Not Ethereum 2.0 but 1.5? This week saw Jack Dorsey’s Square become the second publicly listed company to invest its assets in Bitcoin. Dorsey said the investment is a step[…]
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Up to 10 Years in Prison
And the third-largest exchange hack in crypto history This hectic news week in crypto began with the third-largest hack ever of a crypto exchange. The hacker or hackers who attacked[…]
Coinbase in Turmoil: Why Employees Walked Out
Frank Chaparro, director of news at The Block, discusses a controversial blog post by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong about how the company intends to take an apolitical stance, the pushback[…]
Will Coinbase Do a Token Offering When It Goes Public?
Jeff Roberts, senior reporter at Fortune and author of “King of Crypto: One Startup’s Quest to take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street” talks about the news[…]
The ‘Brilliant Asshole’ Who Almost Blew Up Coinbase
Jeff Roberts, staff writer at Fortune and author of the recent Audible book, “Kings of Crypto: Coinbase and the Coming Disruption of Finance,” discusses Coinbase’s past, present and future. In[…]
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[…]
Coinbase’s Adam White on a Momentous Day in Crypto – Ep.023
Adam White, vice president and general manager of Coinbase, explains why he believes the SEC’s statement Thursday that ether, in its current form, is not a security, is a historic[…]
MyCrypto’s Taylor Monahan on Why She’s Not a Fan of ICOs
The cofounder of MyEtherWallet and CEO of newly launched MyCrypto walks us through the nuts and bolts of how MyCrypto works, how it differs from a company like Coinbase, why the[…]
Xapo’s Wences Casares on How Bitcoin Makes a Fairer World
Growing up in Argentina, Wences Casares saw his family lose all their money three times due to actions by the government. The so-called “patient zero” of Bitcoin in Silicon Valley[…]
Why The First Employee Of Coinbase Launched A Hedge Fund
Olaf Carlson-Wee is the founder of Polychain Capital, a hedge fund that has invested $15 million into digital assets and has gotten backing from storied venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz[…]