CEO Brian Armstrong sits down with Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation, and Alejandro Machado of the Open Money Initiative to talk Crypto and use cases in developing countries.
Author Archives: Alex Gladstein
Exponential Democracy
Alex Gladstein is Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation. Across his career he has promoted free and open societies.
Why Decentralized Technology Matters for Freedom
Alex Gladstein is Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation. Across his career he has promoted free and open societies.
Bitcoin And Democracy Tech
In a conversation with Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom Forum, we explore why blockchain technology is both pivotal and timely.
Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom
In the border city of Cúcuta, Venezuelan refugees stream into Colombia, searching for food to feed their families. Years of high inflation, projected to top 1 million percent, has turned bolivares into scrap paper. More than 3 million Venezuelans have fled since 2014, and 5,500 exit for good each day. According to the United Nations, the exodus is “on the scale of Syria”Continue reading “Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom”
Alex Gladstein on Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom
“A lot of the dismissals, criticisms and attacks on Bitcoin come from people who have the luxury of having a stable financial system.”
— Alex Gladstein
From Wechat to Bitcoin
Alex Gladstein – From Wechat to Bitcoin: Why We Need Decentralised Technology As we innovate and build technologies we have difficult choices to make regarding how we treat data. What if apps like Wechat, used by over a billion people, feeds data regarding behaviors, demographics and social networks back to the government? That’s where blockchainContinue reading “From Wechat to Bitcoin”
The ET Interviews: Anti-Authoritarian Technology
Secure messaging app Signal is one of the top downloads on Apple Store and Google Play platforms in several countries.
Personal Data, Bitcoin and the Future of Human Rights
Chad sits down with Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation. In this conversation, they discuss the work Alex does at the Human Rights Foundation, the two kinds of technology that are changing society and one man’s story about defecting from North Korea that will leave you in awe.
Bitcoin Versus Authoritarianism
Early in July, The News Lens sat down with Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF), a nonprofit that advocates for human rights in closed societies, to discuss the potential importance of Bitcoin as a counter to authoritarianism.
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