Crypto Altruists: Real-World Stories of Social & Environmental Impact with Web3

In this episode, we welcome Jessica Salama, Community Lead at GoodDollar, a global movement to bring economic opportunity to all. GoodDollar is an anti-poverty protocol and DAO that creates an ongoing money flow of digital basic income that is given away to its members. GoodDollar leverages decentralized finance financial tools to align incentives between those with money and those in need, creating more growth and opportunity for all.

We discuss the synergies that exist between crypto and Universal Basic Income, how crypto can drive greater financial inclusion and economic empowerment, and why the time for UBI is now.

Five Key Takeaways

• The time for UBI is now. There is adequate wealth in the world to ensure everyone can live comfortably - UBI can help make this a reality
• With crypto, anyone with a phone can gain access to financial tools through DeFi
• Every web3 movement needs a solid community to thrive. GoodDollar’s community spans the globe and includes ambassadors, investors, UBI recipients, and more.
• To drive financial inclusion, it’s important to make it as easy as possible for individuals to get involved. GoodDollar offers an easy on-ramp to those who are new to web3 and have traditionally faced financial exclusion.
• Decentralization and web3 enable new opportunities to create “people-powered”, horizontal programs and services that are driven by the communities they serve.

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In this episode, we're excited to welcome Adam Ghahramani, Founder of Untamed Elephants, a community dedicated to using NFTs, art, and cutting-edge tech to raise money for African and Asian elephants. We discuss how they have raised nearly $75,000 for charities supporting elephants, how they are creating unique engagement opportunities for NFT holders, and the roadmap and long-term vision for this exciting project.

About Untamed Elephants

Untamed Elephants is the first mission-driven NFT PFP project. They have two NFT collections supporting their work - Untamed Elephants, the original, and the more recently minted Untamed Matriarchs.

They work closely with three key elephant charity partners, two focused on African elephants (Save The Elephants and Elephant Crisis Fund) and one on Asian elephants (Saving Ganesh). Rather than simply make donations, they foster a mutual, two-way relationships.

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In this episode, we have the privilege of being joined by Sean Honeyman and Christian Chegne, Co-Founders of Crypto Coral Tribe. We discuss the role crypto, NFTs, and community can play in enacting social change, their plans to support marine and wildlife conservation, and the future of crypto for social impact.
About Crypto Coral Tribe
Crypto Coral Tribe is a creative hub driving marine & wildlife conservation through art & tech. It is a collection of 9,000 unique NFTs that represent a force for change. Owners of Crypto Coral NFTs have the power to direct real world change through the Aqua Nexus, Impact Fund and other project activations, all with the goal of supporting marine and wildlife conservation. Their Impact Fund will be seeded with 50% of all proceeds from primary sales, as well as future revenue streams, and will support environmental restoration, ethical art, and social initiatives. For their first project realized by the Impact Fund, they will be planting 3,000 corals across three continents.
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Visit their website: https://www.cryptocoraltribe.io/

Episode Time Stamps

00:27 – Introduction

01:20 – What was your “Ah hah” moment that got you interested in cryptocurrency and web3?

4:30 – Tell me about Crypto Coral Tribe, and how it all got started.

06:30 – For your first project, I understand that you will be planting 3,000 Corals. Can you tell me why that’s important, and what the long-term benefits of this will be?

10:45 – Tell me about your Impact Fund.

13:00 – Tell me more about the NFT collection, and the artists behind it.

17:20 – What is the long-term vision for Crypto Coral Tribe?

21:22 – What do you see as some of the biggest opportunities for cryptocurrency, blockchain, and web3 to disrupt social impact?

27:35 – What’s the best way for listeners to learn more about and engage with Crypto Coral Tribe?
For more exciting content exploring the intersections of web3 and social impact, check us out at cryptoaltruism.org.
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In episode 94, we’re excited to welcome Connor O’Day from Gitcoin, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization that is “empowering communities to fund, build, and protect what matters.” We discuss what the heck Quadratic Funding is at its core, how Web3 can empower communities and revolutionize crowdfunding, the incredible impacts of the Gitcoin grants protocol, and much more.

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~Three Key Takeaways~

• Quadratic Funding is the mathematically optimal way to fund public goods – putting more power in the hands of the community, as opposed to those with more resources.
• Traditional donation systems can be disempowering to smaller donors as they may feel that their donation doesn’t have a large impact. With Quadratic Funding’s matching mechanism, however, the impact of smaller donors is amplified.
• The future use cases of Quadratic Funding go well beyond just grant funding and could extend to other community-driven funding activities such as participatory budgeting.
  

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In this episode, we’re excited to welcome Jay Velasco, Co-Founder and Project Lead for Cool Crypto Kids, an NFT project supporting social impact projects and organizations in collaboration with children’s hospitals, artists, and the community at large. Their first series features children’s artwork turned NFTs, with proceeds benefiting the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. We discuss the vision behind Cool Crypto Kids, and how it all got started, how they’ve turned inspiring children’s art work into beautiful NFTs, the causes they are supporting, now and into the future, and the amazing potential of web3 to drive social impact.

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Episode Time Stamps

01:18 - What was your “Ah hah” moment that got you interested in cryptocurrency and web3?

04:09 Tell me about Cool Crypto Kids, and how it all got started.

09:24 - Tell me about your first NFT series in support of the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.

11:45 - Tell me about the artists behind the artwork

16:05 - Tell me about how the revenue splitting works from the sales of your NFTs.

20:18 - Tell me about some of the utility behind Cool Crypto Kids NFTs?

22:52 - What is the long-term vision for Cool Crypto Kids?

26:05 - What is the best way for listeners to learn more?

27:43 - To wrap things up, if you could name one thing that excites you most about the social impact potential of web3, what would it be and why?
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