The Women Changing The World With Blockchain

A male-dominated space, adoption of crypto depends on both men and women. We talk about females in the blockchain culture and highlight 3 underrated women who are making a big difference in the blockchain world.

September 19, 2018

Hosts
C. Edward Kelso & Matt Aaron

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About the Episode

During our discussion, you’ll discover:

2:00 How we’re pissing off entire blockchain ecosystem
3:30 How can we bring more women into the space? Why is it predominantly male?
5:25 The mission at bitcoin com and why we need women to achieve that
7:30 Why businesses need to be able to speak women's language and meet their needs
8:51 Are men more likely to take risks?
9:59 Instagram appeal to women …should we use customization in blockchain more?
11:56 Using blockchain can give women more freedom
15:50 Alena Vranova - co-founder of the Trezor hardware wallet
17:41 Taylor Monahan- MyCrypto Previous Co-Founder of MyEtherwallet
24:47 XDite Founder of OTCBTC in Taiwan & also running for Mayor of Taipei
27:46 Why women will help adoption of crypto
& much more!

Mentioned in the episode:
XDite: Bitcoin’s Renaissance Woman
Taylor Monahan
Alena Vranova

About the Hosts

C. Edward Kelso

C. Edward Kelso has written hundreds of articles as a journalist covering a range of topics from international finance, regulation, to cryptocurrency philosophy, interviews with luminaries, and book reviews. He is a longtime journalist focusing on financial technology, with a particular emphasis on global political structures and their influence.

Being based in San Diego, California USA allows him to experience binational economic arrangements (Mexico and the United States mostly) alongside a local hub of technology sector businesses -- from genomics to mobile phones.

Matt Aaron

Matt Aaron has been podcasting since 2013, when he launched the Food Startups Podcast.

He recently found a second love in cryptocurrency and blockchain and hasn't looked back.

His first major investment into cryptocurrency was the money he made betting on (but not voting for) that Donald Trump would win the 2016 election.

Matt believes that public blockchains and cryptocurrencies are the solution to the many problems exposed of the current banking system in the 2008 financial crisis.

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