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Crypto Advocacy Panel

Dec 2, 2021

In this lively discussion, Scott Moore from Gitcoin highlights the power of Gitcoin Grants in advancing crypto advocacy. Joining him are Connor Spellese from Dow Research and Kristin Smith of the Blockchain Association, who emphasize the significance of grassroots support. Brian Quintenz shares insights on lobbying while Tomicah Tillemann stresses the importance of effective crypto policy. Sarah Roth-Gaudette and Jerry Brito discuss mobilizing community action, and Jake Chervinsky underlines the critical role of advocacy in shaping favorable regulations for the crypto industry.

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Intro

2min

The Importance of Crypto Advocacy in Regulatory Conversations

2min

Exploring the Role of Advocacy in the Crypto Landscape

3min

The Intersection of Crypto and Lobbying: Advocacy Efforts and Organizational Engagement

3min

Funding and Advocacy in Crypto

8min

Lobbying in the Crypto Landscape

17min

Funding Advocacy and Building Trust in Crypto Regulation

4min

Gaining Trust in Crypto Regulation

13min

Advocating for Cryptocurrency in D.C.

8min

10.

Advocacy in the Crypto Landscape

35min

11.

Regulatory Impact on Crypto

5min

12.

Navigating the Metaverse and Crypto Advocacy

4min

13.

Empowering Communities Through Crypto Advocacy

4min

14.

Empowering Crypto Advocacy

5min

This is the Crypto Advocacy & Education Summit, which we're hosting to go along with the Ethereum Foundation's $500,000 donation to the Gitcoin Round 12 matching round for the ‘Crypto Advocacy’ track.

Gitcoin does these ‘quadratic matching’ rounds 4 times a year, where many entities donate large sums of funds, and the community rallies and donates to many causes and projects across the crypto space. The ‘matching rounds’ are exponentially matched towards the grants that received the most numbers of individual humans who donated to them.

The EF has specifically allocated 500k to go towards effects that advocate for crypto in our government offices.

Bankless and Gitcoin are hosting a 2-panel ’summit’ livestream in order to drum up excitement and donations for the various organizations that help advocate for crypto!

✨ GITCOIN GRANTS ✨ https://gitcoin.co/grants/explorer/

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Panel #1: Why does crypto advocacy and education matter?

Kristin Smith | Blockchain Association https://twitter.com/KMSmithDC?s=20

Brian Quintenz | Former CFTC Chair https://twitter.com/BrianQuintenz?s=20

Tomicah Tillemann | a16z https://twitter.com/TomicahTD?s=20

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Panel #2: How do crypto stakeholders support crypto advocacy + education?

Sarah Roth-Gaudette | Fight for the Future https://twitter.com/gaudette75?s=20

Jerry Brito | Coin Center https://twitter.com/jerrybrito?s=20

Jake Chervinsky | Blockchain Association https://twitter.com/jchervinsky?s=20

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