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Financial Exclusion: Does Crypto Fix This?
Crypto is not just a technology — it’s a movement for a new financial future, fueled by people disillusioned by the traditional legacy financial systems. According to the World Bank’s most recent Global Findex report, as many as 1.7 billion people around the world lack access to formal financial services.

DeFi Risk and Regulation Workshop, Continued
0x Senior counsel Jason Somensatto walks through the current regulatory state of decentralized finance (DeFi) along with Ropes & Grey attorney Marta Belcher and Compound general counsel Jake Chervinsky.A novel take on finance, DeFi allows users to take out loans or trade without permission from centralized custodians like banks or funds.

DeFi Risk and Regulation Workshop
0x Senior counsel Jason Somensatto walks through the current regulatory state of decentralized finance (DeFi) along with Ropes & Grey attorney Marta Belcher and Compound general counsel Jake Chervinsky.A novel take on finance, DeFi allows users to take out loans or trade without permission from centralized custodians like banks or funds.

Sponsored Session: Building a Global Backend Infrastructure for Open-Source Projects
Open-source has become the backbone of almost every program that companies build today. But still, most of those codes are shared only as text files which make other developers difficult to run on their machines.

First Principles for a Decentralized Future – Hosted by World Economic Forum – Part 1 With Sheila Warren, Aza Raskin and Marvin Ammori
Ethical tech: What does it mean and how do we get there?Blockchain governance and adjacent ethical questions will be foundational issues of our age. How can we ensure the technology’s benefits are most widespread? The WEF’s Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution addresses this question with its ‘Presidio Principles,’ aka Blockchain Bill of Rights.

First Principles for a Decentralized Future – Hosted by World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum Global Blockchain Council is launching a set of principles to provide a baseline for protecting the rights of users in the development of blockchain applications. At this interactive launch event, learn more about the Presidio Principles and sign your commitment to preserving the rights of your users.

Linda Pawczuk on Vicarious Learning for Blockchain Deployment
Linda Pawczuk, global head of blockchain and digital assets at Deloitte, describes the dissonance between blockchain solutions and real problem solving.

Cardstack’s Chris Tse on the Connection Between Creativity and Viability
“I believe that the building blocks for new creative forms has to be combined with building blocks for the commercial terms so that every creative form has better commercial terms,” said creator of Cardstack, Chris Tse.

Nadine Strossen Talks About Freedom of Expression
“With respect to critical issues of public concern, such as the fast breaking developments concerning COVID-19, take the burden off news providers,” said Nadine Strossen of New York Law School “News disseminators and commentators had to vouch for the truth or accuracy as determined by some authority. Now this is impossible.

First Mover With Brad Keoun
First Mover gives you the latest sentiment around crypto markets and mining, putting in context every wild swing in bitcoin and other assets. We follow the money so you don’t have to.
