1211: Crypto Week: How Crypto Can Help Close the Wealth Gap

Our conversation picks up where we left off in the previous episode about the impact that the blockchain and cryptocurrency may have on the world, with a deeper look at what it can mean for the racial and gender wealth gaps. Our guest is Cleve Mesidor, founder of the <a href="https://wocblockchainpolicy.com/#:~:text=The%20National%20Policy%20Network%20of,and%20services%20on%20the%20technology.">National Policy Network of Women of Color in Blockchain</a>. A Washington insider, she served as an Obama Presidential Appointee, a senior staffer in Congress, and in the leadership of national political campaigns. She is also the author of the book <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-clevolution-my-quest-for-justice-in-politics-crypto/9798666892060">THE CLEVOLUTION</a>, A gritty and honest memoir where she chronicles her nomadic journey that begins during the tumultuous 70s in Haiti and later migrating to NYC and then into Washington politics. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>