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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Consensus Magazine

Culture week

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.

By Matthew Leising

Dec 15, 2021 at 10:44 p.m. UTC

Dec 15, 2021

Culture WeekOpinionatedCrypto 2022

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 17: A close up of the First Printing of the Final Text of the United States Constitution is on display during a press preview at Sotheby's on September 17, 2021 in New York City. This one of 11 known copies of the official printing produced for the delegates to Constitutional Convention and for the Continental Congress. This is the only one that has remained in private hands.

Consensus Magazine

Culture week

From DOH! to DAO: The Rise of Decentralized Organizations

ConstitutionDAO was just the start. The range and ambition of DAOs is only growing.

By Matthew Leising

Dec 15, 2021 at 10:44 p.m. UTC

Dec 15, 2021

Culture WeekCrypto 2022Opinion

Tech

Ethereum

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.

By Matthew Leising

Sep 17, 2020 at 12:41 p.m. UTC

Sep 17, 2020

EthereumThe DAOBook Excerpt