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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 137 - Mercy Corps Ventures - Empowering visionary tech entrepreneurs to deliver impact at scale
In episode 137, we welcome Timothy Asiiwme of Mercy Corps Ventures, which invests in and catalyzes venture-led solutions to increase the resilience of underserved communities. We discuss how Web3 can help alleviate poverty and build resilient communities, the role of impact entrepreneurs in addressing social challenges, some of the Web3 pilots Mercy Corps has supported, and more.
From Tokens to Trust: What Is Collaborative Finance (CoFi)?
Collaborative finance (CoFi) is all about community, trust, and social agreements, showing great potential to bring a human touch back into the impersonal world of financial transactions. In this article, Tereza Bizkova explores how Collaborative Finance, powered by blockchain, stands as a promising avenue to forge more empowered, human-centric, and peer-to-peer interactions.
Three ways blockchain and crypto will lead to a more sustainable and equitable agricultural sector
Blockchain-based solutions can help build a more equitable and sustainable agricultural sector, helping even the playing field for smallholder farmers in remote communities.
Chain Highlight: Three Celo-based social impact projects
In the first post in a series highlighting the social impact projects operating on specific blockchains, we highlight three exciting Celo-based social impact projects.
Using blockchain and cryptocurrency to support and empower refugees
The world is in the midst of a refugee crisis that may worsen in the future due to climate change and geopolitical conflicts. Blockchain and cryptocurrency can be a part of the solution to this complex challenge.
GoodDollar: Using Crypto and DeFi to deliver a universal basic income
The case for Universal Basic Income (UBI) programs has gained considerable momentum in recent years. The GoodDollar project offers anyone the ability to join their UBI program and receive a small daily income.
Using crypto and blockchain to provide Unconditional Basic Income to refugee populations
There are many exciting use cases for crypto and blockchain in supporting refugee populations. One project is using crypto to provide Unconditional Basic Income to refugees.
Using blockchain and biometrics to provide direct aid to refugees
The WFP’s Building Blocks program has the potential to revolutionize the provision of emergency aid by making use of blockchain and biometrics.
Satchel: Using DeFi to help unbanked communities generate income
31% of the worlds adults don’t have access to traditional financial services. Satchel provides an innovative DeFi solution to help the unbanked earn interest and raise funds for their community.
Using blockchain to improve access to financial instruments in the developing world
Kotani Pay makes use of blockchain to provide access to financial instruments through basic mobile phones, without the need for internet or a bank account.
Transforming the freelance sector with crypto and blockchain
Blockchain and crypto have the potential to disrupt the freelance sector by offering a decentralized freelance platform that cuts out the middle man and saves freelancers and clients on costly commissions.
A blockchain-based app for saving circles
BX Smart Labs’ decentralized application uses smart contracts to automate a system of community financing used by millions in Mexico.
Leaf Global FinTech – A virtual bank for refugees and vulnerable populations
Leaf Global FinTech provides a blockchain-based virtual banking platform to help refugees and vulnerable populations store and access their money anywhere.
Rahat: Using blockchain to improve emergency aid distribution
The Rahat project looks to modernize the way emergency aid is distributed by using blockchain technology to increase efficiency, transparency, and accessibility to those in need.
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.