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This episode is sponsored by Brave. 

We’re coming to you from the Brave Podcast Studio at Consensus 2023. Brave is the privacy browser used by almost 60 million people worldwide. It has everything you need to stay safe online. Check them out at brave.com.

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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etoro 

Good Dollar

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.

From our sponsor:

Brave is the privacy browser used by almost 60 million people worldwide. The built-in Brave Wallet is your secure passport to Web3. It supports over 100 chains, fiat purchases, swaps, NFTs, and even connects with other wallets and DApps. All right in your browser. No risky extensions, no spoofing. Learn more at brave.com/wallet.

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.

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This episode is sponsored by Brave. 

We’re coming to you from the Brave Podcast Studio at Consensus 2023. Brave is the privacy browser used by almost 60 million people worldwide. It has everything you need to stay safe online. Check them out at brave.com.

Michele Musso is on the Consensus 2023 floor and is joined by  Nina Blankenship and Lisa Francoeur, co-founders of Crypto Tutors,  a privately held, profitable and award-winning crypto education startup. 

CHECK OUT: 

Register for free at their next virtual conference at Cryptofortheculture.io 

Links:

The Crypto Tutors Website

Crypto Picture Dictionary

Sign up for the 2023 Crypto for the Culture Conference

Video:

Watch the 2022 Crypto for the Culture Replay

From our sponsor:

Brave is the privacy browser used by almost 60 million people worldwide. The built-in Brave Wallet is your secure passport to Web3. It supports over 100 chains, fiat purchases, swaps, NFTs, and even connects with other wallets and DApps. All right in your browser. No risky extensions, no spoofing. Learn more at brave.com/wallet.

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.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode is sponsored by Brave. 

We’re coming to you from the Brave Podcast Studio at Consensus 2023. Brave is the privacy browser used by almost 60 million people worldwide. It has everything you need to stay safe online. Check them out at brave.com.

WendyO is a guest we’ve been wanting on the show for a long time— and not just because she’s a mom AND an OG crypto celebrity. Wendy originally worked in the healthcare industry and realizing the potential of blockchain technology and its ability to revolutionize and improve the quality of life for many, she shifted and evolved into the largest female voice in the crypto space (check out her YouTube). Her genuine personality shines through in all her videos as she focuses on providing transparent marketing and media solutions for blockchain companies and individuals globally! When she talks, you know you’re going to learn something valuable. So buckle up for this wild ride as we interview WendyO IRL at Consensus. 

By the way, yes, Wendy’s is even more epic in-person. 

On this show, we discuss:

👩‍⚖️ The SEC, and why they’re taking so long to catch up with crypto

🤑 Bitcoin and the global value of crypto

🌎 Bermuda, Japan, MiCA and other global examples of crypto regulation going in the right direction

🤰🏻The real deal on women, postpartum depression and the wealth gap

💸 Taxes, recession, and inflation 

FOLLOW:

WendyO on YouTube

WendyO on Twitter 

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

Subscribe to my new LinkedIn newsletter Rest & Digest: A rest stop at the busy intersection of mindfulness, tech, women empowerment, UX and diversity, equity and inclusion.

From our sponsor:

Brave is the privacy browser used by almost 60 million people worldwide. The built-in Brave Wallet is your secure passport to Web3. It supports over 100 chains, fiat purchases, swaps, NFTs, and even connects with other wallets and DApps. All right in your browser. No risky extensions, no spoofing. Learn more at brave.com/wallet.

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.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week’s show, we sat down with Jenny Q. Ta, founder and general partner of Web3 VC Funds and a self-made millionaire who migrated from Vietnam to the U.S. I knew of Jenny from Twitter and could feel her warm and welcoming personality and charm through our DMs, but we’ve been missing each other IRL at various Web3 conferences. So finally we get to listen to the unstoppable might of a founder with three successful exits. Despite already being able to retire luxuriously and live a peaceful and happy life on a remote island somewhere, Jenny continues to give back, mentor, build, grow and learn and each minute you listen, will add more value to your livelihood, trust me! Sit back, relax, take a listen and learn more about Jenny below. 

