Crypto for good: DeFi credit unions and value-driven DApps (feat. BankSocial & Morph)

The Agenda Podcast: Decoding Crypto

The Agenda podcast is joined by John Wingate of BankSocial and Azeem Khan of Morph to discuss the ways blockchain and crypto can be used to financially empower regular people and make the world a better place through DeFi-focused credit unions and value-driven layer 2s.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) - Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode
(01:43) - What is BankSocial, and what is its mission?
(07:04) - Are there securities and regulatory risks for users?
(10:03) - What a DeFi-focused bank actually does
(12:37) - How BankSocial handles banking and blockchain challenges
(17:08) - What is the Morph layer-2 blockchain?
(19:01) - Bringing DeFi to places that lack banking infrastructure
(22:05) - What type of projects will be built on Morph?
(23:56) - What the UNICEF CryptoFund does
(26:08) - Why Azeem first got into blockchain
(29:39) - Can Morph help with international aid delivery?
(32:03) - Morph and the future of AI
(33:49) - Will the AI revolution overall hurt or help people?
(34:56) - Can billionaire philanthropists save the world?
(37:40) - Can crypto address global poverty?
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Rozdziały

1. Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode (00:00:00)

2. What is BankSocial, and what is its mission? (00:01:43)

3. Are there securities and regulatory risks for users? (00:07:04)

4. What a DeFi-focused bank actually does (00:10:03)

5. How BankSocial handles banking and blockchain challenges (00:12:37)

6. What is the Morph layer-2 blockchain? (00:17:08)

7. Bringing DeFi to places that lack banking infrastructure (00:19:01)

8. What type of projects will be built on Morph? (00:22:05)

9. What the UNICEF CryptoFund does (00:23:56)

10. Why Azeem first got into blockchain (00:26:08)

11. Can Morph help with international aid delivery? (00:29:38)

12. Morph and the future of AI (00:32:03)

13. Will the AI revolution overall hurt or help people? (00:33:49)

14. Can billionaire philanthropists save the world? (00:34:56)

15. Can crypto address global poverty? (00:37:40)