Crypto as a Movement for a New and Diverse Financial Future
summary
1.7 billion people lack formal financial services, Bronx poverty hits ~30% and over half are unbanked or underbanked, and small businesses struggle to access PPP — the panel lays out concrete pilots: a New York City blockchain center, the BigApps for Blockchain civic hack competition, and tools that already put crypto in hands like Brave rewards wallet, Cash App Bitcoin rails, stablecoins and localbitcoins peer‑to‑peer flows; recommends airdrops/earned‑crypto onboarding and advisor pro‑bono onboarding as immediate paths to adoption.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 2:08Andre Serrano
- 3:29Karen Batia
- 4:29Carlos Acevedo
- 5:55How Do We Define Financial Exclusion in a Data-Driven Economy
- 21:49Big Apps for Blockchain
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