WEF 2022, May 23: Latest updates from the Cointelegraph Davos team
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This year’s World Economic Forum marks the first in-person event since the start of the pandemic. Cointelegraph team is on the ground in Davos, Switzerland to bring in the latest updates from one of the most significant global events of the year. The topics of discussion among world leaders include blockchain technology, the role of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), Web3 and nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Cointelegraph interviewed Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse at Filecoin Foundation's Decentralized Web Gateway event at Davos.Hyperledger’s Karen Ottoni and Digital Dollar Project’s Jennifer Lassiter sat down with Joe Hall to talk about CBDCs and cryptocurrencies. Video interview coming soon to Cointelegraph YouTube Channel.The experts agree on CBDCs and cryptocurrencies will grow alongside each other and “even learn from one another.”In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Sheila Warren, CEO of Crypto Council for Innovation, discussed the growing influence and acceptance of the crypto ecosystem in the mainstream. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse shared his views on the recent collapse of the Terra ecosystem and its subsequent impact on the rest of the crypto market. He noted that while the Terra (LUNA) crash is not a good thing, that’s not a clear indication of failure for algorithmic stablecoin.Ripple senior vice president Brooks Entwistle shared his views on the current debate around crypto winter. He told Cointelegraph:“Crypto winter has happened before and it will happen again, but we are focused on building into it. I think it’s an opportunity for projects to build more. A lot of this is noise, and we’ve got to reduce the noise and focus on the signal.” Ripple senior vice president Brooks Entwistle shared his views on the current debate around crypto winter. He told Cointelegraph:“Crypto winter has happened before and it will happen again, but we are focused on building into it. I think it’s an opportunity for projects to build more. A lot of this is noise, and we’ve got to reduce the noise and focus on the signal.Cointelegraph editor-in-chief Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr got in touch with PayPal vice president Richard Nash to get an insight into the leading payment processor’s blockchain and crypto plans.