🌍 Showing the world the good of Web3 with impact stories & practical resources 🎙️ Podcasts + articles on blockchain & AI for good 💚 @OctantApp Epoch 9
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❌Myth: Ethereum is just a casino of scammers & shadowy super coders 🦹♂️📉🚫
✅Reality: Ethereum is a gamechanging technology for social & environmental impact ❤️🌱
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Big updates on Karma. Go go gooooo. 🥹
Continuous improvements and new features being shipped everyday. Big ups to @mvmurthy and the team. Been a pleasure to work alongside and support the continued evolution.
🤌🤌🤌🤌
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1️⃣ @BlockSummitLA - Medellín 🇨🇴
📅 Nov 12–14 | @EAFIT
Workshops, talks, a hackathon, and live demos about @TuCopFinance, $cCOP, and real-world stablecoin adoption in Colombia. 💚
We will be there and also representing @SelfProtocol and @MentoLabs
If you’re around Medellín, no excuses, we’ve got free tickets for you 🎟️ Just send us a DM.
Register for the events👇
🧵En el marco del @BlockSummitLA, estaremos haciendo parte de la #Hackathon del FinHUB, liderada por la @UniversidadEIA y @EAFIT 💡
Un encuentro que une academia, industria y ecosistema blockchain para construir soluciones reales con impacto.
Y sí, tendremos nuestro propio track con recompensas 👇
What started as a basketball camp became an opportunity for financial inclusion 🏀💸
In ep. 225, we sat down w/ @LindsayPoss to explore @StellarOrg & @hoopssagrado's partnership bringing onchain finance to rural communities in Guatemala 🤝🌱
🎧Listen: cryptoaltruists.com/blog/cry…
We discuss:
⛓️ How a simple idea to use crypto payment rails fueled local economic empowerment
🤝 The importance of community-driven approaches to access & inclusion
📱 How they've leveraged @BeansApp to create a simple UX that meets users where they are
🌐 How basketball, community, and blockchain have come together to drive local impact
The best way to onboard to Ethereum?
Skip the jargon. Show the magic✨
As @NatalieCrue shares, it's not the lore or manifestos that win hearts; it's showing the impact of projects like @lilnounsdao or inviting them to Pizza w/ @Pizza_DAO 🤝🍕
It's about making Ethereum human💚
November newsletter is live!🌱📰
💚@OctantApp Epoch 9 reflections
🎙️Ethereum's human story w/ @NatalieCrue @IvieSatijn @Evan_Mann @brookejlacey
💸Stablecoin remittances in South Sudan w/ @EricAlsop6 of @PESA_token
✨Top ecosystem updates
👀📩Read/Sub: crypto-altruists.ghost.io/
More highlights:
🤝 Partner spotlight of @foundation_gsr
📊 Infographic: Ethereum for good use cases
🌎 A look into @EFDevcon Argentina
🌐 The launch of @localismfund
🔬 Decentralized vs. Traditional Science
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always powering the real world 🤝
For years, @hoopssagrado funded their youth programs in Guatemala by carrying around wads of cash 💰
Now, partnering w/ @StellarOrg, they've brought their payments onchain, and the results have been amazing! 💸✨
Next week we welcome @LindsayPoss to dive deeper & explore 👇
⛓️ How a simple idea to use crypto rails for payments has fueled local economic empowerment in Rural Guatemala
🤝 How they created an accessible UX that meets users where they are & serves as a safe entry point to the digital economy
🏀 How basketball, community, and blockchain have collectively driven local impact
Full podcast episode live next week! 🗓️
🎙️✨New Starter Pack: Crypto Innovations in Humanitarian Aid
This 6 ep. playlist explores how crypto is reshaping humanitarian aid:
💸Stablecoin cash transfers
📡AI & blockchain-powered anticipatory aid
🌐Decentralized funding models
...& more
🎧Listen: cryptoaltruists.com/blog/cry…
Features interviews with leaders from:
📢💡 @elliptic @StellarOrg @coalapay @glodollar @AlgoFoundation @GiveDirectly @MCSocialVenture @DIVADonate_xyz @shambanetwork @Fortunecreditld
Some partners are just built different 🤝
A massive, heartfelt thank you to our long-time friends at @CeloPublicGoods for their incredible support in #GG24.
