Interview

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Taking Photos and Minting NFTs at the Ends of the Earth, With FOTO’s John Knopf
The Emmy award-nominated photographer discusses the early days of Bored Apes, digital culture and turning an industry into a community using crypto.
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Andrew Chow (Advancing Bitcoin 2020)
Reviewing Code Is Mind-Numbing: Q&A With Bitcoin Maintainer Andrew Chow
He stumbled upon Bitcoin in high school while looking for ways to pay for his favorite video games. He now reviews and improves Bitcoin’s code for a living. Sometimes it's bor...
Andrew Chow (Advancing Bitcoin 2020)

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A Day in the Life of a Dev: Ethereum’s Justin Florentine
In a CoinDesk interview, the senior protocol engineer for Ethereum breaks down the nuts and bolts of being a developer in the crypto ecosystem.
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Rep. Tom Emmer (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
'What Was Gary Gensler Really Doing?': Rep. Tom Emmer on FTX, the SEC and What's Next for Crypto in Congress
The House Whip (a.k.a. the “Crypto King of Congress”) blames over-centralization and old-fashioned fraud for FTX’s collapse, not crypto. As federal legislators consider new cr...
Rep. Tom Emmer (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Coding digital planet with big data concept, 3d rendering. Computer digital drawing. (Getty Images)
What a Web3 Hackathon Teaches Us About Diversity in Crypto
CRADL’s Katherine Paseman helped organize a new type of crypto bootcamp, helping founders address social, environmental and justice issues around the world.
Coding digital planet with big data concept, 3d rendering. Computer digital drawing. (Getty Images)

Lindsey McInerney
'It’s Always the Community': Web3 and the Future of Movies
Lindsey McInerney on why entertainment will bring the first 100 million people to Web3.
Lindsey McInerney

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 31: David Bianchi attends The Block LA Party  hosted by Reactify on March 31, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
'I Knew I Was Here to Stay': Talking the Future of Web3 With David Bianchi
The actor discusses his latest blockchain-based film and TV projects and his vision for the next generation of Web3 entertainment.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 31: David Bianchi attends The Block LA Party  hosted by Reactify on March 31, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)

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'I'm a Crypto Guy': Why Steve Aoki Believes in Web3
The electronic music DJ talks NFTs, Elon Musk and building a waterpark in the metaverse.
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Why Would Anyone Take a College Course on Urbit?
Neal Davis taught the first graduate-level seminar on the controversial computing platform Urbit. Here’s why.
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Justin Sun, speaking at the Binance Blockchain Week in Paris. (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)
Tron Founder Justin Sun Thinks Crypto Could Learn Something From TradFi
“We want our 100 million customers to know that we really take their money and their data seriously,” he said in an interview with CoinDesk.
Justin Sun, speaking at the Binance Blockchain Week in Paris. (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)