According to Bitcoin news outlet, CoinDance, as of May 2018, 95% of Bitcoin engagement and participation comes from men and only 5% from women. The related world of cryptocurrency is filled with tales of “Blockchain Bros” takeovers, like at a recent Bitcoin Conference where only 3 women spoke out of the 88 listed. Another crypto-conference held their party at a strip club. And big tech companies themselves have time and again failed to hire women for projects, promote women to management or place women in board positions. But blockchain is changing all that.
When blockchain first came into prominence, its early proponents were overwhelmingly male, but nowmore and more women are running the show, take IBM for instance where the General Manager of Blockchain is Marie Wieck, and the Blockchain Offering Leader is former Dot Complicated guest Kathryn Harrison and the CEO is of course the infamous Ginni Rommety. AndEmilie Choi—the former Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at LinkedIn— joined Coinbase in March 2018, moving from the professional networking platform’s staff of over 13,000 to a startup with less than 500.
Discussing women in blockchain are Breanne Madigan, the Head of Institutional Sales and Strategy at crypto company, Blockchain, and Casey Taylor, Digital Currency Group’s Director of Development.
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- Casey Taylor
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- Breanne Madigan
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