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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 101 - hypercerts - tracking and rewarding positive impact with blockchain

In episode 101, we’re excited to welcome Carl Cevone from hypercerts, a new protocol for funding and rewarding impact. We discuss how they’re using the power of blockchain to help build sustainable models for public goods financing, why blockchain is such a valuable tool for impact monitoring and evaluation, how Web3 will disrupt the impact ecosystem, and much more.

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An Introduction to Gitcoin Grants and Quadratic Funding

If you’re active in the Web3 space, you’ve probably seen a lot of buzz around Gitcoin Grants. The Gitcoin Grants program is a community-driven fundraising protocol, delivered quarterly, that catalyzes the Web3 community and empowers individuals to fund Web3 public goods projects. In this article, we breakdown the basics of Gitcoin Grants, and demystify the innovation of Quadratic Funding.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 100 - Words of wisdom from pioneering Web3 Changemakers on the power of blockchain

In episode 100, we look back on the top moments from the first 99 episodes – the best insights, alpha, and reflections on the incredible potential of blockchain to build a better world. We share one short clip from each of the top ten most popular episodes of the Crypto Altruism podcast – from some of Web3’s pioneering social impact leaders.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Starter Pack - Web3, Climate, and Sustainability

In this podcast starter pack, we’ve bundled together eight episodes highlighting incredible projects using the power of web3 and blockchain to combat climate change, and drive regeneration and conservation efforts. This starter pack includes renowned guests from ImpactScope, Ecosapiens, ReFi DAO, OASA, Kokonut Network, Topl, WheelCoin, and Celo Foundation.

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Is Crypto Bad for the Environment? Here's How Web3 Is Helping Combat Climate Change

Web3 and crypto have the potential to be powerful tools in driving regeneration efforts. By incentivizing conservation and regeneration, funding conservation causes through crypto philanthropy, enabling greater transparency in conservation, and facilitating the creation of natural capital-backed assets, we can make significant strides in protecting and restoring our planet.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 99 - Fiat24 - Decentralized identity, self-custody, and financial inclusion

In episode 99, we’re excited to welcome Karen Shidlo, CMO of Fiat24, an award-winning, Swiss licensed fintech company dedicated to bringing crypto spending to the world. We discuss the exciting world of decentralized digital identity and Soulbound tokens, the recent challenges facing centralized exchanges, the importance of self-custody, financial inclusion, and much more.

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How blockchain can empower democracies

Blockchain and web3 technologies have the potential to revolutionize and rejuvenate democracy by increasing transparency, accountability, and participation. By leveraging the power of decentralized networks, we can build new tools that empower citizens to engage more directly in decision-making, and that create more inclusive and responsive political systems.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 98 - JennyCo - Building the world’s first Healthcare Data Exchange powered by Web3

In episode 98, we’re excited to welcome Jenny Diggles and Dr. Michael Nova, Co-Founders of JennyCo, the world’s first Web3 healthcare data exchange. We discuss how blockchain can give patients ownership over their healthcare data, using crypto tokenomics to reward patients for their participation in the healthcare data economy, how Web3 can disrupt the massive healthcare sector, and much more.

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Accepting Cryptocurrency Donations: Benefits and Risks for Non-Profits

For non-profit organizations, accepting cryptocurrency donations can have several advantages, such as growing their donor base, lowering transaction costs, and facilitating quick access to funds. Non-profits must be aware of the risks and difficulties related to digital assets, however, including price volatility, legal compliance, and security issues.

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INFOGRAPHIC: 3 reasons non-profits should embrace Web3 beyond crypto philanthropy

While crypto philanthropy presents an incredible opportunity to future-proof your organization's fundraising strategy, there are many other benefits to embracing Web3 including expanding your organization’s reach globally, forming new partnerships, and using blockchain technology to scale your organization’s impact.

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Crypto Altruism Monthly Recap - March 2023

Newsletter highlighting the most popular Crypto Altruism content from March 2023: how blockchain will improve healthcare, chatting Quadratic Funding with Gitcoin’s Connor O’Day, five ways blockchain can help end deforestation, and how stablecoins can help end extreme poverty.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 97 - Canza Finance - Leveling the playing field for businesses in emerging economies with Web3 and DeFi

In episode 97, we’re excited to welcome Victor Texeira, Lead Crypto Economist from Canza Finance, “an Open Finance Portal enabling access to unlimited financial services for emerging markets.” We discuss how Web3 and DeFi can bridge the gap to financial services for small businesses in emerging economies, some of the barriers to financial inclusion for the unbanked and financially underserved, why Africa is at the frontier of the Decentralized Finance movement, and much more.

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How blockchain can help build a zero-waste future

While not a fix-all solution, blockchain technology has the potential to play a significant role in achieving a zero-waste future. By incentivizing sustainable behaviors through blockchain-based reward systems, and creating immutable and transparent systems for tracking waste, blockchain enables better waste management practices and the more efficient use of resources.

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Blockchain and the Future of Healthcare

Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize the healthcare industry by empowering patients with control over their own data, driving down costs, and improving the overall quality of care. With its decentralized and secure nature, Web3 can eliminate inefficiencies and increase transparency in healthcare delivery.

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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.