Future of Digital Asset Regulation - testimony of Charles Hoskinson
On June 23 2022, IOG CEO Charles Hoskinson was called upon to provide testimony and respond to questions from members of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit. Here’s a transcript of his testimony
23 June 2022 13 mins read
Hearing before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit
June 23, 2022
I. Introduction
Chairman Maloney, Ranking Member Fishbach, Members of the Subcommittee and distinguished guests, thank you for inviting me to testify at this hearing. My name is Charles Hoskinson and I sincerely applaud the work of this subcommittee and appreciate you all taking the…
Identity is the key to our vision for Africa
Decentralization and using blockchain to address real-world issues will help deliver a new future for the continent
28 April 2021 7 mins read
Yesterday, in the #CardanoAfrica show, we laid out our bold vision for the continent – and how we’re delivering on it. Here’s how we introduced this very special event
I started Input Output in February of 2015 with a dream – to deliver economic identity to the billions of people around the world who do not have any control over their own lives.
The reality is that people live…
Blockchain Africa 2021: Charles Hoskinson's keynote speech
The following is a lightly edited transcript from Charles Hoskinson’s speech on March 18th, 2021 at Blockchain Africa 2021 outlining IOHK’s vision for Africa.
22 March 2021 13 mins read
Africa and the topic of banking and the unbanked, the topic of economic identity, is something that's near and dear to my heart. More than 10 years ago, I was using Kiva, a microfinance lending platform, and it awoke a long journey of mine to read books like Muhammad Yunus’ Banker for the Poor and start having a discussion about the question: why does the world have fractured…
Reflections on a decade of blockchain, and predictions for the next
We've had bitcoin for over a decade. Now, we're heading into the decade of Cardano
9 January 2020 9 mins read
It's January 2020 and that means not only a new decade, but the 11th birthday of bitcoin. The world's first virtual asset was made available to the general public on January 3rd of 2009. It's been one hell of a decade since then, and I'm excited about the next 10 years: a decade that will bring a lot of interesting things to the world.
The rapid growth of blockchain technology
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Mongolia - great for Atala and Cardano pilots
Ministers and businesses are enthusiastic about blockchain
16 May 2019 5 mins read
Think about Mongolia and the image that’s likely to spring to mind is of sweeping grasslands, mountains, freezing winters and nomads. An unlikely place you might think for ground-breaking technology, but in fact it’s a great country to do blockchain pilots. The capital, Ulaanbaatar, has almost tripled in size since 1990 and now accounts for half of the country’s three million…