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Consensus 2021

date:2021-05-24..2021-05-27
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series:Consensus · 4 editions
editions:[Consensus 2015, Consensus 2020, Consensus 2021, Consensus 2022]
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HighlightsRay Dalio, Larry Summers, Tom Brady, Kevin O’Leary06m
Poll of participants finds only 5% say a US CBDC will never arrive, yet the claim here is CBDC unlikely and that bitcoin’s success could itself become an…
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Dfinity's Internet Computer Promises to Reshape the Internet as We Know ItDominic Williams06m
Dfinity’s Internet Computer launches after five years with a reported quarter‑billion dollar ecosystem program and a public mainnet claim of the world’s…
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What's Driving the Shift Towards ESG Investing?Mark McDivitt05m
ESG investment growth hits a tipping point driven by climate urgency and the claim that nonfinancial metrics now correlate with returns, but data trust is the…
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Filecoin in Focus: What Its Leaders Want You to Know About the Storage-Focused ProjectMarta Belcher10m
Filecoin builds an incentive layer for IPFS so files persist on other people’s hardware, claims a successful October launch and a live network with over four…
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Nebula Genomics Lets You Turn Your DNA Into an NFTKamal Obbad, Anne Fauvre-Willis12m
Nebula Genomics, Oasis Labs and Akon’s Acorn launch a project minting George Church’s genome as the “world’s first” genomic NFT to let people control and…
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Can DeFi and Traditional Banks Co-Exist?Mariana Gomez de la Villa06m
Claims that cooperation yields the “best of both worlds,” supported by an Aave case study where ING ran data collaboration and knowledge sessions to inspect…
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Cathie Wood Blames Bitcoin's Drop on 'ESG Movement'Cathie Wood05m
Claims that the bitcoin pullback is driven by the ESG movement and high‑profile tweets about crypto’s energy use, pointing to a short‑term selloff after Elon…
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Says He's a 'Big Believer' in CryptoTom Brady05m
Claims include having bought crypto and checking token prices almost daily, noting a coach has been into it for eight or nine months and calling crypto a big…
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Co-Founder on Cuban's Investment: Mark is a Yield FarmerSandeep Nailwal07m
Claims that MATIC is up almost 10,000% year‑to‑date and that Mark Cuban actively invests and uses Polygon for NFTs and small‑scale yield farming with LP…
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US-based CBDC Is 'Never' Going to HappenBrian Brooks08m
Asserts a US CBDC is effectively never coming, citing a poll where only 5% pick "never" but arguing the real-world trend is private innovation not a Fed…
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Launching a Bitcoin Node into SpaceZee Zhang05m
SpaceChain is sending bitcoin and ethereum nodes aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets and installs hardware on the ISS so a private key stored on ISS acts as one…
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Diem Scales Back, Sets Eyes on a US-Backed StablecoinChristian Catalini10m
Project shifts from a multi-currency Libra idea to a single U.S. dollar stablecoin called Diem Dollar, relocates headquarters from Switzerland to the U.S., and…
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Joins Hedera Hashgraph's Governing CouncilDr. Leemon Baird07m
Hedera Hashgraph says it has surpassed 1.2B transactions and runs a fast hashgraph ABFT ledger that targets high throughput (steady ~50 TPS, spikes into the…
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Using Blockchain to Measure Climate Change and EmissionsMartin Wainstein, Massamba Thioye13m
Argues for a planetary carbon ledger layered on the existing UNFCCC national inventories to enable nested accounting across individuals, companies, cities and…
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Real Estate NFTs are HereMichael Arrington06m
A Kyiv apartment gets auctioned with an NFT minted on the Proppy platform, the same site used to buy it in 2017 with ETH and a smart contract; ownership sits…
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Founder Talks 'Green Farming' and Future IPOBram Cohen17m
Claims Chia uses proof of space and time so farming runs off ordinary hard‑drive space, not custom rigs, and rewards track space contributed. Network tools…
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Analyzing SEC Commissioner's Crypto CommentsHester Peirce06m
Claim that the SEC needs to modernize custody rules for crypto and that advisers bear a fiduciary responsibility to understand the asset class, with current…
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Say They're Spearheading a 'Green Mining' InitiativeMichael Saylor, Elon Musk08m
A newly announced bitcoin mining council commits miners to publish current and planned renewable usage and to set a baseline for energy usage transparency…
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Crypto Markets OutlookSam Bankman-Fried16m
Claims that a cascade of $20 billion of liquidations drives the crash, then mostly clears so markets stabilize; leverage concentrates in thousands of…
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Bitcoin Is Here to Stay; What Wall Street Is Looking For in ESG InvestingKevin O’Leary09m
Claims that under 1% of institutions hold crypto and that institutional flows drive price appreciation; miners are raising $100–$300M to build low‑carbon…
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Hosts Weigh in on Day 1Christine Lee, Lawrence Lewittin, Emily Parker15m
Forecasts link heavy money printing, rising debt and possible capital controls to long-term currency weakness and conflict, with a blunt disclosure that owns…
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Launches Today!Aaron Stanley12m
Consensus 2021 runs as a virtual multi-day program with themed three-hour explorations (China, CBDC, institutional asset management) plus hands-on “unlocked”…
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Invests $15M in AirTM to Boost Financial Access in Latin AmericaDenelle Dixon08m
The Stellar Foundation commits $15M investment into AirTM wallet, a Mexico-based peer-to-peer exchange that connects local wallets and anchors to the Stellar…
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