If you haven’t had a chance yet, definitely listen to this week’s Unchained, which goes into detail on Arwen, a protocol that could enable people to trade on centralized (but[…]
Laura's Crypto Newsletters
Laura’s take on the top crypto stories of the week
The Magical, Ethereal Consensus Summit
If last year’s Blockchain Week was characterized by the Lambos and crypto billionaire cruise, 2019’s week of conferences was the Tame Edition. That didn’t mean it was boring, however. It[…]
Funds #SNAFU
Of course, in crypto, there couldn’t be a slow news week before all the conferences and attendant announcements. Binance was hacked for 7,000 BTC ($40 million) and yet what really[…]
All Kinds of Flight Risk
More details emerge this week about the Bitfinex/Tether situation, showing why it’s actually a collection of much less well-known companies and people that are at the center of this mystery.[…]
Super-Sketch, Bitfinex
Greetings from Berlin. It’s nice how crypto often shows the importance of many of the regulations that pre-dated crypto. According to the NY Attorney General, Bitfinex lost $850 million in[…]
The Cutting Room Floor: Charlie Lee
When editing this episode, I noticed a few points where I’d wished I’d asked followup questions. I sent them to Charlie via email, and he graciously responded. My questions and his[…]
Bluster, Bickering and Binance Chain
This week, some of the the biggest names in the space were bearing out the crypto winter differently — Coinbase with revenue falling short of projections, Binance launching its own[…]
Regulators vs. Crypto
It’s not clear who’s winning, but a lot of news this week centered on regulators trying to rein in the crypto space. It mostly was seen as a positive development[…]
SEC Guidance Is Here! But Clarity? 🤔
Well, my interview this week with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce couldn’t have been more appropriately timed. However, now that the SEC’s long-awaited guidance on tokens is out, I have thought[…]
Are We Entering the Utility Phase?
The full video for my event with Vitalik is out now. If you caught the livestream which was missing the first 25 minutes, I highly recommend you go back to[…]