Women in Tech Say Proposed STABLE Act Harms Those It Claims to Protect

Sunday wasInternational Women's Day, when the Bitcoin community is joined with others around the world to promote awareness of women's issues by launching its firstBitcoin Women's Day. Like International Women's Day, "Bitcoin Women's Day is not just for women," says Sarah Boone Martin of the Digital Currency Council. The issues that women are concerned about - equal access to healthcare, to financial systems, to the world economy, to employment, to education; a sustainable environment, personal safety, security and autonomy - these are all issues that are important to the Bitcoin community....

By women and for women: Crypto industry leaders take action to bring equality to the blockchain sector by developing female-centric initiatives. The tech industry is notorious for its male-dominated culture, and unfortunately, the blockchain space may still be exhibiting this, at least for the time being. Although female cryptocurrency investors are on the rise, men still make up the majority of job positions within the blockchain sector. This could be due to a number of reasons, such as a lack of funding for female-led blockchain companies or the ever-present gender wage gap in tech.....

Crypto isn’t gender-biased but it seems that more women in the United States are now into it. According to a recent Gemini survey, around 53% of those who expressed their interest in investing in crypto are women. However, the survey coming from the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange revealed the opposite as only 26% of women actually […]

One of the most often heard criticisms in the world of technology is the fact there are not enough women in higher-up positions. Staff diversity is a key issue in the technology sector, and that has nothing to do with the fact that there are not enough women showing an interest in this space. Services such as Boardlist will make it easier for tech....

The global lending institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the Kenyan central bank that its proposed digital shilling must “do no harm” to existing private sector digital money. The lender insisted the proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC) must “not stifle such welcome digitalisation developments by taking away customers of banks and other digital finance providers.” Keeping Payment System Open and Competitive The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reportedly said the Kenyan central bank’s proposed digital....