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Mu Changchun (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
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Guiding the Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency the World Admires and Fears
Many nations, especially the economic superpowers, began the year in fear of being left behind by China’s relentless progress with its digital yuan. For leading the developmen...
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The spectacular success of the Merge obscured the stories of those who were left behind, the Ethereum proof-of-work miners who lost their livelihoods. One miner is not letting...
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The OG Streetwear Designer Fighting for NFT Creator Royalties
When 20-year-old streetwear brand The Hundreds jumped into Web3 last year, its loyal fans spent upwards of $100 million on its NFTs. This year it canceled its OpenSea drop in...
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Dec 5, 2022 at 1:23 p.m. UTC
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Blending the World’s Most Successful Loyalty Program With Web3
The brains behind Starbucks Rewards, which has 60 million members, is back to design Starbucks Odyssey, a Web3 loyalty program. That's why Adam Brotman is one of CoinDesk’s Mo...
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Victor Langlois aka FEWOCiOUS (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
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The Teen Dropping $20M in NFTs
Following his breakout year as an NFT artist, this 19-year old sold a generative art collection of "paint drop" NFTs for $20 million. That’s why FEWOCiOUS is one of CoinDesk’s...
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Dec 5, 2022 at 1:19 p.m. UTC
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Miladys NFT Community Is the Counterculture to Cancel Culture
The uncanny, anime-inspired, profile pictures invite conversations about whether the sins of the creator are laid upon the creation. That’s why the Miladys NFT community is on...
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By Marc Hochstein
Dec 5, 2022 at 1:15 p.m. UTC
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The Organizer of the Freedom Convoy Who Got Its Crypto Assets Seized
Canada’s trucker protest leaders unwittingly taught us that a private citizen in that country can successfully petition a judge to seize someone else’s crypto. That's why Tama...
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Dec 5, 2022 at 1:14 p.m. UTC
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Don’t Let the Neckwear Fool You
This anonymous account has been converting TradFi toffs into crypto bros. That’s why BowTied Bull is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.
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Dec 5, 2022 at 1:12 p.m. UTC
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All Aboard! Chartering the Mainstream Party Boat to the Island of Web3
Born in the depths of the pandemic, the Vayner3 consultancy has guided many of the biggest mainstream companies into Web3. That’s why Avery Akkineni and Gary Vaynerchuk are tw...
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Dec 5, 2022 at 1:08 p.m. UTC
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Coordinating the Federal Government's Approach to Crypto
President Joe Biden raised the hopes of the U.S. crypto industry by signing an executive order that directed federal entities to comprehensively regulate the industry. That’s...
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