Meet Jenny!

Jenny Q. Ta is a three-times founder veteran of Wall Street, self-made millionaire and seasoned entrepreneur with three highly successful early ventures to her credit. As founder and CEO of Titan Securities, a full-service broker-dealer and investment-banking firm, Ta built a company that was profitable enough to be acquired in 2005. Prior to that venture, Jenny had filled the role of founder, CEO and driving force behind Vantage Investments, another full-service broker-dealer and investment-banking firm that she started while still in her early twenties and quickly grew to a-third-of-a-billion dollars in assets.

Ta’s next two entrepreneurial endeavors included masterminding two modern tech companies: VCNetwork.co, a virtual eHarmony meets “Shark Tank,” matching entrepreneurs with VCs, and CoinLinked.com, an American online social-commerce platform powered by a decentralized blockchain to connect the traditional marketplaces of today with the digital currencies of tomorrow. These two more-recent ventures were solidly grounded in Jenny’s rich business background, which includes extensive firsthand experience in senior executive management, sales, marketing and finance, with forays into the fintech industry and exploration of the opportunities that cryptocurrencies, blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies afford. Jenny Ta’s third successful exit occurred in August 2021, when both entities were acquired by HODL Assets Inc.  

Jenny is also a published author, whose book, “Wall Street Cinderella,” details her escape from Vietnam during the war and traces her path to success from welfare to Wall Street. The book serves as a helpful road map for women who are determined to pursue a successful career in business. Ta’s educational background includes an MBA degree in financial management. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in management information systems from CSUF.

On this show, Jenny shares:

⛰️Her journey from Vietnam, to living on welfare in the U.S., to Wall Street and her path to becoming a self-made millionaire

💰Advice for women leading VCs and women seeking funding from VCs

🔑Key ingredients for a successful startup to company in the web3 space

🦿Promising use cases for AI-powered web3 technologies

🫰How to identify promising startups for angel investors and venture capitalists

We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise on mindful eating! :) 

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Jenny Q Ta on Twitter

Jenny Q Ta on Linkedin

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

Join CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 - the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 - happening April 26 through 28 in Austin, Texas. Consensus is the industry’s only event bringing together all sides of crypto, Web3 and the metaverse. Immerse yourself in all that blockchain technology has to offer creators, builders, founders, brand leaders, entrepreneurs and more!

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On this week’s show, Bunmi Babajide, founder of CoralApp sits down with us! 

CoralApp aims to allow users to experience wellness and fitness in person and in the Metaverse – powered by blockchain technology!

You can sign up for the beta now :) 

Meet Bunmi! 

Bunmi Babajide isn’t your typical health startup founder. She comes from a design engineering, product manufacturing and management consulting background and has enjoyed spending the past 16 years working in the automotive, aerospace and chemical industries for the public and private sector. 

Babajide earned her PhD in engineering education from Purdue University.

Bunmi’s story into the world of Web 3.0 start-ups began a few years ago when she was pregnant with her first child. She wanted to track her health. She found a few apps but each one was missing something to give her and her medical team a full and accurate picture.

In March 2022, Bunmi decided to take the leap away from her engineering background to focus her entire efforts on changing the way we will all track, monitor and monetize our health data. She took a leap into the fast-paced world of Web 3.0 and launched a health and wellness startup.

On this show, we discuss:

🩺 Using blockchain technology to own, monetize and incentivize health-care data and tracking

💰How and where to apply for grants to fund your web3 startup

🤰🏻Building as a mompreneur

🤖 The role of AI in healthcare, wellness and web3 technologies 

We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise! :) 

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CoralApp Beta 

Follow Bunmi on Twitter! 

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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On this week’s show, Kamz is joined by Nina Blankenship and Lisa Francoeur, co-founders of Crypto Tutors.

These two influential women are on a mission to simplify cryptocurrency through e-learning and 1:1 tutoring to educate and transform knowledge into wealth.

We went crazy over time while we were recording but we’re bringing you some incredible mic-drop insights. 

