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Todd Kaplan, chief marketing officer of PepsiCo, and Raja Rajamannar, chief marketing officer at Mastercard, sit down with Keith Grossman, president of Time to discuss how brands are re-imagining their views on Web3 growth.

They discuss each company's different approach to bringing Web3 experiences to their users in ways that include live non-fungible token (NFT) minting at the Billboard Music Awards.

The panel occurred on Friday, June 10, 2022, the second day of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022 festival in Austin, Texas. 

The executive producer for CoinDesk Reports is Jared Schwartz and Nia Freeman edited this episode.

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This episode is sponsored by Circle and Near.

Over the past year, Michael and Sheila have talked quite a bit on this show about the quickly evolving crypto policy environment. A big theme in all of that has been the intersection – and quite often the clash – between the industry’s breakneck pace of innovation and regulation. As the industry grows, governments around the world are looking to get up to speed, and increasingly their actions have ramifications in the sector. 

One regulatory body that’s increasingly engaging with the crypto community is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The CFTC is an independent U.S. agency that regulates the $200+ Trillion derivatives market including futures contracts, options, and swaps.

Since 1974 its mission has been to promote the integrity, resilience, and vibrancy of the U.S. derivatives markets through sound regulation. Now, based on the proposals of some legislative initiatives, it could be poised to take a leading role in the regulation of cryptocurrencies and digital assets in the U.S. – something many in the community are supporting, perhaps in the hope that it will reduce the sway of the seemingly less-friendly Securities and Exchange Commission.

To help us understand what all this means, hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren speak with former CFTC commissioner Dawn Stump on this 100th episode of “Money Reimagined.”

Dawn Stump became a commissioner in 2017 following a presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. 

As one of five CFTC commissioners, she helped to shape the priorities of the agency while overseeing policy direction and internal planning. In particular, she was instrumental in negotiating the reform of derivatives regulations contained in the Dodd-Frank Act and in efforts to conduct oversight of commodity and financial derivatives under the jurisdiction of the CFTC. 

This is a must-listen to better understand the crypto policy environment. As Dawn put it, “The impetus for regulation should not be a crisis; the impetus for regulation should be an opportunity.”

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

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Austin Hill, a principal at angel investor firm Intentional Ventures, and Salim Ismail, chairman and co-founder of OpenExO, a management consulting ecosystem and marketplace developer, sit down with Liv Boeree, a poker champion, effective altruist and filmmaker to discuss crypto cities.

They discuss how these cities are benefiting people everywhere and why they believe we can no longer live in a centralized economy.

The panel occurred on Friday, June 10, 2022, the second day of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022 festival in Austin, Texas. 

The executive producer for CoinDesk Reports is Jared Schwartz and Nia Freeman edited this episode.

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Preston Van Loon, co-founder of Prysmatic Labs, technical infrastructure builder for the Ethereum blockchain; Joseph Lubin, founder and CEO of ConsenSys, a blockchain software technology company; and Dani Osorio, a partner with MetaWeb Ventures, a crypto-native investment research team, sit down with Christine Kim, an associate of Research at Galaxy Digital, a digital asset and blockchain leader, to discuss the Ethereum Merge.

They break down what the Merge is, the community reaction, risks and more.

The panel occurred on Friday, June 10, 2022, the second day of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022 festival in Austin, Texas.

The executive producer for CoinDesk Reports is Jared Schwartz. Nia Freeman edited this episode.

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NFTs brought culture to crypto. But with floor prices dropping, are crypto and culture doomed to remain separate?

“Opinionated” hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Anna Baydakova break down CoinDesk contributing writer Jeff Wilser’s article “Investing in Web3: Culture and Entertainment,” which categorizes potential investment opportunities in crypto. The hosts debate how the biggest culture-focused crypto projects – non-fungible tokens, decentralized autonomous organizations, gaming, sports and more – have fared to date, and how they might take off or fizzle out in the future.

