Antoine Le Calvez, blockchain data engineer at Coin Metrics, explains what happened during the Bitcoin liquidation spiral on March 12, why it was so significant for the Bitcoin markets, and[…]
Category: 2020
Blockchain Tech’s Storytelling Problem and How to Solve It
Emily Parker, cofounder of Longhash, reads from an essay she wrote about a problem that is probably relatable to everyone in the crypto industry: how you explain blockchain technology to[…]
Coronavirus: How It Will Impact Bitcoin and the Halving
Noelle Acheson, director of research at CoinDesk, discusses the effect that coronavirus has been having on the traditional financial markets, Bitcoin and why Bitcoin is not turning out to be[…]
Steemit Chaos: Why Justin Sun and the Community Are at War
Brady Dale, senior reporter at CoinDesk, walks through the last few weeks of drama in Steemit this week, staring with when Justin Sun bought Steemit, what that meant for the[…]
How Avanti Will Be a ‘Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins’ Bank
Caitlin Long talks about her new venture, Avanti Bank, which will be a Wyoming special-purpose depository institution, what that means, and how that could bypass the New York Bitlicense. She[…]
How 2 DeFi Attacks Made Almost $1 Million in Profit
Lev Livnev, a formal verification researcher at dapp.org and a founding partner at Symbolic Capital Partners, talks about the two attacks on bZx in the last week. He describes what[…]
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on Her Safe Harbor Proposal
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce discusses her proposal for a three-year safe harbor period for token sales. We talk about what problems she hopes to solve with this suggestion, the conditions[…]
Elizabeth Stark, CEO of Lightning Labs, on the Launch of Loop
Elizabeth Stark, cofounder and CEO of Lightning Labs, talks about her company’s two big announcements this week: the beta launch of its first paid product, Lightning Loop, and the company’s[…]
Want a Job in Crypto? Exchanges Are Hiring
Frank Chaparro of The Block discusses the report released by his firm and the Blockchain Association on employment trends in the blockchain industry. He covers how the demand for such[…]
How DeFi Liquidators Make Money With Just Bots
Tom Schmidt, junior partner at Dragonfly Capital, talks about how liquidators are making money in DeFi — on which protocols, how liquidations work, and how much money they’re making. He[…]