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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Model <keyword id="12573764" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexis-ren" source="Orion">Alexis Ren</keyword> believes "the way that we are utilizing the US dollar is really scary".</li><li>Ren, who founded YourStage, a tech platform for learning, believes that the economy "is collapsing."</li></ul>Most people know model Alexis Ren from her appearance in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition or as a contestant on the US edition of Dancing With the Stars. Maybe you have seen her on Instagram, where she has more than 15 million followers.But Ren is hoping that eventually you might know her best as the founder of YourStage.io — a tech platform that lets people host videos, meetings, and classes for mentor-driven learning — and as a force in the crypto-based non-fungible token (<keyword id="11919795" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nft" source="Orion">NFT</keyword>) world.Currently, the main brand on YourStage is <a href="https://we-are-warriors.yourstage.io/">We Are Warriors</a>, Ren's online school for women interested in fitness, health, and personal finance.After an introduction at <keyword id="12454634" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="web-summit" source="Orion">Web Summit</keyword> in Lisbon, our conversation was supposed to be focused on her new business but it quickly took an unusual turn into economics and cryptocurrency, which ended up becoming the predominant part of the interview.<h2>'The way that we are utilizing the US dollar is really scary'</h2>It turns out that Ren's interest in <keyword id="11893898" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crypto" source="Orion">crypto</keyword> is driven by her doubts about the direction of travel of the dollar-based economy.In a video she published in April (<a href="https://youtu.be/zrBO5Wj8v4o?t=693">see the 11.33 mark</a>), she said: "I think the economic structure we have been living on is a lie and it's delusional and it's just an agreement and so we need to find something better, and I think <keyword id="11893902" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bitcoin" source="Orion">bitcoin</keyword> and cryptocurrency is that."Ren went on to say that the economic "agreement" that had been in place for a "very long time" needed to be changed for something new and acknowledged that was "scary"."I'm in fear but the way that we are utilizing the US dollar is really scary and it's going to hurt a lot of people," she said. "Our economy is going to fail."Insider asked her about it on our video call: Is the economy really going to fail? <div type="image" title="Alexis Ren for We Are Warriors" height="2402" width="3202" msid="87818633" hostid="261"></div>Inflationary devaluation of the US dollar is a real problem, she said as her golden doodle barked in the background."They keep printing more of it, so that it has no value," Ren told Insider."It used to be backed by gold and it's not anymore. And so we don't have any value except their belief and faith in it and that's even scarier. Because now they're just utilizing our faith in the dollar. And then there's no set amount. And so there needs to be a new thing."Ren went on to say that the economy was "collapsing" and that the dollar was getting less valuable. (This isn't quite true. In fact, since May, the dollar has gained nearly 6% against the British pound and nearly 7% against the euro in the same period.)And surely the American economy is growing right now, not collapsing? US GDP growth was 2% in Q3 2021 after all."I know that but we're in debt, so we're trying, we're printing more money to pay back debt and then we just keep accumulating more debt. It's a black hole," she says. She is right about the growth of debt. US debt is currently above 120% of GDP, an historic high, according to the St. Louis Fed's statistical database.<div type="image" title="Chart showing growth of US debt to GDP to above 120%." height="868" width="2330" msid="87818636" hostid="261"></div>"It doesn't necessarily end badly but it's not sustainable and I think that's what we're looking for, right? An economy that's sustainable and that can move with us," she says.<h2>Using NFTs as tickets and diplomas</h2>She is putting her money where her mouth is. YourStage — which she has built without venture capital backing — will switch from a cash subscription model to an NFT access model, she hopes.Warriors currently hosts fifteen or more courses with each course comprising a dozen or more videos. One of them is a 30-day fitness routine based on ballet, in which Ren is the tutor. You have to subscribe — using US dollars — to access it.Although Ren is the most famous person on the site she is hoping that users stick around for the other mentors who, in addition to fitness, offer courses on health, skincare, beauty, personal finance, and more esoteric stuff like how to "dream plan your life." If Warriors takes off, Ren hopes that other companies will use the YourStage.io platform to host their own classes and courses.In the short term, Ren wants access to Warriors to be based on NFTs."We Are Warriors community is switching over to being NFTs," she said."So instead of it being a monthly subscription, it's an NFT community. So you have to have a ticket, an NFT virtual ticket, to be in the community as opposed to a monthly fee, which I find it way better because then the girls own a part of it because that's where NFT's are going," Ren says.The YourStage cofounder likened her NFT community to that of Soho House, a private club in Los Angeles where membership is needed to enter. NFTs can also be used as certificates to show that you have passed a course, Ren says. <h2>Ren believes you should invest a little in cryptocurrencies every month</h2>And yes, Ren invests in crypto. She's on a mission to demystify it for other women."It's a very masculine-driven area" right now, she says. Her advice is to put "a little" money into coins every month as a recurring payment, and then forget about it.<div type="image" title="Alexis Ren of We Are Warriors" height="4096" width="2910" msid="87818640" hostid="261"></div>"You're gonna put $10 into <keyword id="11892696" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ethereum" source="Orion">ethereum</keyword> a month and $10 into Bitcoin a month and you're never gonna look at it," she said."And it's gonna be a recurring payment and you're never gonna see it, and 10 years from now you're gonna be very grateful you did that, you know what I mean?" Ren also said that she didn't want people to gamble but rather invest over time, smartly.Cryptocurrencies can be risky and volatile: The price of bitcoin has bounced wildly between $29,000 and $67,000 this year alone. "Whatever you think you can afford monthly, put that into bitcoin. Put that into ethereum. But don't stress about it."She's also realistic about the fact that crypto is a notional currency rather than something backed by the assets of the US Federal Reserve. "They go up and down because it really is all not real."

