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Next Podcast Episode - April 23, 2025 - Episode 200 - Celebrating 200 Stories of Impact & Innovation Powered by Web3

Next Podcast Episode - April 23, 2025 - Episode 200 - Celebrating 200 Stories of Impact & Innovation Powered by Web3



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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 96 - HerVoice NFT - Turning women’s voices into action with Web3 technology

In episode 96, we’re excited to welcome Melissa Jun Rowley, Founder of HerVoice NFT, an NFT project with a bold vision to “unleash the voices of 3.9 billion women.” We discuss how Web3 can help uplift and drive movements of change, the power of NFTs to raise funds and awareness for important causes, building inclusion and diversity in Web3, and much more.

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Becoming a Crypto Charity: three reasons beyond cryptocurrency donations that Nonprofits should embrace Web3

Beyond crypto philanthropy, engaging with Web3 opens Nonprofits up to a world of possibilities to reach a global audience, to form key partnerships, and to use the power of blockchain technology to scale their impact. Nonprofits should get on board with Web3 now as early adopters to fully realize these benefits.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 95 - TIMEPieces - NFTs, community-building, and social change art

In episode 95, we’re excited to welcome Jason Metz, Senior Web3 Strategist at TIME. Through their Web3 initiative, TIMEPieces, they are using the power of Web3 to bring artists, collectors, and the community together. In this episode we discuss how NFTs can help elevate history and culture, why Web3 as a powerful tool for uplifting social change movements, and how Web3 can help build community.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 94 - Gitcoin - “Empowering communities to fund, build, and protect what matters” with Quadratic Funding

In episode 94, we’re excited to welcome Connor O’Day from Gitcoin, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization that is “empowering communities to fund, build, and protect what matters.” We discuss what the heck Quadratic Funding is at its core, how Web3 can empower communities and revolutionize crowdfunding, the incredible impacts of the Gitcoin grants protocol, and much more.

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15 projects and collectives elevating women in Web3

In honor of International Women’s Day, it’s important to recognize the incredible women in Web3, while also taking some time to reflect on how we can build a more inclusive and equitable space. In this blog post, we highlight 15 incredible projects, organizations, collectives, and DAOs elevating women in Web3 and building a more inclusive ecosystem.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 93 - Glo - Fighting extreme poverty with Web3 and stablecoins

In episode 93, we’re excited to welcome Garm Lucassen and Jasper Driessens from Glo, a stablecoin with a mission to generate basic income and lift people out of extreme poverty. We discuss why Web3-enabled basic income is such a powerful force for fighting poverty, the mechanics behind the Glo Dollar, how crypto can drive financial inclusion, and much more.

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INFOGRAPHIC: 5 Ways blockchain can help end deforestation

The world has lost one-third of its forests, and urgent action is needed to protect the forests that play a vital role in earth’s biodiversity and in mitigating climate change. Blockchain and Web3 tools can help through on-chain monitoring and verification, greater community ownership, new opportunities for climate finance, tokenization of natural assets, and increased accountability.

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Crypto Altruism Monthly Recap - February 2023

Newsletter highlighting the most popular Crypto Altruism content from February 2023: supporting Syria and Turkey earthquake relief with crypto, chatting DeSci with Data Lake, separating the myths from the reality in Web3, and how blockchain can improve land protection and management.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 92 - ImpactScope - Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals with Web3 solutions

In episode 92, we’re excited to welcome Rafaella Orelli, Madhuri Rahman, and Susana González from ImpactScope, a Web3 startup dedicated to helping organizations deploy web3 tools to measure, verify and amplify their impact. We discuss how Web3 tools can help NGOs and social enterprises achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Proof of Impact NFTs, some compelling use cases for social enterprises that are skeptical of Web3, and much more.

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A greener landscape: The potential of blockchain to transform land protection and management

Land management and protection continues to be rife with intricate challenges including contentious rights ownership, land grabbing, and the impacts of climate change. Up to 40% of the world’s land is now considered degraded, affecting food security, biodiversity, and water availability. Can blockchain help tackle these problems and provide secure and transparent systems for land governance?

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 91 - SCINET - How blockchain will “revolutionize the way people do and support science”

In episode 91, we’re excited to welcome, Jordan Smith and Hank Brigham, Co-Founders of SCINET, a decentralized life sciences research and investment platform that revolutionizes the way people do and support science. We discuss how decentralized science, or DeSci, can address the biggest pain points felt by scientists, the role of IPNFTs in scientific research, how Web3 can empower individuals to have a voice in science, some of the most compelling DeSci use cases, and much more.

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Web3 - A Disruptive Tool For Social Impact

Cryptocurrency is more than just an investment. Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and web3 are generational technologies that have the potential to change the world for the better. These ground-breaking technologies will positively disrupt nearly all aspects of our lives in the coming decades: the internet, our financial systems, supply chains, health care, and everything in between. From a social impact lens, blockchain is the single greatest development since the internet.

It has the potential to revolutionize the way aid is disbursed, how funds are raised by non-profits and charitable causes, how communities and collectives organize and engage in self-governance, how CO2 is tracked and managed, how important financial services are delivered to the nearly 2 billion unbanked people around the world, and much more. We are only just scratching the surface of the intersections between web3 and social good.

Crypto Altruism is the leading platform for content highlighting the social impact use cases of web3 and the extraordinary organizations and projects that are using this technology to change the world. Through our blog, podcast, and educational resources, we elevate stories of how crypto, blockchain, NFTs, DAOs, and other web3 innovations are being used all over the world for novel and inspiring use cases.