Matthew Leising

Matthew Leising

Matthew Leising worked for Bloomberg News for 17 years and started covering crypto in 2015. In 2020, he published “Out of the Ether,” a history of Ethereum and the people who created it. Earlier this year he co-founded DeCential Media which is dedicated to telling stories of the founders, builders and visionaries of the new decentralized world.

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Crypto Is People and Culture. It’s Time the Media Saw It That Way
The mainstream media still doesn’t really get crypto, only writing about it seriously when “number go up” (or down). It misses the bigger story, which is about community.
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From DOH! to DAO: The Rise of Decentralized Organizations
ConstitutionDAO was just the start. The range and ambition of DAOs is only growing.
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The $55M Hack That Almost Brought Ethereum Down
Matthew Leising's new book "Out of the Ether" tells the history of Ethereum and the story behind the hack that almost brought the network to its knees.
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