#20 - DeFi vs TradFi, with Sandra Ro CEO of the GBBC

About Episode - As we continue diving into use cases for self-sovereign identity, we spend some more time in the Web3 space. Sandra Ro has been working in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space since 2011. She also has an extensive background working in Traditional Finance (TradFi) in FX, Derivative trading and more. Since 2018, Sandra has held the position of CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), a Swiss non-profit focusing on education, advocacy & partnership across over 40 countries.

During this conversation, we discuss

1. Sandra’s background and getting into bitcoin futures | how banks interacted with crypto then (2011) vs today (2021) vs tomorrow (3000)
   
2. The excitement and movement around DAOs
   
3. The beauty of Open Source in Web3
   
4. Everything Digital Payments: CBDCs, Stablecoins, DeFi | also the intersection of these together and with Digital ID
   
5. Big societal trends – the separation of money from state, and the separation of identity from state
   
6. Why technology innovation lags and costs keep rising in sectors with lots of government regulation & intervention. Specifically in sectors such as healthcare, education, real estate
   
7. An important component in the Web3 stack: Decentralized Storage
   
8. What’s happening in the GBBC, and specifically in the GBBC Digital ID working group

About Guest

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