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

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Brian Forde, CEO of Numero Inc., talks with Leah Butler, manager at Emfarsis, an Asian-focused technology specialist company, to discuss how politicians are using, and can use, non-fungible tokens (NFT) to fund political campaigns.

They discuss some of the similarities between political campaigns and sports and how Numero helps to provide support through its business model, which includes help with organizing data, setting up call times and more. 

The panel occurred on Friday, June 10, 2022, the second day of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022 festival in Austin, Texas. The moderator is Christine Lee, the lead anchor at CoinDesk TV.

The executive producer for CoinDesk Reports is Jared Schwartz. Nia Freeman edited this episode.

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This episode is sponsored by Circle and Near.

Can financial inclusion be achieved without a bank account or a digital money solution, such as crypto?

Host Michael Casey is solo on this episode of “Money Reimagined,” to speak with Brett Scott, journalist, financial hacker, activist, and author of ‘Cloud Money: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for Our Wallets.’ 

According to Scott’s thesis, digitizing money is putting humanity at risk. He argues that cash, with its unique capacity to preserve privacy and avoid central surveillance, is an important escape valve for societies to sustain their freedom. And while those concerns align with the views of many in the crypto community, Scott is not a big fan. 

However, if crypto is to evolve, his perspective is an important one for people to absorb. 

This is a must-listen episode. 

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

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NEAR is a simple, revolutionary Web3 platform for decentralized apps, created by developers for developers. More than 700 projects are now building on NEAR’s fast, secure and infinitely scalable protocol, from DeFi apps to play-and-earn games, NFT marketplaces and more. Start your developer journey now by visiting NEAR at near.org. 

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Mohammed Badi, the President of Global Network Services at American Express, and Bill Barhydt, CEO at Abra, sit with Coindesks’ lead anchor Christine Lee, to announce the Abra crypto card rollout and to discuss why it is important to the crypto space. 

Barhydt defines it as “the first U.S. market-based product that allows you to earn unlimited crypto rewards on any purchase you make.” In addition to unlimited crypto rewards, the Abra card offers all the perks of an American Express card.

This panel occurred on Friday, June 10, 2022, the second day of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022 festival in Austin, Texas. 

This episode was edited by Nia Freeman. The executive producer is Jared Schwartz.

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Details on the SEC’s million-dollar fine for the influencer’s promotion of a token without disclosing payment.

Celebrities regularly accept promotional deals, hyping products from swimsuits to weight loss tea on social media to their hordes of followers. Trouble arrived when a crypto token deemed by regulators a security entered the mix.

“Opinionated” hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Anna Baydakova are joined by writer and Assistant Opinion Editor Daniel Kuhn to dissect the bull market trend of celebrity crypto endorsements, and particularly Kim Kardashian’s shilling of the ethereumMax token. 

Kardashian was fined $1.26 million this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for her promotion of a security without disclosing the payment she received in return. Was Kardashian an unlucky scapegoat, or is this penalty a harbinger of broader enforcement action to come?

See also:

• What Is EthereumMax? Inside the Crypto Kim Kardashian Lost $1.2M Promoting 
• Kim Kardashian, EthereumMax and the SEC's Publicity Grab

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

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This episode is sponsored by Circle and Near.

By what means do we think about identity? A substantial amount of regulation and policy work that is happening in crypto right now, is about how and when one will need to classify a transaction or exchange and to what extent do pre-existing rules apply in the Web3 space.

On this episode of “Money Reimagined,” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren  are together again but this time, at Converge22 by Circle. They discuss the challenges of identity and verification in the U.S. and in other countries with Daniel Buchner, Head of Decentralized Identity at  Block; and Chi Nnadi, the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Mara. 

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NEAR is a simple, revolutionary Web3 platform for decentralized apps, created by developers for developers. More than 700 projects are now building on NEAR’s fast, secure and infinitely scalable protocol, from DeFi apps to play-and-earn games, NFT marketplaces and more. Start your developer journey now by visiting NEAR at near.org. 

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with announcements by Adam B. Levine and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. 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.