Dillon Chen, CEO of Edgeware, talks about how the network is distributing its tokens via a “lockdrop” in which people can lock up ether for certain time periods in order[…]
Category: 2019
LocalBitcoins on How Bitcoin Trading Compares Across the World
In this conversation, conducted at the Oslo Freedom Forum, Vera Xavier, LocalBitcoins’ Community Manager and Elena Tonoyan, Chief Customer Success Officer, describe what the Helsinki-based company does, how it got[…]
Ethereal 2019: DeFi and Paths to Everyday Usage
At Ethereal, I spoke with Austin Griffiths, director of research at Gitcoin and founder of Burner Wallet, and Arjun Bhuptani, cofounder of Connext Network, about how they think about getting[…]
To the Moon and Back With Polychain’s Olaf Carlson-Wee
How Polychain is faring during the crypto winter, where we are in the tech cycle, whether he thinks Ethereum 2.0 will deliver and how he views the competition in the[…]
Why HTC’s Exodus 1s Will Have a Full Bitcoin Node
Phil Chen, decentralized chief officer of HTC, discusses the upcoming model of the Exodus, why it will feature a full Bitcoin node, what’s in it for the user, whether or[…]
Binance Hack: Should the Threat of Reorgs Be Used to Deter Hackers?
Tushar Jain of Multicoin Capital discusses how hackers likely obtained $40 million worth of Bitcoin in a hack on Binance, how the leading crypto exchange could have incentivized miners to[…]
What Happened to Bitfinex/Tether’s $850 Million
Robert-Jan Den Haan, a contributor to the Block who has been researching the Bitfinex/Tether situation for over a year, talks about how Bitfinex found itself without access to $850 million[…]
Could Social Media Discontent Help the Decentralized Web?
At the Subzero conference in Berlin, Ashley Tyson, the cofounder of the Web 3 Foundation, talks about how it plans to support the Polkadot protocol, plus bring together protocols to[…]
Blockstack’s Reg A+ Filing and the Future of Token Offerings
Zachary Fallon, a former SEC staffer and author of the Reg A JOBS Act crowdfunding rules and a principal at Blakemore Fallon, discusses Blockstack’s filing for a token offering under[…]
Coinbase Custody: Keep Your Crypto Safe and Use It Too
Sam McIngvale, head of product for Coinbase Custody, describes its new staking service. He explains how Coinbase Custody plans to allow its customers to participate in crypto networks while keeping[…]