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Decentralization

Decentralization in Focus
Video
Decentralization
Decentralization in Focus
Host Joel Flynn discuses whether the developments in decentralization can bring back trust in the crypto industry. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world i...
Decentralization in Focus
By CoinDesk Inc
Mar 22, 2023 at 2:35 p.m. UTC
Mar 22, 2023
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
U.S. Banking Collapse Doesn't Necessarily Make Crypto Trustworthy
The fall of Silicon Valley Bank had a convenient deus ex machina to fix collateral damage. Crypto cannot expect the same, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partners Jess Cheng...
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By Jess ChengAmy Caiazza
Mar 16, 2023 at 9:13 p.m. UTC
Mar 16, 2023
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Lido Gearing Up For Ethereum's Upcoming Shanghai Upgrade
Video
Blockchain
Lido Gearing Up For Ethereum's Upcoming Shanghai Upgrade
Lido, the biggest liquid staking platform on the Ethereum blockchain, opened a snapshot vote on its version 2 (v2) upgrade, which includes a "Staking Router" said to ease the...
Lido Gearing Up For Ethereum's Upcoming Shanghai Upgrade
By CoinDesk Inc
Mar 1, 2023 at 5:50 p.m. UTC
Mar 1, 2023
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Finance
Ether
Non-Custodial Liquid Staking Platform Ether.Fi Closes $5.3M Fundraise
The round was co-led by North Island Ventures, Chapter One and Node Capital and included participation from BitMex founder Arthur Hayes.
(Midjourney/CoinDesk)
By Sam Reynolds
Feb 28, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Feb 28, 2023
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Finance
Crypto for advisors
The SEC’s Crackdown on Ethereum Staking Has a Silver Lining
The SEC’s recent actions shut down centralization staking services, but not individual staking and decentralized staking services. That could increase decentralization and hel...
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By Jackson Wood
Feb 23, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 23, 2023
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Investments dropped off in January 2023, according to data collected by CoinDesk. (Sage Young/CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
Buidl week 2023
What Are VCs Funding After FTX? More Decentralized Infrastructure
Infrastructure projects and regulatory-resistant protocols have attracted cautious investors.
Investments dropped off in January 2023, according to data collected by CoinDesk. (Sage Young/CoinDesk)
By Brandy Betz
Feb 21, 2023 at 2:24 p.m. UTC
Feb 21, 2023
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Technology
Staking
Rocket Pool Community Voting Whether to Self-Limit Its Growth
If passed, the vote establishes a guiding set of principles to inform Rocket Pool’s decision-making process in limiting the percentage of staked ether in its ecosystem.
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By Sage D. Young
Feb 1, 2023 at 10:31 p.m. UTC
Feb 1, 2023
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CityDAO, an experimental project looking to bring real world assets on chainn, collectively governs 40 acres of land in Wyoming. (CityDAO)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
What's Holding DAOs Back?
The author of "The DAO Handbook" considers solutions to coordination and regulatory problems plaguing decentralized autonomous organizations.
CityDAO, an experimental project looking to bring real world assets on chainn, collectively governs 40 acres of land in Wyoming. (CityDAO)
By Scott Fitsimones
Jan 31, 2023 at 3:44 p.m. UTC
Jan 31, 2023
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Consensus Magazine
Money reimagined
Tech’s Money Woes: Beginning of the End for Web2?
Gloomy forecasts, mass layoffs and antitrust lawsuits have bruised "Big Tech" over the past year. But that doesn't automatically portend the end of Web2. For Web3 to emerge, w...
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By Michael J. Casey
Jan 27, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 27, 2023
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Podcasts
Money reimagined
The Interaction of Money, Nature and AI, With Stan Stalnaker
A discussion about the Hub Culture institution and protecting the ethos of privacy and identity.
Money Reimagined Podcast Cover
By Michael J. Casey
Jan 27, 2023 at 3:58 p.m. UTC
Jan 27, 2023
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