How Crypto donations have become Ukraine’s financial lifeline, Alex Tapscott

Mar 30, 2022

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Today Shane is joined by author, entrepreneur and Managing Director of Ninepoint's Digital Asset Group Alex Tapscott. Alex discusses how Crypto donations have become Ukraine’s financial lifeline since the beginning of the conflict with Russia. Since the Russian invasion, Ukraine has received over $100m in Crypto donations.

He discusses why this is happening, the possibility of Crypto being used by Russia to bypass sanctions, how concerned governments should be about censorship free technologies and what it means for the future of money.

About Alex

Mr. Tapscott is an entrepreneur, author and seasoned capital markets professional focused on the impact of Bitcoin, blockchain and other digital assets on business and financial markets. Mr. Tapscott is the co-author of the critically acclaimed non-fiction best-seller, Blockchain Revolution, which has been translated into more than 15 languages and has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. He is also the Editor and Co-author of Financial Services Revolution (January 2020).

Mr. Tapscott is sought after worldwide for his expertise by business and government audiences. He has delivered over 200 lectures and executive briefings at firms like Goldman Sachs (Talks at GS), Google, Allianz, IBM, Microsoft and Accenture. His TedX talk, “Blockchain is Eating Wall Street” has been viewed over 700,000 times. Mr. Tapscott has also written for The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Globe and Mail, National Post and many other publications.

In 2017, Mr. Tapscott co-founded the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), a global think-tank investigating blockchain strategies, opportunities and use-cases. Previously, Mr. Tapscott was Director of institutional equity sales at Canaccord Genuity. Mr. Tapscott is a graduate of Amherst College (Cum Laude) and is a CFA Charterholder.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alextapscott
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-tapscott-117638b/

About Shane

Shane is currently interning with Irish Tech News. He is in his third year of studying Journalism at NUI Galway where he also studies IT and is studying programming and web development.