Immutable

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Immutable is a new podcast from Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Hosted by Director of Global Communications and Strategy Josh Burek, Immutable is a curiosity-centered guide to the emerging blockchain-based economy. From smart contracts to stablecoins and NFTs, Immutable explores the challenges and opportunities of a new era – and the pioneers who are shaping it.

27/06/2022

Rethinking Real Estate

In our final episode, Peter Rex shares how he’s using blockchain technology to disrupt real estate and other sectors – all part of a broader aim to expand access to capital. We discuss the rewards and risks of tokenizing real estate, the importance of smart contracts and street smarts, and how to level the playing field for earning wealth.

38 min
08/06/2022

A Solution In Search of a Problem?

Michael Green and I discuss Bitcoin’s defects, the future of the U.S. dollar, and potential problems with programmable money.

32 min
07/03/2022

Decoding Web3

Edge and Node Co-founder Tegan Kline and I discuss Web3, DAOs, dApps, and the importance of questioning official narratives.

28 min
25/01/2022

Into the Metaverse

We dive into the world of NFTs and the metaverse, covering everything from Bahaman virtual embassies to Bitchcoin, Sotheby’s to Snoop Dogg.

37 min
18/01/2022

What’s In a Name? The Beginning of Wisdom

In this episode, we unpack some basic definitions for digital assets and explore why NFTs are flipping the art world – and the broader creator economy – on its head. If you’ve ever wondered what a token is but were too afraid to ask, this is the episode for you.

44 min
17/11/2021

A Once-a-Century Event

Chris Giancarlo is the former Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the author of an important new book called Crypto Dad: The Fight for the Future of Money. As Washington’s chief regulator who oversaw the emergence of cryptocurrencies, Chris has seen up close how important it is to encode democratic values and economic privacy into digital money. Chris and I discuss the history of money, the Internet of Value, the risks of crypto censorship and suppression, and whether free enterprise can be cool again.

29 min
04/11/2021

China’s Blockchain Gambit

In this episode with Yaya Fanusie, we discuss China’s big blockchain ambitions, digital payments for Big Macs, why the nation with the best data is going to win – and whether this technology is closer to the Bee Gees or Fiona Apple.

29 min
19/10/2021

A Sea Change in How We Send, Spend, Save, and Secure Money?

In our inaugural episode, we hear from Dante Disparte. He’s Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy for Circle, a leading platform for moving digital money across the Internet and around the world. Dante gives us a fascinating preview of some transformative changes on the horizon – indeed, happening now – for how we send, spend, save, and secure our money. We also discuss the deeper ways that digital money could elevate living standards for the 1.7 billion people on this planet who are unbanked or underbanked. As the saying goes, it’s expensive to be poor, but innovations in this space suggest we’re on the cusp of meaningful social impact – if this movement doesn’t go off the rails.

25 min

8 Episodes

Immutable is a new podcast from Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Hosted by Director of Global Communications and Strategy Josh Burek, Immutable is a curiosity-centered guide to the emerging blockchain-based economy. From smart contracts to stablecoins and NFTs, Immutable explores the challenges and opportunities of a new era – and the pioneers who are shaping it.

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Belfer Center
Years Active

2021 - 2022
Episodes

8
Rating

Clean
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Immutable

Immutable

Episodes

Rethinking Real Estate

A Solution In Search of a Problem?

Decoding Web3

Into the Metaverse

What’s In a Name? The Beginning of Wisdom

A Once-a-Century Event

China’s Blockchain Gambit

A Sea Change in How We Send, Spend, Save, and Secure Money?

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