Alexa Jaccarino Carr | Brand & Experience Marketing

"Built to Build" video series

We launched a beautiful new video series chronicling the stories of some beautiful Algorand blockchain developers! Web3 is the future, and these are some of the people building it 💪 💻 🧠 View the series:

Coulda? Shoulda? Woulda? Algorand can.

In 2024 we decided to clarify Algorand's brand positioning. We identified a clear mission: to power a world where information has integrity and innovative solutions can scale. Visually, we’d portray a brand rooted in technological innovation, real people, and scale. These are the things Algorand has always been about.

With these new foundations in place, it was time to take the brand out to the world in our first awareness campaign. We kicked around a bunch of potential directions, but ultimately had our eureka moment: Algorand can.

⚡ It worked for the tech:
Looking for instant finality? Algorand can.
Need global scalability with low transaction fees? Algorand can.
Want programmability in languages like Python? Algorand can.

⚡ It worked for the use cases:
Empower a new generation of real estate investors? Algorand can.
Help people bank without banks? Algorand can.
Quickly and securely deliver humanitarian payments? Algorand can.
Bring flexibility to airline ticketing systems? Algorand can.
Protect the integrity of clinical trial data? Algorand can.

⚡ It worked in general:
Can a blockchain do all that? Algorand can.

This flexible, rallying message became the backbone of a campaign that spanned billboards, digital ads, influencer marketing, and even literal cans of water.

Some highlights:
📍 Launched at Devcon 2024, popped in at CfC St. Moritz 2025, and kept EthDenver hydrated
📍 Feat. across Bloomberg, Forbes, Brave Browser, and more
📍 Reached devs and degens on platforms like Stack Overflow, DappRadar, and of course, social media

All-in, we collected hundreds of millions of impressions and our microsite was visited by nearly half a million users. People spent meaningful time engaging with our case studies on actual, real, live-out-in-the-world use cases for blockchain, like Quantoz's digital Euro, Folks Finance's defi hub, Lofty's user-friendly platform for tokenized real estate, and more. Check it out for yourself 👉 https://algorand.co/can-a-blockchain-do-that

Product whitepaper: Universal Chess Passport

I'm super proud to have helped bring this whitepaper to life! ♟️

Algorand Foundation’s principal architect, Bruno Martins, partnered with World Chess (operators of the FIDE Online Arena) to propose a universal chess passport — powered by blockchain-based decentralized identifiers (DID) and verifiable credentials. As Bruno put it:

“Chess has always been a proving ground for big ideas — from Deep Blue to AlphaZero. This could be another watershed moment. It’s not just a tech upgrade; it’s a rethink of how identity and trust should work in a global, digital-first sport.”

What makes this exciting:
♟️Built on secure, privacy-preserving decentralized identity
♟️Enables players to prove their identity, verify ratings, redeem rewards, and maintain reputation across platforms — without giving up control of their data
♟️Brings fairness, trust, and freedom to focus on what matters: the game

In a fragmented ecosystem, this solution unlocks faster tournament registration, cross-platform ratings, and universally accepted credentials — paving the way to bring chess into the age of Web3.

If it succeeds here, it could inspire similar breakthroughs across esports, education, and beyond.

Product launch: AlgoKit 3.0

It's the performance your app needs, matched with the simple & seamless dev experience you deserve. 👩‍💻

AlgoKit 3.0 includes all the tools and open-source resources you need to unleash the power and performance of the hashtag#Algorand blockchain to build decentralized apps. Access a resilient network with instant finality, consistently high throughput and low fees, and useful Layer-1 features like atomic swaps and native assets – no smart contracts required.