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What's Your NFT Really Worth? This Man Is Using AI to Find Out
Nikolai Yakovenko has harnessed the power of machine learning for everything from professional baseball to human genomics. Now he’s coming for NFTs.
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'I Totally Obsessed Over It.' How Crypto Addiction Almost Ruined My Life
One crypto-crazed man's descent into hell and back.
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The Woman Who Conquered COVID-19
Taiwan Digital Minister Audrey Tang sees the transparency of blockchain technology as a lynchpin of good governance.
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Crabs caught using Helium-powered tracking devices. (Jameson Buffmire)
A Use Case You Can Eat: California Crabs Tracked by Helium Network
The Helium Network is a crypto-powered network of Internet hotspots, but it has saved one amateur fisherman thousands of dollars on crab pots every year.
Crabs caught using Helium-powered tracking devices. (Jameson Buffmire)

A BitCluster crypto mining site in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. (Image Credit: BitCluster)
Crypto Mining, the Energy Crisis and the End of ESG
How a European war made an argument about mining moot. This op-ed is part of Mining Week.
A BitCluster crypto mining site in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. (Image Credit: BitCluster)

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CoinDesk ‘Most Influential’ Artists Sell Charity NFTs for 50 ETH
They will donate up to 20% of the $200,000 (so far) in sales to charity, in association with The Giving Block.
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Actor Adrian Grenier and Chief Scientist at nChain Dr. Craig Wright attend CoinGeek Cocktail Party at Gustavino's on October 4, 2021, in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)
There Was No ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ Lawsuit
Depending on what you read, you might get the real story, or ... not.
Actor Adrian Grenier and Chief Scientist at nChain Dr. Craig Wright attend CoinGeek Cocktail Party at Gustavino's on October 4, 2021, in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

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Most Influential 2021: Jack Mallers
The CEO of Bitcoin payments app Strike helped birth El Salvador’s BTC move this year. He still sees himself as a “pleb,” not an influencer.
(“The Last Confirmation” - a collaboration between Norman & Robness/CoinDesk)

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Olympus DAO Might Be the Future of Money (or It Might Be a Ponzi)
Right now, it’s a money game. One day it could be the backbone of all of DeFi. This post is part of Future of Money Week.
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Music Marketplace Nina Wants to Be a Bandcamp for Web 3.0
Ryley Walker and noise veteran Aaron Dilloway are among the artists already on board.
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