Can Cryptocurrency Accelerate Global Development? | Cryptocurrency and Global Development Series

Some of the most innovative cryptocurrency projects today are being built in the developing world -- and Sub-Saharan Africa in particular --  to address real-world obstacles to economic development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

These projects are pretty far off the radar of the global development community. But that may soon change as more and more of these cryptocurrency powered blockchain projects come online.

The pace of technological advancement in cryptocurrency suggests that aid agencies, the United Nations, philanthropies, NGOs and governments may need to confront the implications of crypto and blockchain to their work -- and probably sooner than they think.

Podcast guest Garry Golden demystifies the world of crypto and explains the implications of this emerging technology for emerging economies and the business of global development. This episode kicks off with some easily accessible definitions of key crypto terms-of-art and briefly discusses the history of th…