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WEF’s Sheila Warren: which digital currency use cases can help financial inclusion?

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At next week’s Hyperledger Global Forum in Phoenix, Sheila Warren, the World Economic Forum’s Head of Blockchain, Digital Currency and Data Policy will give a keynote. If you’d like to register for the event, readers can use this discount code for non-members: HGFLEDGER20.

Before joining the World Economic Forum (WEF), Harvard educated Sheila Warren was previously a Wall Street lawyer turned social entrepreneur. She set up a SaaS company that helps U.S. foundations make foreign grants. So Warren knows a bit about financial inclusion. When looking at digital currency initiatives, without mentioning any specific projects, she’s not convinced about the social benefits being claimed. 

“If you were to go through and read some of the white papers that came out, they bleed financial inclusion,” said Warren. 

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