Instagram star Alexis Ren says the dollar-based economy is 'collapsing' so she's going into crypto

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Model <keyword id="6478341" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Alexis-Ren">Alexis Ren</keyword> secured <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword> fame before it was cool, and now she's ready to take "influencing" a step further as a mentor for her <keyword id="11314834" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="we-are-warriors">We Are Warriors</keyword> community, as told to Insider. </li><li>We Are Warriors is Ren's mental <keyword id="6374697" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wellness">wellness</keyword> and <keyword id="18974" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="fitness">fitness</keyword> community that aims to empower young women with the confidence, self-love, and peace of mind to achieve their dreams and full potential. </li><li>Members of the interactive online community have access to 30-day course packs that pair movement and mindfulness with pre-recorded and live Zoom calls. </li><li>This past April was dedicated to a Finance Challenge, which Ren co-led with Nicole Lapin and Monique Coleman. </li></ul>Beyond her most famous title as an <keyword id="3728716" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram-model">Instagram model</keyword>, 24-year-old Alexis Ren is many things. She's a dancer, actress, environmentalist, and mental health advocate - and, most recently, a mentor to the roughly 3,000 girls who make up the We Are Warriors community.Having reached <keyword id="1864633" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Influencer">influencer</keyword> status before the term "influencer" was a thing, Ren is now focusing her energy on serving as a guide for the next generation of girls who grew up with her on Instagram. That's where <a href="https://we-are-warriors.yourstage.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We Are Warriors</a> (WAW) comes in, her mental wellness and fitness community that centers around equipping young women from over 70 countries with the tools to cultivate a healthy relationship with the mind and body. The interactive online platform provides members with 30-day course packs that balance mental and physical components to achieve a holistic sense of self. These courses, also referred to as "challenges," include meditation, yoga, sculpting, ballet, journaling, and weekly live Zoom calls led by Ren and various expert Warrior guides with personalized teaching focuses. "My goal for this is that it becomes so powerful on its own, that it will stand on its own," Ren told Insider. "I don't want We Are Warriors to be associated with me. I want it be so authentic and whole and powerful that it stands on its own, and then we just have these amazing leaders and people in spaces."The inspiration for WAW was brewing inside of Ren long before quarantine pressed pause on everyday life and induced a time of forced reflection. Ren grew up homeschooled by her mother, who served as her mentor and triggered Ren's awareness of the education system's lack of a curriculum based on real-life knowledge. While her mother passed away when she was a teenager, Ren keeps her memory close and harnesses it to drive her passion for service and building meaning in human connection. "I saw there was a huge lack of mentorship within the education system - that's how I have gotten to where I am, that's how I am who I am," Ren said. "We find pieces of ourselves within older people who have accomplished what we would like to accomplish, so if we don't have those reflections, then we don't know what to grasp onto, because we are just a product of our environment." Ren herself leads weekly Zoom calls on Fridays with a group of around 50 to 100 girls - girls who she now knows intimately by name. They practice manifestation and journaling together in hour-long calls, and each girl is encouraged to share her entries with the class, whether it be a vision of herself having achieved her dream job or relationship, or a conversation with her anxiety. Insider tuned into one of these meetings and noted the open flow of dialogue, ranging from weekend plans to internal struggles, with many of the girls chiming in to wish a fellow Warrior member a happy birthday. A strong believer in spirituality, reflection, and finding a purpose, Ren admitted that she wasn't always this grounded in her identity and sense of self. She fell into the <keyword id="6354632" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="social-media">social media</keyword> world at a young age, waking up one morning as the talk of the town all over news channels in Los Angeles, she said. Starting out as a traditional model for a fashion brand, Ren's catapult to internet fame came suddenly and rapidly, allowing for minimal time to process her newfound <keyword id="6355064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Celebrity">celebrity</keyword> standing. Before she knew it, she was jetting off to picturesque destinations all over the world and posing on tropical islands adorned with white sand, to then post about it to her millions of Instagram followers. Her followers lapped it up, marveling at her "dream life" and perfect image without being privy to the insight that only someone in Ren's personal sphere could hold. In reality, Ren felt she was contributing to the larger social media "illusion," losing herself in the process. "I was a huge people pleaser; it's