Tech Intersect #162: Cleve Mesidor-Reflections on Juneteenth, Crypto and the Future of Financial Freedom [SPOTLIGHT]

Juneteenth is a time for celebration, but it’s also an opportunity to talk about the challenges that Black and Brown communities continue to face and what we can do to take these challenges head-on.  The crypto space presents an incredible opportunity for growth and financial security for minorities who are often left out of the mainstream financial conversations. Cleve Mesidor and I discuss all this and more in today’s episode. This week, episode 162 of the Tech Intersect™ Podcast is a spotlight replay about Juneteenth, Crypto, and the Future of Financial Freedom.

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Cleve Mesidor is the Executive Director of the Blockchain Foundation and founder of LOGOS, a social network on blockchain for disruptors and activists without the nuisance of trolls or censorship. Previously, Cleve served as an Obama Presidential Appointee, working as Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, where she was charged with promoting White House economic programs and national public-private partnerships to advance innovation and entrepreneurship.

Some of the talking points Cleve and I go over in this episode include:

• What led Cleve to become a trailblazer in Blockchain.
• The importance of education in black and brown communities by dramatically reducing barriers to entry and participation.
• Lessons of Freedom from Juneteenth as context for the broader conversation of economic empowerment.
• Getting Washington to pay attention and stay focused on the crypto space.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Cleve Mesidor-Reflections on Juneteenth, Crypto and the Future of Financial Freedom
• 1:27 Introduction to Cleve Mesidor.
• 4:30 What led you to become a leader and trailblazer in blockchain?
• 6:55 How do we get Washington to pay attention and to stay focused?
• 11:43 What is Juneteenth and why is it so important?
• 14:42 What’s happening in the crypto space.
• 19:29 What are the barriers to entry into the crypto community?
• 22:23 The barriers to access for people of color in tech.
• 27:27 Coding for Blockchain.
• 29:49 They understand the wealth gap, they understand the problem of banking, and if you understand the problems we can find solutions.