Nina Blankenship

Nina Blankenship is the CEO and co-founder of Crypto Tutors, a privately held, profitable and award-winning crypto education startup. Crypto Tutors’ B2B model specializes in upskilling corporate employees (internal) and their customer communities (external e.g.,  Ambitious Girl HBCU Tour with Cash App). Nina is a media sales guru and was one of the top-ranking global media sales execs at Linkedin throughout her award winning 5+ year career there. Nina is also a LinkedIn Learning instructor who authored the popular “Video Strategies for High Engagement.” Leveraging her award-winning marketing strategies, Crypto Tutors’ team of animators, illustrators, videographers and sound engineers work in concert to create original, high-quality content ranging from eLearning, the ”Crypto Couch” YouTube show to crypto rap. Since redirecting her entrepreneurial prowess to Crypto Tutors, Nina has scaled this lean startup to a seven-figure valuation in less than 18 months without external funding during an economic downturn. 

Nina is a staunch advocate for diversity, and her company Crypto Tutors organizes the world's largest diversity crypto conference. The Crypto For The Culture Conference featured in Forbes unites the most progressive, forward-thinking, diverse trailblazers in Web3. Leaders at Fidelity, the London Stock Exchange, A16z are among those who educate the crypto curious, crypto enthusiasts and crypto job seekers about how companies as well as individuals can best navigate the digital landscape. 

Nina holds a BA in Finance from the University of Florida, is an active crypto trader and is the CEO of Let’s Brainstorm, a viral video production and marketing company. A Florida native, Nina is an animal lover who just adopted her foster dog, Ben, and believes you must ask, believe and achieve in order to receive. 

Lisa Francoeur

Lisa Francoeur is a proud Haitian American and former fashion stylist who is presently co-founder and chief revenue officer of Crypto Tutors, a privately held, profitable and award-winning Web3 education startup. Crypto Tutors’ B2B model specializes in upskilling corporate employees (internal) and their customer communities.  As a seasoned tech executive with 10+ years of enterprise sales experience, Lisa has a proven track record of driving exponential growth while navigating complex deal structures at Fortune 100 firms including LinkedIn and startups. At the helm of business development, Lisa has led two lean startups to seven-figure valuations in less than 18 months without external funding, just revenue!

As a LinkedIn content creator on crypto, her thought leadership is in high demand, having spoken at Meta, Block, Cash App, Gemini, A16z’s Culture Leadership Summit and Earn Your Leisure’s (EYL) InvestFest. Lisa is a global champion of diversity and her company, Crypto Tutors, organizes the world’s largest diversity conference in crypto, Crypto for the Culture. Lisa is ranked 30th on the list of Top 50 Most Influential People in Crypto in the world,  5th out of 7 Top Crypto Female CEOs and 5th out of 11 Black Founders driving innovation in Web3. 

Lisa is also founder/CEO of Fancyfied, an innovation lab of human engineering. As an instructional, motivational speaker Lisa has spoken at LinkedIn, Ghana Tech Summit, Doordash Splunk and is also a corporate trainer who has delivered her proprietary mind-set training “Authentic Intelligence – the New AIl” at Salesforce, AMC Networks and Microsoft.

On this education-packed show, we discuss:

💰What is staking? Why stake? How does it generate wealth?

💃Crypto Tutors: How it came to be and why you should check it out!

🦾How to ensure your educational content is inclusive and accessible

🔑Strategies for scaling digital business with purpose

🤯Actionable insights from tech leaders at the forefront of innovation

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise on recalibrating the mind and body for success! :) 

CHECK OUT: 

Links:

The Crypto Tutors Website

Crypto Picture Dictionary

Sign up for the 2023 Crypto for the Culture Conference

Video:

Watch the 2022 Crypto for the Culture Replay

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

Subscribe to my new LinkedIn newsletter Rest & Digest: A rest stop at the busy intersection of mindfulness, tech, women empowerment, UX and diversity, equity and inclusion.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

Join CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 - the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 - happening April 26 through 28 in Austin, Texas. Consensus is the industry’s only event bringing together all sides of crypto, Web3 and the metaverse. Immerse yourself in all that blockchain technology has to offer creators, builders, founders, brand leaders, entrepreneurs and more!