something that I had to overcome," Ren said. "I was creating essentially an illusion. It's not real. So, I was like okay, I don't really want to be part of an illusion anymore, so I just did exactly what I did on the live calls." And that meant sitting down with her feelings and addressing her purpose in life, namely what she wanted do with this life and how she wanted to serve. <div type="image" title="IMG_8694.JPG" height="3570" width="5654" msid="82926213" hostid="261"></div>This is precisely what Ren has sought to accomplish with her Warriors community since its founding in the past year. Her hope is to lead teenage girls along the path of self-reflection and self-love before external influences take control, to have them "dig into [their] brains and see what it's been telling [them]." In addition to weekly manifestation work and mindful fitness challenges, Ren also welcomes outside speakers to help further empower and inspire the Warriors community. Last month, Ren put together her latest Warriors course, dubbed the WTF Challenge, which stands for "What the Finance." With the guidance of Nicole Lapin, the New York Times best-selling author of "Rich Bitch," and Monique Coleman, a fellow Warrior Guide and actress, Ren led a two-week special series that aimed to familiarize community members with the ins and outs of personal finance. Lapin tasked the girls with making budgets and crafting 10-year plans, which she views as "two powerful things you can do to set yourself up for financial success and peace of mind." Many community members sought similar passions of starting their own businesses, which Ren and WAW co-founder Anthea Taeuber helped to develop in these workshops by encouraging everyone to write down their dream job descriptions. A major assignment was reading Lapin's book, "<a href="https://nicolelapin.com/rich-bitch/">Rich Bitch</a>," and collectively discussing its key takeaways, with Lapin's main intention being to "simply spark the idea of financial awareness." "It's my mission to open the world of finances to young women so they can create the life they dream of living - one free of money stress and full of financial security and freedom," Lapin wrote in an email to Insider. Throughout the Finance Challenge, Coleman served as an additional mental and emotional support system for Warriors as they explored their understanding of money. Coleman also leads her <a href="https://www.wearewarriors.co/teachers/monique-coleman">own program at WAW</a>, tailored to unlocking the power in women's voices and instilling confidence in their ability to reach their dreams. "The Warriors community is a space that encourages girls to stand in her power and be unapologetically themselves," Coleman added in the email to Insider. "Being a guide within the community holds me accountable to my own personal growth and has served as an incredible outlet for me to share the lessons I've accumulated in my over 20 year career."Coleman joins seven other teachers on the platform, including Ren, who each uniquely relate to WAW's mission and find as much benefit in the community as its members. As far as advice for future influencers building themselves around a brand, Ren had one major tip: "Don't look at social media for the answer." It's important to take a step back, turn off your phone, and allow the silence to do the guiding, she said. "Boredom is actually so valuable now. We're never bored because there's always something distracting us. Boredom is where creation comes from," Ren said. "Back in the day, our fight or flight was either you live or die, survival mode. And it's weird now that our version of survival mode is making sure we're entertained all the time." She added, "How are you supposed to know who you are when you're looking for yourself in this crazy virtual space?"From the time Ren was first pegged as an influencer, the social media landscape has seen a massive shift in the response from brands and marketing agencies. When Ren's modeling career simultaneously took off with her social media platform, Ren felt as if "there were so many doors being opened, but they were being opened to cliff edges, essentially." Many fashion brands were unfamiliar with the concept of "influencing" and preferred not to risk entering such unknown territory. Traditional modeling was still viewed as separate from online content creation, and the idea that models could curate their own image through social media was novel. "When I first came on, brands were like, well, I'm just going to use you. Now brands are going, well, how do you want to use our brand?" Ren said. "Because you know what's right; you are your own agency, studio, development, everything. That's what's so special about influencers-we're everything."Social media influencers wield the unique power of engaging with their followers, essentially their community, in authentic, meaningful ways. With Warriors, Ren takes this a step further than Instagram DMs, eliminating any remaining divide that still exists between influencers and their followers. Doing so has helped Ren obtain the level of depth in human connection she long sought after in her life and career, culminating in her role as a mentor. "Before social media there was a huge gap, where there were celebrities and people, and there was no way to really meet that," Ren said. "And then social media came, and it became another medium where we can get a little closer, a little closer, and so I just wanted to get a lot closer."

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