Leigh Cuen

Leigh Cuen

Leigh Cuen is a tech reporter covering blockchain technology for publications such as Newsweek Japan, International Business Times and Racked. Her work has also been published by Teen Vogue, Al Jazeera English, The Jerusalem Post, Mic, and Salon. Leigh does not hold value in any digital currency projects or startups. Her small cryptocurrency holdings are worth less than a pair of leather boots.

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Yield farming has supercharged the trading of crypto collectibles on at least one platform.
The Fast-Growing NFT Market Is Problematic Yet Promising
There is authentic demand for crypto collectibles, called NFTs, but the introduction of yield farming has introduced new issues.
Yield farming has supercharged the trading of crypto collectibles on at least one platform.
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This DeFi Group Wants to Bring Maturity to the Yield Farming Craze
The Chicago DeFi Alliance, launched in April 2020, is now poised to help members profit from yield farming and the liquidity mining craze.
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DeFi's current food craze is providing some crypto fans with major returns. (Mick Haupt/Unsplash)
How Normies Are Getting Crypto-Rich With DeFi
DeFi may be a whale's game, but plenty of small players are making life-changing amounts of money with these risky crypto experiments.
DeFi's current food craze is providing some crypto fans with major returns. (Mick Haupt/Unsplash)
Patrick Stanley speaks at Blockstack Summit 2019. (Blockstack)
This Crypto Startup Takes Bitcoin Advocacy to a Whole New Level
Patrick Stanley is launching a crypto advocacy company called Freehold, starting with bitcoin (BTC) and Blockstack's STX.
Patrick Stanley speaks at Blockstack Summit 2019. (Blockstack)
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Binance Taps DeFi Excitement to 'Fuel' Expansion Strategy in India
Binance is looking to accelerate business development in India during the local 2020 bull run – with an acute focus on decentralized finance.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao
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Istanbul or 'Coinstantinople'? Inside Turkey’s Bitcoin Bull Market
The relationship between economic crisis and crypto exchange activity in Turkey appears to have changed, with bitcoin coming out on the winning end.
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Havana-based Erich García Cruz runs the Bachecubano YouTube channel and its 22,000 subscribers. (Erich García Cruz)
Bitcoin in Cuba: A Local YouTube Influencer Explains How It Works
Bitcoin in Cuba is "growing and gaining strength," according to YouTube influencer Erich García Cruz. Here's how Cubans are using crypto.
Havana-based Erich García Cruz runs the Bachecubano YouTube channel and its 22,000 subscribers. (Erich García Cruz)
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A Former Beauty Queen Raised $12M to 'Revolutionize' Cannabis. The Courts Can't Find Her
Here's how a weed-smoking model raised millions of dollars with a 2017 token sale in California, then disappeared during an ongoing lawsuit.
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Bitcoin DeFi May Be Unstoppable: What Does It Look Like?
Bitcoin veterans are about to join the decentralized finance (DeFi) bull run, and they are taking a very different approach than Ethereum fans.
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Meet a Freelance Cypherpunk Developer in Africa
Fodé Diop, founder of the Dakar Bitcoin Developers meetup in Senegal, speaks with CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen about bitcoin in Africa.
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