BIGcast

Digging into Delta and DeFi

John and Glen discuss credit unions’ evolving approaches to managing the Delta variant, Amazon’s expanding moves into DeFi, and a crowdsourced initiative helping CUs understand how members are engaging with cryptocurrency.

Links related to this episode:

Link to Town Hall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1uBqwa-mKQ

Inc. Magazine’s think piece of Amazon’s DeFi aspirations: https://www.inc.com/tor-constantino/why-amazon-will-likely-make-a-massive-move-into-crypto.html

Amazon’s job description for an open digital currency position: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/1644513/digital-currency-and-blockchain-product-lead

CNN’s coverage of wrangling over crypto in the infrastructure deal: https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/politics/cryptocurrency-infrastructure-deal-lummis-toomey

BIG’s crowdsourced initiative to help CUs understand how their members are already engaging with cryptocurrency: https://www.cucrypto.report/

Brett King’s forthcoming book “The Rise of Technosocialism”: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Technosocialism-Inequality-Climate-Usher/dp/9814868957/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=technosocialism&qid=1628628818&sr=8-1

Best Innovation Group’s Digital Town Hall, held each Wednesday afternoon- an informal interactive venue for Credit Union best practice sharing. Request an invitation here: https://www.cutownhall.com/

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