Bailey Reutzel

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After perusing the Silk Road, Bailey Reutzel began reporting on crypto in late 2012. She's currently programming content for CoinDesk's Consensus 2021 conference.

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Lecture Hall
Here’s the Best Way to Get Up to Speed on Crypto for Free
Unlocked 101 sessions begin May 4 in the lead-up to the biggest event in crypto, Consensus by CoinDesk.
Lecture Hall
The experience of buying bitcoin can be deflating.
Think How Well Bitcoin Would Be Doing if You Could Actually Buy It
Bailey Reutzel on the frustrations many newbie investors must be facing right now.
The experience of buying bitcoin can be deflating.
Murch, Bitcoin
Meeting Bitcoiners Online When They Live in the Same City
Bitcoin developer Mark "Murch" Erhardt tells CoinDesk about the most surprising interaction he ever had in his years of running the Bitcoin Stack Exchange. Turns out the crypt...
Murch, Bitcoin
Ryan X Charles, Reddit
I Was Reddit's First (And Only) Cryptocurrency Engineer
Before his move to supporting Craig Wright's bitcoin SV, Ryan X Charles describes his short-lived tenure at reddit and the trolls who made his life hell.
Ryan X Charles, Reddit
Kik, SEC
Kik vs SEC – The Lawyers Speak
The SEC's complaint against Kik, after it raised $100 million in an ICO, seemed pretty brutal, but not so fast, we're only hearing one side of the story. Watch more here as th...
Kik, SEC
Academia, Bitcoin at 10
Why Academics Love Bitcoin – and Crypto
For academics, bitcoin, and more broadly crypto, is an exciting space where the ideas they write up in papers actually get built and tested.
Academia, Bitcoin at 10
makerdao
How MakerDAO Works: A Video Explainer
An illustrated guide to the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform MakerDAO and its tokens, MKR and DAI.
makerdao
Hodl Guy, Frozen
My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More
The guy who coined the term "hodl" has a real bitcoin story that only made his interest in the technology stronger.
Hodl Guy, Frozen
Alexandria, FLO
Florincoin – The 2013 Altcoin You Don't Remember – Is Attracting Real Users
An obscure cryptocurrency that first started getting noticed during the 2014 altcoin boom is showing itself a true diamond in the rough.
Alexandria, FLO
BitGive, Connie Gallippi
I Tried to Get People to Give Away Bitcoin – And They Did
Some of bitcoin's earliest adopters have made a fortune holding onto the coins, and Connie Gallippi wanted to give them a way to help other people. Turns out bitcoiners are qu...
BitGive, Connie Gallippi