With ETHDenver behind us, it is time to share with you all the first version of the report I have been working on during my Fellowship at the Ethereum Foundation that is exploring how we can unlock last-mile lending in Guatemala, whilst also driving a myriad of lessons for the wider crypto ecosystem through that process. The intention of this first version is to receive feedback from stakeholders across the ecosystem to launch the second and final version of the report with the community’s fe...

With ETHDenver behind us, it is time to share with you all the first version of the report I have been working on during my Fellowship at the Ethereum Foundation that is exploring how we can unlock last-mile lending in Guatemala, whilst also driving a myriad of lessons for the wider crypto ecosystem through that process. The intention of this first version is to receive feedback from stakeholders across the ecosystem to launch the second and final version of the report with the community’s fe...

Guatemala: A Country of Challenging OpportunitiesAn optimist at heart, I’m driven by leveraging social, cultural and technological innovation to build better societies - a conviction I’ve held from a young age. As a child, I would spend my weekends accompanying my father to visit many of Guatemala’s most desolate townships. At the time, he ran a non-profit whose mission was to deliver last-mile healthcare and establish educational programs. The community we most often visited was the town of ...

Guatemala: A Country of Challenging OpportunitiesAn optimist at heart, I’m driven by leveraging social, cultural and technological innovation to build better societies - a conviction I’ve held from a young age. As a child, I would spend my weekends accompanying my father to visit many of Guatemala’s most desolate townships. At the time, he ran a non-profit whose mission was to deliver last-mile healthcare and establish educational programs. The community we most often visited was the town of ...

IntroductionHola, my name’s Marcus and I am a researcher and entrepreneur from Guatemala. Located in Central America, Guatemala is a country rich in cultural heritage and stunning geographic landscapes. Unfortunately, however, our history is plagued with violence, corruption, and inequality, a reality that disproportionately affects rural indigenous communities. We are a nation where more than half of the country’s wealth is held by just 0.001% of the population (talk about the 1%). Guatemala...

IntroductionHola, my name’s Marcus and I am a researcher and entrepreneur from Guatemala. Located in Central America, Guatemala is a country rich in cultural heritage and stunning geographic landscapes. Unfortunately, however, our history is plagued with violence, corruption, and inequality, a reality that disproportionately affects rural indigenous communities. We are a nation where more than half of the country’s wealth is held by just 0.001% of the population (talk about the 1%). Guatemala...

Growing up in the rural highlands of Guatemala, a country where more than half of the population live below the poverty line and where 8 in 10 indigenous children suffer from chronic malnutrition - poverty alleviation has always been at the forefront of my personal vindication. See, it’s not that Guatemala is a ‘poor’ country per se, in fact, it is the richest country by GDP in Central America. The true challenge of our country is inequality - Guatemala is a country where just 260 Guatemalans...

Growing up in the rural highlands of Guatemala, a country where more than half of the population live below the poverty line and where 8 in 10 indigenous children suffer from chronic malnutrition - poverty alleviation has always been at the forefront of my personal vindication. See, it’s not that Guatemala is a ‘poor’ country per se, in fact, it is the richest country by GDP in Central America. The true challenge of our country is inequality - Guatemala is a country where just 260 Guatemalans...

Ethereum has the potential to enable more equitable and decentralized coordination substrates to empower people around the world. As an Ethereum Foundation Fellow, I am committed to supporting Ethereum’s growth and adoption to enable human flourishing globally. To stay up to date and contribute to the latest findings of the report I am putting together, you can subscribe below and even mint a free open edition NFT. subscriber-edition://0x42057bEf993f1aaFD5616210D2cC83a707708e7F?tokenId=0%60 T...

Ethereum has the potential to enable more equitable and decentralized coordination substrates to empower people around the world. As an Ethereum Foundation Fellow, I am committed to supporting Ethereum’s growth and adoption to enable human flourishing globally. To stay up to date and contribute to the latest findings of the report I am putting together, you can subscribe below and even mint a free open edition NFT. subscriber-edition://0x42057bEf993f1aaFD5616210D2cC83a707708e7F?tokenId=0%60 T...