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The webinar, organized by Founder Institute Brazil in partnership with Jupiter and RedPoint, opened the Brazil Blockchain Mastermind series. Host Nima Kazerooni introduced the initiative, announced a new fellowship, and presented the panelists: Juliana Assad (CEO/Co‑founder of Coinwise), Carl Amorim (Blockchain Research Institute), and Courtney Guimarães (CTO of Idea Partners Holding). The discussion covered the challenges Brazilian blockchain startups face—technical complexity, talent scarcity, adoption hurdles, regulatory uncertainty, and the tension between hype and real‑world implementation—while highlighting market potential for transparent accounting, cross‑border payments, supply‑chain traceability, distributed energy, and token‑based financing. Juliana emphasized the cultural trust crisis, the need for creative new models, and the importance of aligning blockchain solutions with genuine business problems. Carl described blockchain as a cultural shift requiring network‑effects, Darwinian adaptation, and cost‑math analysis, and gave concrete use‑case examples. Courtney placed blockchain in a historical wave of technologies, described the current funding boom (US$ 14 bn in six months, ICOs raising millions), critiqued the conflation of DLT and blockchain, and warned about regulatory maturation. The panel answered audience questions on cost, when blockchain is indispensable, how to build technical teams, learning pathways, MVP vs Minimum Viable Network, and permissioned blockchain for regulator‑startup interaction. The session promoted the next Mastermind webinar on ICOs and detailed the Fellowship application process across several Brazilian cities. Overall, the conversation stressed the gap between hype and practical adoption, the necessity of talent development, and the transformative potential of blockchain when combined with appropriate business models.

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