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Will Gottsegen

Will Gottsegen

Will Gottsegen was CoinDesk's media and culture reporter. He graduated from Pomona College with a degree in English and has held staff positions at Spin, Billboard, and Decrypt.

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For Universal’s NFT Band, Music Is Second to Brand Identity
Kingship is a little like Gorillaz, but without the musicians.
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By Will Gottsegen
Nov 12, 2021 at 9:24 p.m. UTC
Nov 12, 2021
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Finance
Nfts
At Least 77% of NFT Art Sales Going to Male Creators: Study
Gender disparities still run deep in crypto.
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By Will Gottsegen
Nov 10, 2021 at 10:43 p.m. UTC
Nov 10, 2021
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Finance
Twitter
Not Everything Needs to Be ‘on the Blockchain’
Please ignore Crypto Twitter’s snake oil peddlers.
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By Will Gottsegen
Nov 8, 2021 at 6:37 p.m. UTC
Nov 8, 2021
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Technology
Metaverse
Enter the Margaritaverse: My Week at NFT.NYC
The daytime event felt like a pretext for the lavish after-parties.
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By Will Gottsegen
Nov 6, 2021 at 7:03 p.m. UTC
Nov 6, 2021
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Technology
Facebook
The Metaverse We Didn’t Ask For
Does anyone want Facebook’s take on this old-new idea?
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By Will Gottsegen
Nov 1, 2021 at 6:45 p.m. UTC
Nov 1, 2021
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Finance
Metaverse
Sfermion Raises $100M NFT Fund as Facebook Stokes Metaverse Mania
The NFT investment firm will focus on the “experiential infrastructure that involves the NFT space.”
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By Will Gottsegen
Nov 1, 2021 at 1:39 p.m. UTC
Nov 1, 2021
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Policy
Regulation
A Crypto Whisperer on How Regulators Toss Retail Into the Deep End
Industry commentator Maya Zehavi shares her views on capital controls, overregulation and crypto’s broken promises.
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By Will Gottsegen
Oct 27, 2021 at 1:56 p.m. UTC
Oct 27, 2021
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Technology
Nfts
NFTs and the Patronage Model
What PleasrDAO’s Wu-Tang experiment says about crypto and ownership.
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By Will Gottsegen
Oct 25, 2021 at 7:25 p.m. UTC
Oct 25, 2021
NFTs
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Policy
Nfts
Some NFTs Are Probably Illegal. Does the SEC Care?
Commissioner Hester Peirce has words of advice for NFT makers and platforms.
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By Will Gottsegen
Oct 20, 2021 at 6:57 p.m. UTC
Oct 20, 2021
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Technology
Music
Martin Shkreli’s Wu-Tang Clan Album Now Belongs to a DAO
PleasrDAO, a crypto investment collective, bought the one-of-one album for $4 million in July.
Rap group Wu-Tang Clan poses for a portrait on May 8, 1993 on Staten Island. (Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
By Will Gottsegen
Oct 20, 2021 at 6:15 p.m. UTC
Oct 20, 2021
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