ledger's Nano series of hardware wallets, which allow users to keep their tokens safe in their hands, and Inery's blockchain protocol, which helps manage both a decentralized storage network and a decentralized database. They'll also talk about how these technologies can help make blockchain more user-friendly as they also dive deeper into the core elements of security, decentralization and efficiency. 

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EY is proud to sponsor “Money Reimagined.” As businesses prepare for the token economy, EY is committed to building a better working world and connecting global business ecosystems on the public Ethereum blockchain. To learn more about the EY Blockchain portfolio of products and services, visit blockchain.ey.com.

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Consensus 2022, the industry’s most influential event, is happening June 9-12 in Austin, Texas. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in the fast-moving world of crypto, Web 3 and NFTs, this is the festival experience for you. Use code MONEYREIMAGINED15 to get 15% off your GA and Pro pass at coindesk.com/consensus2022.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with announcements by Adam B. Levine. Our theme song is “Shepard.”

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.