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Distributed validator technology involves splitting up the job of running a validator on blockchains like Ethereum. (Onasill/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)
Obol Labs Forms Industry Group to Push for Decentralized Validator Technology
As blockchain projects push to further decentralize, the developer Obol Labs has formed a group of companies working in the Ethereum ecosystem to concentrate on the growing fi...
Distributed validator technology involves splitting up the job of running a validator on blockchains like Ethereum. (Onasill/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

CoinDesk programming coordinators
The Protocol: Behind the Scenes as Big-Tent Consensus Goes Up
We took a spin through some of the side events and preparations taking place Tuesday ahead of CoinDesk's annual conference, which starts Wednesday in Austin.
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(Fatemeh Fannizadeh)
Fatemeh Fannizadeh on Crypto Law, Switzerland and How KYC Is Failing
Fannizadeh, a Swiss lawyer and strategic advisor specializing in the crypto industry, is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, May 29-31, in Austin, Texas.
(Fatemeh Fannizadeh)

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon
CoinDesk Brings Consensus to Hong Kong
The announcement comes as Hong Kong works to brand itself as Asia's digital assets trading hub.
Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

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DeFi Isn't a Defense for Insider Trading
A DeFi project steps precariously close to insider trading.
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A Year of Politicization and the Looming Bull
A crypto winter of growth and optimism: from those who developed the tech to those who led the fight for sensible regulation, the year has been full of influential figures tra...
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Can You Put a Price on Decentralized Governance? Polygon and DraftKings Did
Danny Nelson describes his recent scoop where he learned that Polygon quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an "equal" member of the v...
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Riding the Bull and Bear in El Salvador
Jonathan Martin traveled across El Salvador, observing bitcoin adoption in the first country to make BTC legal currency.
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Moving on From Sam Bankman-Fried
Well, the show's over: Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on all seven counts in the FTX fraud trial. Now, the crypto industry and its reporters move on to other topics – mayb...
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SBF's Testimony Demonstrated He Was (at the Very Least) a Bad CEO
When SBF decided to take the stand, reporters flocked to the courthouse to try and get a spot in the room itself to watch the former FTX CEO recount his version of events. Tur...
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