How to Win with Digital Assets: A Case for Crypto in Credit Unions

Financial literacy and autonomy in the 21st century will require our movement to understand, embrace and educate the paradigm shift of digital assets and decentralized/distributed technologies. What will we do when our member wants to use digital assets and protect their wealth? Executive Vice President at St. Cloud Financial Credit Union, Chase is a pioneering leader in the credit union sector and an active board member of the MN Crypto Council and a recognized speaker on digital assets and blockchain. Jon Ungerland, the Chief Innovation Officer at DaLand believes local financial institutions can contribute to the flourishing of democracy and quality of community life by ensuring fair and affordable access to capital and modern banking services; I know they can, but I’m concerned they won’t by default

 

In this episode we cover:

• How we foresee the government embracing crypto in the near future
• What is CBDC
• Risks that cryptocurrency poses to the credit union movement if we do not embrace it.

 

 

Links from show:

 

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Click Here to stay up to date on crypto currency at cryptcouncil.

 

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