How can cryptocurrency bring value to our everyday interactions? Why do we have to look past traditional fiat currencies? Tanner Philp delves into the systemic issues of our current trust-based financial ecosystem, and how decentralization extricates this need. By exploring the possibilities of cryptocurrency, anyone can be empowered to generate and capture value at a global scale. Tanner currently works at Kik Interactive, one of Canada’s tech unicorns, which was founded here at the UW Velocity program. He is focused on corporate strategy and corporate development and has been with Kik since the team was less than 30 people large (now 160+). Tanner discovered the Blockchain circa 2013 and immediately became infatuated with its potential applications. For the past year, Tanner has been working with the team at Kik to develop an ecosystem of digital services powered by the cryptocurrency, Kin. His number one priority is finding a way to empower everyone, regardless of demographic, location, or socioeconomic status, to generate and capture value in this age of globalization. In another life, Tanner was a 3-year captain for the Laurier Golden Hawks football team, squaring off in many “Battles of Waterloo.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
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