CONSENSUS CONVERSATIONS: The Regulation Battle With Crypto and Corporate Responsibility With eToro’s Anna Stone

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The goal of technology is to improve human lives, especially in the area of money. 'Consensus Conversations' hosts Kamala Alcantara and Michele Musso talk with Anna Stone, Web3 Director at eToro about the future of digital assets and cryptocurrency's social responsibility.

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What gets you up in the morning? (1:50)

Women need to have a seat at the table.

Women are 50% of the population.

What is Web3 exactly?

The next generation of the internet.

What is eToro and what is Twitter? (8:14)

Bringing Web3 to the underbanked.

Twitter partnership with eToro and corporate social responsibility.

Education and enabling people to invest in the community.

Partnership with Twitter for eToro

Understanding money and how it works. (11:57)

All finances and assets are becoming digital.

Thoughts on cash and fear of cash.

The asymmetry between money and the financial services system.

Money is a special type of technology.

Corporate responsibility for cryptocurrencies. (17:11)

Regulation battle with crypto and corporate responsibility.

The socially responsible standard for cryptocurrencies.

The biggest opportunity in crypto is the 5.5 billion underbanked.

Good Dollar Network.

How to learn how to work in a non-custodial wallet. (21:21)

Non-custodial wallet for anyone in the world.

Universal basic income for anyone.

Us vs other countries in terms of crypto usage.

Emerging markets adoption.

The US is a lean startup one-on-one.

The world is waiting to be unlocked.

We still pay for instant transactions. (27:39)

How instant transactions are still paid for.

Blockchain offers instant transfer for free.

The original narrative of crypto and digital cash.

Privacy and privacy in blockchain.

How do you create trust with users? (31:41)

No one wants all of their bank statements online.

Decentralized identity and privacy.

Good Dollar has 500,000 members all over the world.

One of the biggest crypto communities.

What it’s like to ‘serve’ someone (35:53)

The privilege of serving women.

How to get involved with Good Dollar.

Sign up and start claiming every day.

Women first.

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This Episode of Consensus Conversations has been produced by senior producer Michele Musso, edited by Ryan Huntington and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Music is Get Down” by Elision and Image credit: Kevin Ross.