The Agenda Podcast: Decoding Crypto
The Agenda podcast explores the promises of crypto, blockchain and Web3, and how everyday people level up and improve their lives with these new technologies. It covers everything from new blockchain tech to Bitcoin mass adoption and cultural shifts in Web3. Every two weeks, Cointelegraph’s The Agenda podcast tackles a new topic by speaking with the innovators and experts building the Web3 the world actually needs. After all, crypto is for everyone, not just rocket scientists, venture capitalists and high-IQ developers.
The Agenda Podcast: Decoding Crypto
Strategic Bitcoin reserve to protect the Amazon (feat. Rainforest Foundation US)
Rainforest Foundation US executive director Suzanne Pelletier explains why the NGO is raising 100 BTC for a strategic Bitcoin reserve and how the fund will be used to help protect the Amazon rainforest, combat climate change and protect Indigenous rights. She explains how crypto adoption by nonprofits can increase their financial resilience.
(00:00) Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode
(01:38) The Rainforest Foundation US mission
(03:55) Why RFUS launched a strategic Bitcoin reserve
(05:58) Trauma exhaustion and fundraising struggles
(08:20) Fundraising Bitcoin for NGOs
(11:57) Matching RFUS’s annual budget with a 100 BTC reserve
(14:21) How RFUS will use the strategic Bitcoin reserve
(17:14) Raising money from crypto community vs. traditional sources
(18:56) Risk of deforestation climate change tipping point
(21:56) Addressing Bitcoin environmental impact
(25:59) How RFUS works in tandem with Indigenous communities
(30:33) Navigating international and local politics
(32:42) RFUS origin story and why it embraced crypto
(36:57) What’s next for RFUS in 2025
(38:31) How to donate and get involved
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