Use code WEB3WOMEN to get 15% off your pass. Visit consensus.coindesk.com and get your pass today! 

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On this week’s show, Kamz is joined by Gigi (Gianina Skarlett), proud Venezuelan founder, CEO and lead engineer of W3 Learn Academy and Crypto Tech Women, a Web3 community-centric brand that has empowered 20,000+ community members worldwide to take space in Web3. She’s passionate about education, innovation and the Web3 industry. She was a software engineer at an AI Silicon Valley company before joining the Web3 industry.

Her mission is to continue to grow and lead the vision of Crypto Tech Women while ensuring the right culture is nurtured within the community. Having the right culture is her top priority, one that is inclusive, where everyone feels supported, encouraged, listened to and cared for. Building longevity for Crypto Tech Women is her main goal.

On this incredible show, we discuss:

👓 W3 Learn Academy and how women can be involved in the Web3 space with tech or non-tech backgrounds

💻 the coding skills and soft skills needed to stand out for jobs and projects

🤝 how the Web3 space can benefit from having more women software engineers and builders

🤑 Full-ride scholarship opportunities for the Polkadot Blockchain Academy

Applications close on March 31, 2023, so go go go!

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise! :) 

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

Join CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 - the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 - happening April 26 through 28 in Austin, Texas. Consensus is the industry’s only event bringing together all sides of crypto, Web3 and the metaverse. Immerse yourself in all that blockchain technology has to offer creators, builders, founders, brand leaders, entrepreneurs and more!

Use code WEB3WOMEN to get 15% off your pass. Visit consensus.coindesk.com and get your pass today! 

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On this week’s show, Kamz is joined by HUG’s CEO and Founder Randi Zuckerberg and Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer, Debbie Soon

Debbie Soon

Debbie is a Chinese-Singaporean immigrant who is passionate about increasing representation in Web3. Having spent her entire career both investing in and building multimillion-dollar consumer businesses, she's particularly excited about the intersection of Web3 and consumer. Now, she's the co-founder of HUG, where she's helping build a space for people to collaborate, connect, and interact with each other.

Prior to Web3, Debbie graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Economics and from Columbia University with a Masters in Financial Engineering. She then went on to build three businesses from scratch for one of the most successful unicorns in Southeast Asia.

Outside of helping break down barriers for equitable representation, she enjoys lifting weights, car karaoke, and pampering her 10-year-old dog, Guinness.

Randi Zuckerberg 

Randi has always loved technology and the arts. As a Harvard graduate and early employee at Facebook, she helped shape Web 2.0 technology for billions of people worldwide. 

Now in Web3, she's bringing her two loves together. Randi is one of the most prominent voices for women in the NFT space and is passionate about uplifting creators — that's why she founded HUG! She now gets to work with 50+ of the top emerging Web3 creators through the HUG Studios programs.

When she's not trading jpegs, she can be found at the theater or doing her best to unplug at home with her husband and three children who are now almost as obsessed with crypto as she is.

On this incredible panel, we discuss:

🤗 HUG and how it came to be

🌎 how to build a representative and truly inclusive web3 community and platform

🤝 the importance of building together through strategic partnerships

🫶🏽 How web3 projects can support and uplift underrepresented people and communities

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise! :) 

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

Subscribe to my new LinkedIn newsletter Rest & Digest: A rest stop at the busy intersection of mindfulness, tech, women empowerment, UX and diversity, equity and inclusion.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

Join CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 - the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 - happening April 26 through 28 in Austin, Texas. Consensus is the industry’s only event bringing together all sides of crypto, Web3 and the metaverse. Immerse yourself in all that blockchain technology has to offer creators, builders, founders, brand leaders, entrepreneurs and more!

Use code WEB3WOMEN to get 15% off your pass. Visit consensus.coindesk.com and get your pass today! 

