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Consensus Magazine
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Wondering What Web3 Means? Listen to Ethereum's First Marketer
In this chapter excerpted from her first published book "Web3 Marketing," ConsenSys-alum Amanda Cassatt explores how the ideas driving crypto development are put out into the...
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By Amanda Cassatt
Apr 3, 2023 at 8:05 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2023
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Vitalik Buterin's 'Proof of Stake': The CoinDesk Megareview
What a decade of essays – covering everything from Soulbound tokens to superrational DAOs – says about Ethereum and crypto.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
By Marc HochsteinDaniel KuhnDavid Z. MorrisBen SchillerSage D. Young
Nov 3, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Nov 3, 2022
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Technology
How the Tech Elite Plans to Escape an 'Apocalypse' of Its Own Making
An excerpt from legendary tech reporter Douglas Rushkoff's latest book, "Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires."
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By Douglas Rushkoff
Sep 19, 2022 at 9:25 p.m. UTC
Sep 19, 2022
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Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 27, 2022
With crypto market sentiment growing increasingly bearish and a look at 10 recommended books to learn more about the story of money and crypto, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is bac...
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By Adam B. LevineAdrian Blust
Jan 27, 2022 at 2:23 p.m. UTC
Jan 27, 2022
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Technology
Solana
How Misinformation on ‘Book Twitter’ Killed a Literary NFT Project
“Realms of Ruin” used the Solana blockchain for a reason. That didn’t stop people from accusing it of ruining the environment.
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By Cheyenne Ligon
Nov 22, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. UTC
Nov 22, 2021
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Policy
U.s. dollar
Is the Dollar Doomed?
In this excerpt from “The Future of Money,” author Eswar Prasad examines the forces – the rise of bitcoin and stablecoins and foreign currency competition – threatening the do...
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By Eswar Prasad
Sep 23, 2021 at 6:59 p.m. UTC
Sep 23, 2021
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Interview
Central Banks vs. Private Currencies: ‘The Future of Money’ With Economist Eswar Prasad
Economist Eswar Prasad’s latest book is an ambitious overview of the changing nature of money.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Sep 20, 2021 at 6:56 p.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2021
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of "Black Swan," "Antifragile" and "Skin in the Game."
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Nassim Taleb, Erstwhile Bitcoin Admirer, Publishes Paper Trashing It
Bitcoin "can be neither a long or short term store of value (its expected value is no higher than 0)," writes the "Black Swan" author.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of "Black Swan," "Antifragile" and "Skin in the Game."
By Marc Hochstein
Jun 21, 2021 at 10:17 p.m. UTC
Jun 21, 2021
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