A big thank you to all the incredible individuals who joined me for interviews at the Black Blockchain Summit last week. Your inspiring stories, innovative ideas, and unwavering passion for the industry made this experience unforgettable. It was a true pleasure to meet you all and catch up with familiar faces. Stay tuned for the final touches on our interviews, coming soon! Some of my guests include:
BankTeller of Elephant.Money, which is simply the first global decentralized community bank of its kind. It is a permissionless system for economic inclusion and helps its community accumulate wealth through active and passive cash flows.
Tavonia Evans of GUAP Coin, which is the first publicly launched, decentralized cryptocurrency that addresses the economic and financial concerns of the Global African Diaspora community. This primarily includes African-Americans, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Caribbean, and any other group or culture that identifies with having historical roots on the continent of Africa.
Jasmine Brunson of Rektify AI, which identifies the bugs and vulnerabilities in the code of cryptocurrency projects through comprehensive smart contract auditing.
Yvonne Kagondu of Kushite ICP East Africa Hub that creates awareness, education, and evangelism to aspiring and existing web3 developers in East Africa.
Daveed Benjamin is an ordinal builder, patent holder, and author of the upcoming book, The Metaweb: The Next Level of the Internet that examines how the Metaweb can drastically reduce false information, abuse, and scams, as well as enable the unprecedented level of collaboration needed to address humanity's global challenges.
Jomari Peterson is a serial entrepreneur, international public speaker, investor and web3 believer. He is the lead on Snowball DAO, a decentralized protocol on Avalanche whose main products include auto-compounding services for liquidity pools, an automated market maker (AMM) for stablecoins, NFTs, and governance.
Syreeta Blakely is a cryptocurrency educator with 17 years of experience as an educator. Syreeta brings a unique perspective to the world of cryptocurrency. Her background in education has helped to develop a teaching style that makes complex concepts easy to understand for learners. With two crypto books under her belt, she has already made valuable contributions to the field. Additionally, she just released a t-shirt line for cryptocurrency lovers.
Maceo Whatley is dedicated to fostering a world where individuals are nurtured and empowered, and is passionate about creating the necessary conditions to facilitate such an experience. Mr. Whatley actively supports independent musicians and creatives through an internet-native creator collective that he founded in 2022. Additionally, Maceo hosts a podcast focused on educating communities of color about blockchain technology.
Charles J Kelly, also known as CJ the Smart Guy, is an entrepreneurial accountant who has a fascination with blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Mr. Kelly is also a board member of the Bitcoin Transformation Community that is on a peaceful mission to empower and transform the global citizenry to become sovereign individuals by leveraging the power of Bitcoin. CJ is also a CPA specializes in the services of bookkeeping, tax preparation, consulting and forecasting.
A big thank you to everyone at ICP.Hub North America, with a special shout out to Javier Ferer Arroyo for their incredible support!