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On this week’s show, Kamz is joined by Hedera leadership, Chief of Staff and Head of Global Policy at Hedera, Nilmini Rubin and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Betsabe Botaitis. 

Nilmini Rubin is the Chief of Staff and Head of Global Policy for Hedera. Previously, she worked on the global policy team at Meta, and before that, Nilmini headed Tetra Tech’s global team, implementing energy and internet projects that resulted in millions of people gaining access to electricity for the first time. 

For 12 years, she served as a senior aide on both the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she spearheaded the passage of legislation to provide electricity access in Africa, increase global internet access, reduce corruption through transparency, and reform U.S. foreign assistance. 

She is an adviser to the Women's Democracy Network and the Energy Growth Hub, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Academy of the Global Teacher Prize, and the International Mindfulness Teachers Association.

Betsabe Botaitis is the newly appointed treasurer and chief financial officer at Hedera. She was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. During the Mexican peso crisis in the 1990s. The crisis left many families in financial ruin, and after witnessing her family being negatively impacted, she enrolled in a 6-month course to become a bank teller at 14-years old. 

Betsabe began her career as a bank teller at Citibank at the age of 15 and rose through the ranks, growing more interested in fintech and financial inclusion as her career progressed. She has since held senior positions at companies like Citigroup, and Lending Club. 

Botaitis is a member of Hipower, a network of executive women leaders in Silicon Valley, and she was recently awarded Nasdaq’s top honor at the annual Latina Disruptors Event. Above all, she is a passionate advocate for economic equality, who has been working in blockchain since 2016. 

On this incredible panel, we discuss:

💡What Hedera brings to the web3 ecosystem

👩‍⚖️The evolving regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies and blockchain

🏛️The government's role in shaping the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency

🫰How decentralized finance can make future and existing financial products more accessible

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise! :) 

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

Subscribe to my new LinkedIn newsletter Rest & Digest: A rest stop at the busy intersection of mindfulness, tech, women empowerment, UX and diversity, equity and inclusion.

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

Are you building the next big thing in Web3? Apply to pitch your project live on stage at the CoinDesk Pitchfest Powered by Google Cloud at Consensus, the industry’s most influential event happening April 26-28 in Austin, Texas. Apply by March 31 for a chance to be among the twelve finalists selected to pitch. Visit consensus.coindesk.com/pitchfest for more information.

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On this week’s show, Kamz is joined by Gwendolyn Regina!

Gwendolyn has spent 17 years living in the worlds of media and technology across Asia Pacific, Paris and Silicon Valley. 

She currently leads investments at BNB Chain and is also an angel investor.

Before that, she was an intrapreneur at Facebook (now Meta Platforms), building up a new business unit of venture capital partnerships and startup growth. 

Gwendolyn also founded OnQuestions, where she spends her time exploring “What is a good question?”

Gwendolyn has been speaking internationally, giving keynotes and moderating for 10 years across Asia, Europe, and the US. 

Gwendolyn built her first website when she was 12. She has lived in Singapore, Paris, Silicon Valley and Ho Chi Minh City. She speaks three languages and is a certified rescue diver, has jumped off a plane twice and almost fell to her death into an ice crevasse in Chile.

Kamz and Gwen discuss:

🔋Catalyzing and amplifying paradigm shift as it pertains to investing in technology

🌍The future and potential global benefits of Web3 technology

🥳Bringing Web3 to the next 1 billion users and ensuring at least half are women

❤️Egg freezing and the importance of improving and supporting women’s reproductive health

✨Rihanna and Gal Gadot: The intersection of women empowerment and pregnancy

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise to relieve stress! :) 

See also: 

Follow Gwen on Twitter and LinkedIn!

Article: I froze my eggs in Asia Gwen’s honest story and advice from her egg-freezing journey.

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

Subscribe to my new LinkedIn newsletter Rest & Digest: A rest stop at the busy intersection of mindfulness, tech, women empowerment, UX and diversity, equity and inclusion.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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Kamz is joined by Ketaki Shriram, Chief Technology Officer at Krikey, and Mariam Nusrat, founder and CEO of Gaming Revolution for International Development (GRID), to discuss the landscape of Web3 gaming and women leadership.

