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Hayden Adams: King of the DeFi Degens
8.12.2020
Hayden Adams took a $65,000 grant and turned it into a $2 billion protocol; meet the King of the DeFi Degens
Balaji Srinivasan: The Man Who Called COVID
8.12.2020
The former Coinbase CTO sounded the alarm early about the virus. More broadly, he’s emerged as a prolific and perceptive thinker about the trust and knowledge problems crypto aims to solve
Zhou Xiaochuan: The Father of the Digital Yuan
8.12.2020
“The PBOC that is not criticized by the public will not withstand the test of history," the current head of the central bank says. Zhou Xiaochuan's legacy – the digital yuan – was sidelined, until it became necessary
Andre Cronje: DeFi Expressionist
8.12.2020
Andre Cronje founded the platform that kick-started 2020's DeFi summer that made thousands rich. It almost broke him
Cathie Wood: Ahead of the Curve
8.12.2020
Described by Bloomberg as the "best investor you've never heard of," Cathie Wood has made a string of smart, future-facing bets, including a big stake in Bitcoin
Juan Benet: From Idea to Action
8.12.2020
Filecoin and IPFS creator Juan Benet is unafraid of taking on imposing problems. Like, say, rebuilding the internet
Linda Lacewell: A Friendlier Regulator
8.12.2020
NYDFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell is a regulator prepared to work with the grain of crypto rather than against it
Jesse Powell: Bitcoin Banker
8.12.2020
In 2011, Jesse Powell stored digital assets for online gamers. Now, his crypto exchange has created a bank for which he helped develop the rules
Bitcoin Dissidents: Those Who Need It Most
8.12.2020
The global pandemic and interwoven political and economic crises became fertile ground for Bitcoin to become a tool for human rights
Charles Cascarilla: PayPal Whisperer
8.12.2020
PayPal pumped excitement into the bitcoin market this year. And on the back-end of every purchase is Charles Cascarilla's Paxos
Michael Saylor: Bitcoin’s Cyber Hornet
8.12.2020
Michael Saylor has been a bitcoin evangelist and dollar doomsayer for less than 6 months. But the bits that would become his bitcoin philosophy began forming three decades ago
The Power of Web Development Outside Tech
7.12.2020
In 2020, I learned about the power of web development for organizations and nonprofits outside of tech. I learned that you can leverage your skills to affect change and build long-lasting partnerships.
This year, I joined the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters San Francisco (LWVSF)...
WoW’s Revendreth Makes Me Question If Bad People Deserve To Go To Hell
7.12.2020
I really didn’t want to have to think about my country’s carceral state while playing a video game and yet, while strolling through Revendreth, learning about its vampiric venthyr denizens and where they fit into the bureaucracy of Death that is the Shadowlands, my mind couldn’t help but make...
China’s Latest Digital Currency Trial Is Its Most Important Yet
7.12.2020
More money, more participants, more participating banks and merchants – a look inside the latest DC/EP trial in Suzhou
China Airdrops Digital Yuan Worth $3 Million — 10,000 Stores Will Accept It
6.12.2020
Twenty million yuan ($3 million) in China’s central bank digital currency will be given away to 100,000 people in the country’s largest test of the digital yuan to date. The digital currency will be accepted at 100,000 stores, including JD.com, one of China’s largest online...
Grayscale Sees a New Group of Ethereum-First Investors
6.12.2020
DeFi has given Ethereum a significant boost since this summer and the blockchain official kicked off its journey to its upgrade after securing enough funds for its deposit contract
Bitcoin Cash Proponent Tattoos Forearm to Spread Digital Cash Awareness
6.12.2020
In order to spread the message about peer-to-peer electronic cash, some people talk about cryptocurrencies on a daily basis or wear t-shirts that display the bitcoin logo. Digital currency proponent, David Valenz, has taken the message spreading to a whole new level when he got a large tattoo...
Niall Ferguson on Why Bitcoin and China Are Winning the Monetary Revolution
6.12.2020
The well-known economic historian connects the dots between bitcoin and CBDCs in the COVID-19 money era
Fraudulent Crypto Browser Extension Redirects to a Fake Metamask Domain
6.12.2020
A crypto intelligence firm has raised red flags about an increasing flow of comments in the crypto community about an ongoing phishing campaign, which is stealing funds from people who install a malicious browser extension. Chrome Browser Extension Is Redirecting Crypto Users to a Fake Metamask...
Apple Co-Founder Wozniak’s New Venture Lists Token to Help Fund Energy Efficiency Projects
5.12.2020
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has launched Efforce, a company that facilitates investments in energy efficiency projects via cryptocurrency and blockchain technology