{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65675c71c3ca8a0012804645/65675c78c3ca8a0012804a5d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"1211: Crypto Week: How Crypto Can Help Close the Wealth Gap","description":"<p>Our conversation picks up where we left off in the previous episode about the impact that the blockchain and cryptocurrency may have on the world, with a deeper look at what it can mean for the racial and gender wealth gaps. Our guest is Cleve Mesidor, founder of the <a href=\"https://wocblockchainpolicy.com/#:~:text=The%20National%20Policy%20Network%20of,and%20services%20on%20the%20technology.\">National Policy Network of Women of Color in Blockchain</a>. A Washington insider, she served as an Obama Presidential Appointee, a senior staffer in Congress, and in the leadership of national political campaigns. She is also the author of the book <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/books/the-clevolution-my-quest-for-justice-in-politics-crypto/9798666892060\">THE CLEVOLUTION</a>, A gritty and honest memoir where she chronicles her nomadic journey that begins during the tumultuous 70s in Haiti and later migrating to NYC and then into Washington politics. </p>","author_name":"Farnoosh Torabi"}