Shriram is a scientist, film producer, and wildlife photographer interested in the impact of immersive worlds on human behavior. She is currently the chief technology officer at Krikey, an AR gaming tools service she co-founded with her sister. Krikey recently closed its Series A round, led by Reliance Jio, India's biggest telecom operator. Shriram received her BA, MA, and PhD at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. She previously worked at Google [x] and at Meta Platforms’ Reality Labs. Shriram was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 2020 Class in the Gaming category. You can learn more here: krikey.ai.

Nusrat was named to the “Forbes Next 1000 List,” which honors startups and businesses with less than $10 million in sales but limitless potential to inspire. She’s also building Breshna.io, a platform that empowers users to create, share and monetize their own purposeful Web3 video games, with no code and at lightning speed. Think Tik-Tok for video games.

Ketaki and Mariam discuss:

🎮 Why gaming in the Web3 space

👭 Why it’s important for women to become Web3 gamers

🕹️ The advantages of Web3 gaming for women

🎲 How you can start building your own Web3 games

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

Are you building the next big thing in Web3? Apply to pitch your project live on stage at the CoinDesk Pitchfest Powered by Google Cloud at Consensus, the industry’s most influential event happening April 26-28 in Austin, Texas. Apply by March 31 for a chance to be among the twelve finalists selected to pitch. Visit consensus.coindesk.com/pitchfest for more information.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kamz is joined by Lex and Diana to discuss the greatest barriers for Latino communities to adopt web3 technology and what we can do at the individual and community level, respectively to support its adoption.

Lex

Over the last two years, Lex, better known as NFTGirl, has worked with @NFTfeen to establish the NFTGirl Collection, which encompasses a meticulously curated selection of more than 500 digital artworks.

The NFTGirl Art Collection was selected by Sotheby's to feature pieces from amazing digital artists like Killer Acid, Stefano Cott and Jon Noorlander.

Their overarching goal is to uplift artists and creators while fostering connections within the web3 community, all while spreading awareness and knowledge about web3 and NFTs to a wider audience.

Diana, better known as Belle NFTs

Belle NFTs, co-founder of XYZ News, hosts multiple shows, including “IYKYK”–a show recognized as one of the best NFT learning resources for both beginners and experts. Belle left behind a successful career to dive headfirst into Web3. As a widow and single mom, Belle is passionate about empowering others to participate in blockchain technologies and to uplift the voices of creators in the industry. She views Web3 as a place where underrepresented creators can thrive and achieve financial freedom.

Lex and Belle discuss:

🛟 How web3 changed their lives

📈 How we can increase the participation of Latinas in web3 technology

📰 The alpha on XYZ News a bilingual media company highlighting art, tech and business in web3

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 2-min meditation focused on self-talk and transforming your inner critic to an inner friend.

See also: 

XYZ News

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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Kamz is joined by Robin Arzón, the vice president of fitness programming and head instructor at Peloton. She believes that sweat transforms lives, and her story is living proof, going from an underwhelmed corporate litigator working in New York City to an ultra-marathoner, New York Times bestselling author, driven entrepreneur and executive, successful investor, practicing vegan, OG hustler, loving wife and, ultimately, a strong mama. Robin is the two-time New York Times bestselling author of “Strong Mama” and “Shut Up and Run.” 

She’s been running through the Web3 space and is launching Swagger Society, the first lifestyle membership club in Web3.

Robin shares:

💻 what the web3 space means for women

🦾 how to build mental strength through mindfulness and why it’s important for women

😌 how to hone your inner advocate and silence your inner critic

💎 what we can expect from Swagger Society, a Web3 lifestyle membership

🍼 exciting new baby news! 

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise called the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise.

See also: 

Robin Arzón

Swagger Society

Why Peloton’s Robin Arzón Is Jumping Into Web3

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by lunareh. 

