Gabriel Abed is an expert on Central Bank digital currencies, blockchain technology, and is a pioneer and a leader within the Caribbean blockchain and crypto industry. Gabriel co-founded and was the Vice Chairman at Bitt, the leading Caribbean-based digital asset exchange. Gabriel has given presentations on digital currencies and blockchain technology to the leading economic and political institutions, including but not limited to the United Nations (U.N.), the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (I.M.O.).
He has also consulted heads of state and governments on blockchain and digital assets, most recently he was appointed as the Special Technology Advisor to the Honourable David Burt, Premier of Bermuda and has advised the Premier and his government on legislation and the best way of implementing blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. He is currently working on a new top secret project. In this conversation we discuss the rise in demand for a secondary citizenship and the various different naturalization process across the globe, his time at Bitt and his experience consulting the Premier of Bermuda and the Bermudian government on blockchain and digital currencies, the growth and future of DAOs and how governance and social institutions will be decentralized and a lot more. Gabriel is not only a friend, but one of the leading entrepreneurs and ambassadors of the crypto industry.
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ELECTRONEUM
Electroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.
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Permian Chain
PermianChain brings together the crypto-mining and oil and gas sectors. We offer crypto projects access to cheap, abundant power, using an oil and gas blockchain-integrated framework (OGBiF) to ensure that stranded and wasted energy resources are used efficiently. This unlocks liquidity and transforms the way that oil and gas reserves are funded, produced, bought and sold on the blockchain.
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