SXSW 2023
The Black Crypto Investor
Description:
Black crypto industry leaders are often hidden figures- In the blindspot of policymakers, industry, and media. Yet Black and Latino communities lead national crypto adoption. This session seeks to provide insights into what is driving this trend and redefine what an investor should look like.
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Takeaways
- For Black crypto investors, centralized finance poses a greater risk to their financial security than crypto.
- Because Black crypto investors do not look like traditional, privileged, acceptable investors, they are criticized & scrutinized by financial analysts
- Black professionals, small business owners, nonprofit leaders - as well as the "unbanked" - have all been locked out of centralized finance.
Speakers
- Cleve Mesidor, Executive Director, Blockchain Foundation
- Tonya Evans, Professor, Penn State Dickinson Law
- Tyrone Ross, Founder, 401
Organizer
Cleve Mesidor, Executive Director, Blockchain Foundation
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