Interview

(Majid Gheidarlou/Unsplash)
‘People Will Get Burned’: Matt Odell on the Long Road to Bitcoin Privacy
Privacy advocate and hardcore bitcoiner Matt Odell discusses CoinJoins, privacy coins and “canaries.”
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From left: Mat Dryhurst, the author, Holly Herndon and Dan Keller at ETHDenver (photographer unknown)
‘How Can Information Be Free but Expensive?’: Holly Herndon on Web 3, Art and the Future of IP
Artists Herndon, Mat Dryhurst and Dan Keller discuss where they see Web 3 taking culture, why weirdos thrive in a Web 3 world, and what makes Berlin a nexus for art and techno...
From left: Mat Dryhurst, the author, Holly Herndon and Dan Keller at ETHDenver (photographer unknown)

Aaron Lammer (Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg/Getty)
Aaron Lammer’s Advice for Making It in Crypto: Just Do Something
After writing songs for Drake and the Kardashians and hosting a podcast about QuadrigaCX, Aaron Lammer joined quant crypto trading firm Radkl. It’s not as big a stretch as you...
Aaron Lammer (Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg/Getty)

(Dwayne Desaulniers/CoinDesk TV)
Meet the Man Behind Associated Press' Crypto Strategy
Dwayne Desaulniers is running the news agency's increasingly ambitious blockchain experiments – from NFTs to Chainlink nodes.
(Dwayne Desaulniers/CoinDesk TV)

Garry Kasparov (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Garry Kasparov: Crypto Means Freedom
The chess grandmaster expects a basket of coins to replace the dollar within a decade.
Garry Kasparov (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

(Latasha/Latasha)
Rapper Latashá on NFTs and Inclusivity in Tech
The way the hip-hop artist and Zora community manager sees it, NFTs’ benefits are well worth the gas fees.
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(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)
Neil Strauss Pens the Bored Ape Yacht Club ‘Tell-All’
What does it mean to write a memoir about a group of NFT avatars that kind of exists but kind of doesn’t? The author of “Pickup Artists” (and nine other books) tells Jeff Wils...
(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

"Iceland's Secret" author and financial fraud investigator Jared Bibler. (Harriman House)
He Saw Iceland’s Banking Fraud From Inside. Now He’s Worried About Crypto
“I think we’re living on a sand castle financial system,” says former banker and fraud investigator Jared Bibler.
"Iceland's Secret" author and financial fraud investigator Jared Bibler. (Harriman House)

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A Crypto Whisperer on How Regulators Toss Retail Into the Deep End
Industry commentator Maya Zehavi shares her views on capital controls, overregulation and crypto’s broken promises.
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Rep. Tom Emmer
Rep. Tom Emmer Wants Stablecoins Over CBDCs – Interview
The Minnesota congressman is fighting what he sees as the “over-regulation” of the crypto industry and he’s no fan of a central bank-issued digital dollar.
Rep. Tom Emmer