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Kamz is joined by Chelsea Cain Maclin, R Labs’s brand and community-marketing master. She is also co-founder of R Planet NFTs. Previously, she was Vice President of Marketing for Bumble where she led brand, marketing, and partnerships teams, and helped scale the business to 100M downloads and a $12B IPO. She’s also an active angel investor, focusing on womxn and BIPOC founders, within sustainable consumer packed goods (CPG), mental health, and safety sectors. In 2019, Chelsea was named as one of Business Insider’s 20 CMOs to Watch. 

Chelsea and Kamz discuss:

🤱parental leave in the web3 space and advice for web3 moms and leaders to support moms

⚖️ overcoming scaling hurdles in marketing and designing a successful web3 marketing strategy

📊what brands need to prioritize when marketing organically to web3 consumers

🌎what’s next for the R Planet NFT and why it’s important to get involved in web3 projects

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 2-min dose of mindfulness that you can take when you need to fight off stress or need a quick mental break.

See also: 

Wisdom from Women Leading the Blockchain

R Planet Website

R Planet OpenSea

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso  with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘All Night Long’ by Lunareh. Other music used is ‘Come Home’ by Outside The Sky.  

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Join CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 - the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 - happening April 26 through 28 in Austin, Texas. Consensus is the industry’s only event bringing together all sides of crypto, Web3 and the metaverse. Immerse yourself in all that blockchain technology has to offer creators, builders, founders, brand leaders, entrepreneurs and more!

Use code WEB3WOMEN to get 15% off your pass. Visit consensus.coindesk.com and get your pass today! 

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Kamz is joined by Shelley Zalis, also known as “chief troublemaker”! Shelley Zalis is the CEO of The Female Quotient, an equality services company that creates platforms for women and solutions for organizations committed to closing the gender gap in the workplace. Through its signature Equality Lounge® at key industry conferences around the globe, Zalis and the FQ are connectors for the largest global community of mission-driven business leaders.

Shelley authors a Forbes column that provides virtual mentorship for women in middle management. She is co-founder of #SeeHer, a movement led by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) to increase the accurate portrayal of women and girls in advertising and media.

She is a pioneer for online research, becoming the first female chief executive ranked in the research industry’s top 25. Today, she works with Fortune 500 companies, impact organizations, and conscious leaders to advance equality in the workplace.

Shelley and Kamz discuss:

🤑the myth of work/life balance and how to reframe your mindset for success

✊how web3 companies and communities can level the playing field for women

🫂the unstoppable power of women and moms when we collaborate

🏗️what Fortune 500 companies, startups and everyone in between can start doing right now to build equality

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 2-min meditation focused on calming a busy mind.

See also: 

Shelley Zalis Forbes Blog 

The Female Quotient

Makers of the Metaverse on Medium.com 

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso  with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘All Night Long’ by Lunareh. Other music used is ‘Come Home’ by Outside The Sky.  

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Join CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 - the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 - happening April 26 through 28 in Austin, Texas. Consensus is the industry’s only event bringing together all sides of crypto, Web3 and the metaverse. Immerse yourself in all that blockchain technology has to offer creators, builders, founders, brand leaders, entrepreneurs and more!

Use code WEB3WOMEN to get 15% off your pass. Visit consensus.coindesk.com and get your pass today! 

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Michele, normally behind the scenes producing the Women Who Web3 podcast, is a visionary with over 10 years of experience in TV/Radio production and content creation. This week she joins Kamz in a special episode to celebrate the women of Season 1 and to look ahead to Season 2 with new incredible speakers providing more profound knowledge and how-to’s to inspire and empower women!

Kamz and Michele discuss:

🥳 Web3 events we’re most excited about in 2023

📏Top lessons learned from Season 1

👀Top 3 favorite episodes

🗣️Season 2 Speaker Sneak Peek

🎪Consensus 2023

See also: 

Kamz will be speaking at NFT NYC 2023 and we’ll be hosting a Women who Web3 pop-up event for anyone interested in the area.

We’re excited to invite you to join us at Consensus 2023 in Austin, TX April 26-28th, 2023.

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘All Night Long’ by Lunareh.

