“The technologies that we are creating today will literally give us super powers,” Adam Draper told a trendily dark, shockingly empty, incredibly large conference room in the Aria Resort in Las Vegas, where World Crypto Con 2018 was being held. It was before 11 a.m. on a Thursday, and Adam was standing on stage alongside his father, the well-known venture capitalist Tim Draper (who himself is the son and grandson of venture capitalists). “We’ll probably live 200 years and I don’t know, will get from one place to another just by thinking about it,” the younger Draper enthused. “And think about like, how people from 50 years ago, if they…
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Crypto probably definitely has a gender problem
Social media fallout from a crypto conference paints an ugly, sexist picture
Just over one week ago, World Crypto Con was touting how well-balanced the genders were for their speakers’ agenda. Did you know half the speakers at World Crypto Con are women? Lady bosses are taking over blockchain! pic.twitter.com/zsJAoRmYrP — World Crypto Con (@WorldCryptoCon) July 25, 2018 On Monday, the blockchain and crypto media are buzzing over a series of tweets by Pamela Paige, a real estate developer and blockchain enthusiast who attended the Las Vegas event this past weekend and had a series of experiences that didn’t jibe with this messaging. Confronted with a rash of misogynistic behavior during the event, Paige tweeted her peace to 16,000 followers. https://twitter.com/ThePinkCrypto/status/1058820568638603264 https://twitter.com/ThePinkCrypto/status/1058820572937805824…
