AutoPGF - Funding Impact with Glo Dollar Podcast series

AutoPGF: Funding Impact with Glo Dollar is a special podcast series exploring how Glo Dollar is revolutionizing public goods funding through AutoPGF—Automatic Public Goods Funding. Each episode highlights the inspiring work of the organizations being funded by Glo, while diving deep into the future of decentralized philanthropy, frictionless giving, and how Web3 is unlocking scalable, sustainable funding for global impact.

Thank you to Glo Dollar for their support in bringing this series to life!

Glo Dollar is a fiat-backed stablecoin that funds public goods. With Glo Dollar, you can help fund public goods and charitable causes just by holding a stablecoin. It's a new, donationless form of philanthropy, called Automatic Public Goods Funding, or AutoPGF. Glo Dollar allows you, the holder, to choose which causes to support, at zero cost to you.

AutoPGF: Funding Impact with Glo Dollar

Series Episodes

AutoPGF Episode 3 - Funding Climate Action with Crypto: How Stablecoins are Powering a Greener Future
Regenerative Finance
April 8, 2025
For episode three of Auto PGF: Funding Impact with Glo Dollar, we welcome Jon Ruth of Climate Coordination Network and Lana Dingwall of Glo Dollar. We explore how AutoPGF & onchain funding mechanisms can help climate organizations escape the endless grant cycle, lessons from building in Web3, and what the future could look like if climate finance scaled with the power of crypto and community.
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AutoPGF Episode 2 - Can Stablecoins End Extreme Poverty? Inside Glo’s partnership with GiveDirectly
Regenerative Finance
March 27, 2025
For episode two of our series, Auto PGF: Funding Impact with Glo Dollar, we welcome Ilan Wallentin of GiveDirectly and Garm Lucassen of Glo. GiveDirectly was the first cause supported by Glo’s AutoPGF model. We explore the benefits and impact of direct cash transfers, the bold vision behind Glo Dollar, and how automatic, decentralized funding mechanisms may be the future of humanitarian aid.
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AutoPGF Episode 1 - Funding the Future: Optimism, AutoPGF, & the Rise of Deep Funding
dMRV & Impact Evaluation
March 20, 2025
For episode one of our new series, Auto PGF: Funding Impact with Glo Dollar, we welcome LauNaMu, Founder of Metrics Garden, Contributor to the Optimism Ecosystem, and a true leader in the Web3 public goods funding space. We explore the concept of Automatic Public Goods Funding (AutoPGF), Optimism’s innovative approach to public goods funding, and emerging trends like Deep Funding and Pluralism.
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