Consensus 2022

American Express teams with Abra for rewards card (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
American Express Adds First Crypto Product With Abra Rewards Card
A long time in the making, the Abra Crypto Card will be the first Amex cryptocurrency product, said Abra CEO Bill Barhydt.
American Express teams with Abra for rewards card (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Wally Adeyemo, deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury, at Consensus 2022 (Suzanne Cordiero for CoinDesk)
Unhosted Crypto Wallet Rules Will Allow Innovation, US Treasury Official Vows
Storing crypto anonymously outside regulated venues lets people bypass sanctions and anti-money laundering checks, Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said at Consensus 2022.
Wally Adeyemo, deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury, at Consensus 2022 (Suzanne Cordiero for CoinDesk)

Reimagining Art, Ownership and Legacy
Reimagining Art, Ownership and Legacy
How are crypto technology and decentralized digital communities remaking the worlds of art and culture? At Consensus 2022, hear from artist Tyler Hobbs; Ryan Wilson of ThankYo...
Reimagining Art, Ownership and Legacy

Getting Down With DAOs
Getting Down With DAOs
John Belisky, co-founder of tokenized real estate investing platform Balcony DAO, and Rebecca Lamis, co-founder of LGBTQ+ art showcase platform UnicornDAO, share insights into...
Getting Down With DAOs

Blockchain in the War on Disinformation
Blockchain in the War on Disinformation
As the Russia-Ukraine crisis escalates, Filecoin Foundation Chair Marta Belcher discusses the role of blockchain technology in fighting disinformation.
Blockchain in the War on Disinformation

Sharing eyewitness accounts of the Ukraine War to Preserve on a Blockchain
Ukraine-Russia Conflict Through the Crypto Lens
Distributed Lab Co-founder & CEO Pavel Kravchenko, and Ukraine Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Alex Bornyakov shares eyewitness accounts of the war in Ukraine and th...
Sharing eyewitness accounts of the Ukraine War to Preserve on a Blockchain

Dragonfly Capital's Haseeb Qureshi at Consensus 2022 (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)
Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi Is Still Optimistic in the Crypto Bear Market
Crypto’s most successful projects have historically been built during downcycles, he says.
Dragonfly Capital's Haseeb Qureshi at Consensus 2022 (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Grayscale Global Head of ETFs David LaValle, Valkyrie Chief Strategy Officer Lori Tiernan and Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan at Consensus 2022 (Nelson Wang for CoinDesk)
Grayscale, Bitwise Confident a Spot Bitcoin ETF Will Be Approved Soon
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan pointed to a progression of approval decisions by the SEC that “ends in a spot bitcoin ETF.”
Grayscale Global Head of ETFs David LaValle, Valkyrie Chief Strategy Officer Lori Tiernan and Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan at Consensus 2022 (Nelson Wang for CoinDesk)

Willamette University Professor Rohan Grey, Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte, Custodia Bank Founder Caitlin Long and Forkast News' Angie Lau debated the role of different entities in issuing digital dollars at CoinDesk's Consensus 2022. (Nik Di for CoinDesk)
Circle’s Disparte Calls CBDCs ‘a Preposterous Idea’ in Digital Dollar Debate
The stage at Consensus 2022 erupted with an intense dispute over the future of a Fed-managed digital currency.
Willamette University Professor Rohan Grey, Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte, Custodia Bank Founder Caitlin Long and Forkast News' Angie Lau debated the role of different entities in issuing digital dollars at CoinDesk's Consensus 2022. (Nik Di for CoinDesk)

Former CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump, CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam and CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey speak at Consensus 2022. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
CFTC Chairman 'Encouraged' by Bill in Congress to Give the Agency More Crypto Oversight
Rostin Behnam noted the bill would allow the CFTC to assess fees on the industry.
Former CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump, CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam and CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey speak at Consensus 2022. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)