Why ‘Cryptocurrency Would Not Exist Without Black People’

Robby Greenfield, the CEO of Emerging Impact and the former head of social impact and diversity programming at ConsenSys, talks about how the crypto community handles issues of diversity and inclusion. We discuss:

why he thinks many in the community want to change everything but systemic racism
why many in the community turned a blind eye to racist posts retweeted by cryptographer Nick Szabo
how people in the crypto community responded to his recent essay on racism
why cryptocurrency would not exist without black people
his social impact work at ConsenSys
how blockchain technology and crypto can help address issues of racism
why blacks are underrepresented in crypto despite expressing more interested in it than other demographics

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