With International Women’s Day on 8 March, we took the opportunity to speak with Becky Chen, Researcher at USDX Protocol. Becky has worked with USDX Protocol to evaluate the significance of Stablecoin in the Blockchain ecosystem from an economic perspective, analyze existing models for Stablecoin and their feasibility, participate in the design of USDX Protocol, as well as assist in the writing of the whitepaper. Becky thinks that more could be done to encourage women to work in the blockchain industry.

What do you view as the biggest challenge for women working in the cryptocurrency world?

The biggest challenge for women working in the cryptocurrency world is gender bias. Even well-educated women are often not considered qualified enough for high positions and sexism still occurs during the hiring process.

Do you think the number of women choosing to work in cryptocurrency world is changing? Why do you think this is?

The cryptocurrency world was almost completely dominated by men in the early days. But this situation is changing gradually as more and more and companies are beginning to understand the importance of women taking part in this groundbreaking change. To bring about a true revolution in blockchain, diversity is necessary all across the industry.

What are the main barriers to bringing about greater diversity in the blockchain industry?

The North American Bitcoin Conference in January was held at a Miami strip club — this fact that the conference is held at a strip club shows women are not taken seriously in this industry and does little to dispel the sentiment that blockchain is a male-dominated industry. Moreover, out of 88 panelists, only three of them are women. This is a really shocking number and event organisers should really strive to equalize the representation at these high-profile events.

What do you think is the most exciting development happening in the cryptocurrency world at the moment?

The rise of Stablecoins is easily the most exciting development happening at the moment. Whereas bitcoin has been a more speculative market, Stablecoins really have the potential to comprise part of the infrastructure of the blockchain world and make these technologies into an everyday reality.

Which figure in the blockchain world do you admire and why?

I most admire Elizabeth Stark (Twitter @starkness). Stark is the cofounder of Lightning, which is fantastic technology responsible for generating faster and scalable blockchain transactions. USDX Protocol plans to use this technology in our project.

She is living proof of how far women can success in the blockchain world and should be considered an inspiration for women and girls everywhere.

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