We interview Jade Darmawangsa the founder of NFTree Haus & X8 Media. NFTree Haus is planting a tree in East LA verifiable on chain with every purchase of an NFT that connects the owner of the NFT to the tree.

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NFTree Haus

We interview Kieren from the Return Protocol, who is building a specialized Regenerative Finance (ReFi) project that will offset the transactions in your digital asset wallet using an NFT that evolves over time.

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In this episode we interview Gregory Landua, the CEO of Regen Network. We discuss:

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Regen Network Website

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We explore the Executive Order issued by President Biden on March 9th and what it means for the web3 industry. We discuss aggressive and restrictive new legislation introduced by Senator Warren and why it's a bad idea. Plus, we examine the use of DAOs as a political force as in lobby3DAO that was recently launched by Andrew Yang.

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Fact Sheet on Executive Order by The White House

Lobby3 DAO

We discuss Regenerative Finance (Re-Fi), the Internet of Natural Things (IONT) and how it relates to Environmental & Social Governance (ESG) investment methods with Timothy Carter & Christian Casazza, co-founders of the Athena Protocol.

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Athena Protocol Website

Athena Twitter

In this episode we take the Green Pill, which means:

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We discuss how crypto has been abruptly shifted to the forefront of the war in Ukraine as a vital tool.

We explore how crypto has also become a lifeline for Russian citizens trying to escape the economic collapse of the Russian economy as it becomes increasingly isolated and cut off the global financial system and the ensuing controversy that has arisen.

We finish the episode by highlighting ways that you can get involved and help out.

We check in to give you an update of our impressions from the first week of ETH Denver as we share some of the excitement and fun of this community gathering with you.

Discover how NFTs can be used to inspire social justice with Badiucao, who’s an artist that’s been working in the human rights genre for a while and recently created a series of NFTs protesting the 2022 Winter Olympics.

We discuss the top news stories in crypto, NFTs and the blockchain ecosystem as a whole, covering the last 2 weeks of January 2022. We touch on Gamestop making big moves, some major drama in DeFi with the Wonderland debacle and Wormhole hack, as well as a record setting month for NFTs.