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How We Future Now - Live With Kathleen Breitman, Caitlin Long and More From Consensus: Distributed

From gaming and entertainment to the future of the banking industry, live interviews at the Consensus: Distributed virtual summit.

Updated Dec 11, 2022, 7:29 p.m. Published May 12, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
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From gaming and entertainment to the future of the banking industry, here are live interviews from the Consensus: Distributed virtual summit.

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This episode is sponsored by ErisXThe Stellar Development Foundation and Grayscale Digital Large Cap Investment Fundhttps://grayscale.co/coindesk.

There is a shared sense that the world has shifted. Now begins the messy work of figuring out what it means for the future we’re headed into.

See also: From Corrupt to Broken: An Insider’s Analysis of the Fed, Feat. Danielle Dimartino Booth

This live episode of The Breakdown podcast with NLW features four conversations about how the future is shifting before our very eyes.

  • How We Game and Entertain Now - featuring Kathleen Breitman, co-founder of Tezos and founder of blockchain game studio Coase
  • How We Identity Now - featuring Muneeb Ali, CEO of Blockstack
  • How We Bank Now - featuring Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Avanti Financial Group
  • How We Event Now - featuring CoinDesk’s Joon Ian Wong

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