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Dr. Larry Sanger explains what Everpedia is and his involvement as chief information officer. Dr. Sanger also goes into detail as to why social media networks need to be decentralized in order to allow users to have control of their data. He explains his proposal for a “declaration of digital independence” and for a global social media ban on July 4th.

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Jesse Lund, head of IBM Blockchain, discusses how IBM is applying blockchain technology to a number of industries to solve various, real-world problems. Jesse also breaks the news of IBM Blockchain World Wire going live into production on the Stellar network, explaining how this will optimize and accelerate foreign exchange and cross border payment services.

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Blockchain technology companies in 2019 have started to demonstrate a clear product market fit and implementation of real-world use cases. In this interview, Ella Zhang, Head of Binance Labs, shares her thoughts on how important a clear product market fit is for blockchain companies today. Ella also explains how Binance Labs determines which developers, “Buidlers” and teams are capable of solving problems that matter most to the ecosystem. Additionally, Ella touches on the state of cryptocurrency in a bear market and shares her predictions for the future.

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Real-world applications of blockchain technology are starting to emerge in 2019. In this interview, Natalia Karayaneva, CEO and founder of Propy, explains how real estate transactions can be fully conducted using blockchain technology.

Propy has just completed its second blockchain-recorded property deal in California. The home, located in Daly City, sold for approximately $917,000. The property was purchased in U.S. Dollars and each step of the transference was executed via Ethereum smart contracts, making this the first residential transaction to be fully executed end-to-end on a blockchain platform.

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Products designed to help facilitate mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency are well underway. In this interview, Juliun Brabon, CEO and co-founder of Poppy POS, explains how Sesameseed, a community-built TRON Super Representative, has created a Dapp called “Poppy,” which uses blockchain technology to seamlessly integrate into modern point of sale systems. Merchants can now accept the TRON TRX cryptocurrency through Poppy by updating their existing point of sale hardware, and installing the Poppy app. This enables retailers to complete transactions using TRX in a matter of seconds.

Too good to be true? Not at all - I was able to purchase lunch in San Francisco recently using Poppy’s GRID card, which works just like a credit card loaded with TRX.

Tune into episode #6 of The Crypto Chick podcast to hear how Poppy POS works, what merchants accept the GRID card and how the Poppy team plans to help drive mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency.

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Despite the current cryptocurrency bear market, Parul Gujral of Snowball, believes that digital currencies are here to stay. Through Snowball, Gujral has created a “Smart Crypto Investment Automation Platform” (SCIA), which empowers everyone to invest smartly in digital currencies. Snowball makes this process easy by democratizing access to information in the form of a portfolio of an index curated by a register professional with at least $10M in assets under management.

Inspired by Warren Buffet, Gujral believes that we are undergoing a true financial revolution, where we are moving from fiat money to digital currencies. Find out why in episode #5 of The Crypto Chick Podcast.

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Since 2016, Marco and Clarissa Peereboom of Decred have striven to solve the issue of blockchain governance. In this interview, both Marco and Clarissa explain how Decred, an autonomous digital currency, has established a form of governance where stakeholders get to make decisions. Coming from an old Bitcoin development environment, Decred proves to the blockchain world that an economy can be created where users are able to control their own digital currency. Sounds like a dream come true...

Tune into episode #4 of The Crypto Chick Podcast with Rachel Wolfson to hear how decentralized decision-making and self-funding have enabled Decred to build a robust, evolving digital currency, free from third party influence.

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What are college students saying about blockchain, cryptocurrency and Bitcoin? Find out in this exclusive interview with the Texas Blockchain Group, an organization at The University of Texas at Austin that aims to serve the industry through research, development, and promotion of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Alan Orwick, a third-year Computer Science major at The University of Texas at Austin co-founded the Texas Blockchain Group, alongside Preston Sledge and Jake Katzmarek. All three members share their thoughts on why blockchain and cryptocurrency is going to change the world for the better.

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The volatility associated with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has shed a new light on stablecoins. While many stablecoins are pegged to the U.S. Dollar, Gregory Klumov, CEO of Stasis, has created a euro-backed stable coin known as EURS. In this interview, Gregory explains how a euro-backed stablecoin will provide a unique value for a crypto-enabled financial system.

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How did “decentralized applications” - AKA Dapps - come into creation? In 2012, David Johnston went down the crypto rabbit hole and converted all of his fiat money into Bitcoin. A year later, David co-founded BitAngels and quickly began to understand the four factors that have made Bitcoin such a success…

In a nutshell, David wrapped up these four best practices and wrote a paper in December 2013, where he explained to the world the meaning of decentralized applications.

Want to know more about David’s journey down the crypto rabbit hole and the evolution of Dapps? Tune into episode #1 of The Crypto Chick podcast with Rachel Wolfson to find out!

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