They're funding not one, but FOUR crucial domains:
- Privacy 🛡️
- Public Goods R&D 💡
- Targeted Development & Adoption 🚀
- Interop Standards, Infra & Analytics 📊
Celo's commitment to fund what matters is unwavering, and we're so grateful to be building alongside you 💚
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BuIlding GreenWill in the Regen Space - Builder Space #16 x.com/i/broadcasts/1yoKMPDaY…
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Such an inspiring discussion with $PESA on how blockchain is creating opportunities where they’re needed most
Give it a listen if you haven't yet 👇
Money shouldn't lose value when crossing borders 💸🌍
We sat down with @EricAlsop6 of @PESA_token to explore how stablecoins are transforming remittances, and how Pesabase is channeling millions to create economic opportunity in South Sudan 🌱
🎧Listen: cryptoaltruists.com/blog/cry…
We discuss:
🌐 How crypto rails enable more transparent & impactful remittances
💰 The role of stablecoins, onchain payment rails, & local infrastructure in unlocking financial inclusion
🤝 Merging digital and physical infrastructure to create accessible user experiences
💚 How transaction fees and incentive mechanisms keep value circulating within South Sudan
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was unbelievably excited to talk about the project we worked on last summer over at @StellarOrg! big shoutout to @BeansApp for being such a big part of this
honored to be on @Crypto_Altruism sharing this story!
For years, @hoopssagrado funded their youth programs in Guatemala by carrying around wads of cash 💰
Now, partnering w/ @StellarOrg, they've brought their payments onchain, and the results have been amazing! 💸✨
Next week we welcome @LindsayPoss to dive deeper & explore 👇
⛓️ How a simple idea to use crypto rails for payments has fueled local economic empowerment in Rural Guatemala
🤝 How they created an accessible UX that meets users where they are & serves as a safe entry point to the digital economy
🏀 How basketball, community, and blockchain have collectively driven local impact
Full podcast episode live next week! 🗓️
For years, @hoopssagrado funded their youth programs in Guatemala by carrying around wads of cash 💰
Now, partnering w/ @StellarOrg, they've brought their payments onchain, and the results have been amazing! 💸✨
Next week we welcome @LindsayPoss to dive deeper & explore 👇
⛓️ How a simple idea to use crypto rails for payments has fueled local economic empowerment in Rural Guatemala
🤝 How they created an accessible UX that meets users where they are & serves as a safe entry point to the digital economy
🏀 How basketball, community, and blockchain have collectively driven local impact
Full podcast episode live next week! 🗓️
Scientists worldwide are embracing DeSci as a better way to fund & share research 👩🔬🤝
The result: millions in $$ for underserved fields & new models for global coordination 💸🌐
Some great examples of DeSci in Action: @athena_DAO_ @Molecule_dao @Cerebrum_DAO @BioProtocol ✨
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Can DeFi power inclusive credit in Africa? 🇬🇭
Together with @Haraka_xyz & @grameenfdn, we piloted a model using cGHS stablecoins + social trust to deliver fast, collateral-free loans to 500+ borrowers in Ghana.
⏱️ Loans in under 5 min
💸 90% women
📲 No apps, no wallets
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Powered by Octant 😍💝
After an incredible @OctantApp Epoch 9, we're energized to grow our Ethereum for Good Hub to new heights 🌱🚀
What types of stories would you love to see more of? Share ideas & projects in the comments 💡👇
Explore the hub to see what we're building:
🔗cryptoaltruists.com/ethereum
Blockchain isn't just great at connecting capital with impact; it's just as powerful at connecting people with impact 🌏💚
@Mowgli_2077 of @refihub shares how they use smart contracts to cut out intermediaries & create direct links between funders & projects on the ground 🤝🌱
