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Adam Back Wants CBDCs Dead
12.2.2025
The OG cypherpunk and founder of Blockstream talks about building a bitcoin-based financial system and why state-issued digital currency is nothing like BTC. Back is a speaker at Consensus Hong Kong Feb. 18-20
What’s Better Than CEX? DEX
11.2.2025
CoinDesk caught up with CoinGecko’s Bobby Ong to talk about all the good things — but mostly the bad things — about crypto’s centralized exchanges
Hong Kong’s Patient Approach to Regulating Crypto Will Pay Off: LegCo's Duncan Chiu
10.2.2025
Devising clear rules for the industry is important, but it can also help to wait for others to move first, argues Chiu
KBW Starts Strategy Coverage With Outperform, Says Firm Offers Leveraged Bitcoin Exposure
7.2.2025
The stock could be eligible for S&P 500 index inclusion once it adopts updated FASB accounting standards, the report said
Crypto and Boxing to Converge at Consensus HK in Lethal One-Two Combination
6.2.2025
Attendees at this year’s conference will be able to experience a unique live event that’s tapping into a cultural moment
Crypto.com President Eric Anziani on the Exchange’s Ambitious Global Plans
3.2.2025
The Singapore-based exchange has made a plethora of announcements regarding its plans for the E.U., the U.S. and Asia
Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy Discusses the Future of Crypto Trading
31.1.2025
The algorithmic trading firm’s founder opines on AI’s growing role, the differences between Asian and Western markets, and liquidity fragmentation
Figment CEO Lorien Gabriel’s Big Bet on Staking Has Paid Off
28.1.2025
The staking provider’s co-founder and CEO discusses the evolution of staking and its growing adoption in Asia
The Sandbox’s Sébastien Borget on the Future of Web3 Gaming
28.1.2025
The co-founder of the popular metaverse platform discusses how Asia is driving the next wave of Web3 innovation
Best of the Week: It’s All Happening!
24.1.2025
CoinDesk’s coverage this week took in a memecoin juggernaut, major changes in the SEC’s approach to crypto, an executive order on digital assets, and heated debate over Ethereum’s future. Meanwhile, Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht finally stepped free, as Trump followed through a big promise to...
EasyA Wants to Attract More Than Just ‘Bounty Hunters’ to Its Hackathons
24.1.2025
The start-up is hosting hackathons at the upcoming Consensus conferences in Hong Kong and Toronto that are expected to attract hundreds of developers
The Next Bridge.xyz? BlindPay's CEO Wants to Revolutionize Global Payments
23.1.2025
Bernardo Moura is looking to upend SWIFT’s dominance of the massive international payments industry, starting with Latin America
OKX's Hong Fang: 2025 Will Be a Year of Self-Custody
22.1.2025
The increasing popularity of decentralized exchanges and an awareness of centralization risk is raising demand for self-custody, says OKX's President
Amanu: Bringing Apple-Like Simplicity to Crypto Wallets
16.1.2025
Founder Gianlua Minoprio is hoping to dramatically increase wallet adoption by eliminating the use of seed phrases, among other innovations
RampMeDaddy Turns Telegram Into Your Memecoin Wallet
16.1.2025
Co-founders Andrey Chabanov and Trevor Hoffman are looking to make crypto transfers as easy as sending a text message
ARC’s Elroy Cheo on How Asia Is Doing Web3 Differently
15.1.2025
The co-founder of the exclusive Web3 community argues that Asia is uniquely positioned to lead the next phase of NFT innovation
Hashed's Simon Kim Says AI Has a 'Black Box' Problem
14.1.2025
Centralized AI is opaque, centralized, and a huge burden for intellectual property owners. Here's how he thinks blockchain fixes this
Stacks’ Muneeb Ali: Let the Bitcoin L2s Bloom
13.1.2025
Fresh off completing significant technical upgrades, Ali is now laser focused on growing Stacks’ user base
Aethir's Mark Rydon: Decentralizing AI Computing
8.1.2025
Aethir's co-founder, a speaker at Consensus Hong Kong, explains why the company pivoted its GPU network away from gaming to AI compute
Agora’s Nick van Eck Is All-In on Stablecoins
7.1.2025
The man behind AUSD is a true believer in the critical role that stablecoins can play in emerging markets