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Kamz is joined by Limaris, an award-winning cybersecurity/blockchain engineer with a wide range of experience in computer and network systems. Limaris has dedicated her career to making innovating safe again and assisting organizations to align with different security/technical frameworks as well as leading incident response for data breaches. She’s currently a Security Advisor at Halborn and teaches a course on Blockchain & Smart Contract Security at Sans Institute. During her spare time, she also teaches at the University of Miami Cybersecurity Program and volunteers her time assisting organizations in up-skilling women and Latinx workforce to fill the skills labor gap in engineering roles.

Limaris advises us on:

💻blockchain technology and cybersecurity

🏗️how communities and builders can ensure security is at the forefront

🛡️how women can protect themselves while navigating web3 technologies and communities

🧙“black hat” vs. “white hat” hacking

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 2-min meditation focused on you and the power of writing your own story.

See also: 

Limaris Torris

Halborn.com

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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Sheila Warren is the inaugural CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, the premier global alliance advancing crypto innovation worldwide. She co-hosts “Money Reimagined,” a popular CoinDesk podcast, is an adviser to the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web and the Near Foundation, serves on the Steering Committee of the DeFi Education Fund and is an early-stage investor across the Web3 ecosystem. 

Previously, Sheila founded the blockchain and digital assets team at the World Economic Forum, a major international and nongovernmental organization committed to improving the state of the world, where she served as a member of the Executive Committee. As the deputy global head of the Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, she oversaw strategy across 16 countries to advance the adoption of new technologies in the global public interest.

Sheila graduated from Harvard College, earned her Juris Doctor degree at Harvard Law School and began her career as an attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which has been one of the premier U.S. law firms for two centuries.

Kamz and Sheila discuss:

🏦The intersection of regulation and decentralization

💲What is DeFi (decentralized finance)!? 

👭The benefits of DeFi for women

💱How crypto contributes to an equitable web3 space

⛑️The hidden power of “soft” skills

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 4-minute meditation you can use to take a mental break!

See also:  The Crypto Council for Innovation 

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Check out my blog on Mirror for content on women, wellness and web3.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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Shira Lazar is the founder and CEO of the Emmy Award-nominated digital media brand What's Trending and co-founder of Peace Inside Live, a mindfulness platform for a global collective across Web3, video, audio and in-person channels.

She advises as well as consults with companies in the Web3 space regarding cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFT) and the metaverse. 

As a broadcaster, Shira uses her platforms to create content and education around Web3, bridging the gap between the industry, creators and consumers. She hosts weekly Twitter Spaces called #AlphaMondays and Women in Web3, brings viewers the top five NFT stories of the week on Instagram and hosts the weekly “Inside Web3” podcast on Audacy.

She has also been named one of Fast Company’s “Most Influential Women in Technology” and Huffington Post’s “Women in Tech to Follow on Twitter”

Kamz and Shira discuss:

🌍 real-world use cases and benefits for crypto and blockchain across the globe

🔐 the advantages of adopting Web3 technologies for women everywhere

🗣️ advice for empowering women and elevating women's voices

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a meditation focused on inviting ease and relaxation into your life.

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

Check out my blog on Mirror for content on women, wellness and web3.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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Join Kamz and Lisa Carmen Wang, the founder and CEO of Bad Bitch Empire, a global investment collective building unapologetic worth and wealth for women. She is a four-time USA national champion and Hall of Fame gymnast, serial entrepreneur (her founded company was acquired), international speaker, and host of the “Bad Bitch Empire”podcast. Lisa is an executive board member of Fast Company and has been recognized as Forbes 30 under 30 Venture Capital and Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women.

Ms. Wang has coached more than 100,000 women to build financial and personal confidence. She joins the podcast to talk about building financial and personal confidence and investing in women and Web3.

Lisa coaches us on:

💅taking charge of your body, boundaries and bank account

💸shifting our relationship with money

🫰the importance of understanding financial fiction

😇what is an angel investor and why it’s important for women to invest

🤑what is crypto and how can women secure profit

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a meditation focused on boosting confidence.

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Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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