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San Salvador, El Salvador (Oswaldo Martinez/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
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Where Is Nayib Bukele Actually Storing El Salvador's Bitcoin?
Last week, the sats stacking president of the "Land of Many Volcanoes" announced he was moving thousands of the country's BTC into a bitcoin "piggy bank."
San Salvador, El Salvador (Oswaldo Martinez/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
By Lina Seiche
Mar 18, 2024 at 3:26 p.m. UTC
Mar 18, 2024
FeaturesBitcoinEl SalvadorNayib BukeleArtCultureCold StorageBitcoin Halving
Kgothatso Ngako presenting at the 2023 African Bitcoin Conference in Ghana. (Frank Corva)
Consensus Magazine
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Machankura 2.0: Turning Feature Phones Into Bitcoin Hardware Wallets
When Kgothatso Ngako launched Machankura two years ago, he enabled Africans to transact bitcoin via feature phones for the first time. Now, he’s on the verge of helping Africa...
Kgothatso Ngako presenting at the 2023 African Bitcoin Conference in Ghana. (Frank Corva)
By Frank Corva
Mar 18, 2024 at 1:50 p.m. UTC
Mar 18, 2024
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Doha, Qatar (Pexels/Pixabay)
Consensus Magazine
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Qatar’s Sovereign Fund Might Be Buying Bitcoin, But Surely Not $500B Worth
Government-led investments in crypto are increasingly plausible – but not at that rumored size.
Doha, Qatar (Pexels/Pixabay)
By Lorna Blount
Mar 14, 2024 at 4:16 p.m. UTC
Mar 14, 2024
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PubKey’s Bitcoin shrine (PubKey)
Consensus Magazine
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How PubKey Revived Bitcoin Culture in New York City
NYC-based Bitcoin enthusiasts, as well as the crypto-curious, now have a place to nerd out, discuss and learn about Bitcoin.
PubKey’s Bitcoin shrine (PubKey)
By Frank Corva
Feb 22, 2024 at 8:44 p.m. UTC
Feb 22, 2024
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Marbius at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Finance
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How to Make (or Lose) Hundreds of Dollars Betting Crypto on Your Fitness Goals
"If I don't walk another 4,400 steps I'll lose $333." With a new app called Moonwalk, you get daily lessons in economics – and maybe healthier, too.
Marbius at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Danny Nelson
Feb 20, 2024 at 10:07 p.m. UTC
Feb 20, 2024
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Technology
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Liquid Restaking Tokens or 'LRTs' Revived Ethereum DeFi. Can the Hype Last?
New liquid restaking platforms like Puffer and Ether.Fi have attracted billions of dollars in deposits, but they've birthed a speculative "points" frenzy that carries some ris...
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By Sam Kessler
Feb 20, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 20, 2024
FeaturesStakingRestakingStaking rewardsEigenLayer
Sporting a black hoodie, the pseudonymous coder known as Proph3t works in a Salt Lake City hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
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'The Goal Is Number Go Up': Inside a DAO’s Radical Governance Experiment
In Meta-DAO's conception of governance, every decision is based on what the market believes is the best outcome for its token, META.
Sporting a black hoodie, the pseudonymous coder known as Proph3t works in a Salt Lake City hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Danny Nelson
Feb 19, 2024 at 5:46 p.m. UTC
Feb 19, 2024
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Anders and Maribus wearing two of the many Apple Vision Pros at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Technology
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Apple Vision Pros Are Practically Dress Code at This Crypto Hacker House
Airdrop riches and FOMO are fueling a run on Apple's pricey VR headset at mtnDAO, the Solana blockchain's largest community-run coworking meetup, in Salt Lake City.
Anders and Maribus wearing two of the many Apple Vision Pros at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Danny Nelson
Feb 15, 2024 at 5:56 p.m. UTC
Feb 15, 2024
FeaturesSolanaVirtual RealityVRAppleFacebookTech
Armin Sabouri (left), one of the co-authors of the OP_CAT proposal; with Dan Gould, a Bitcoin developer; and co-author Ethan Heilman, in October at Chaincode Labs' Bitcoin Research Day, in New York. (Neha Narula)
Technology
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Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Function 'OP_CAT' Dusted Off as Development Fervor Grows
Developers Ethan Heilman and Armin Sabouri view OP_CAT as a simple opcode that offers some of the general purpose functionality currently missing in Bitcoin
Armin Sabouri (left), one of the co-authors of the OP_CAT proposal; with Dan Gould, a Bitcoin developer; and co-author Ethan Heilman, in October at Chaincode Labs' Bitcoin Research Day, in New York. (Neha Narula)
By Jamie Crawley
Feb 14, 2024 at 12:11 p.m. UTC
Feb 14, 2024
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U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
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U.S. Sen. Lummis Says 'Delicate' Talks Underway Over U.S. Crypto Legislation
Lummis is hopeful a stablecoin bill could move forward in the first half of 2024, before elections increase political pressures in Washington.
U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
By Jesse Hamilton
Feb 1, 2024 at 7:55 p.m. UTC
Feb 1, 2024
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