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Circles: The cryptocurrency taking on world poverty

May 4, 2021
56:00

This week I am joined by economic anthropologist, Julio Linares, to discuss Circles, a cryptocurrency project tackling world poverty.

Circles provides users with a Universal Basic Income in Trust tokens, meaning accounts are topped up every day with new tokens. The aim is to build economies around communities—and trust.

Watch the episode here: https://www.satellite.earth/pub/@rachel:circles-the-cryptocurrency-taking-on-world-poverty

You can also listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Circles website: https://joincircles.net/

Julio’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Julio_Linares_

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