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"The Maestro" (Fesq/CoinDesk)
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Investing Millions to Orchestrate an Open Metaverse
The co-founder of $5.9 billion gaming giant Animoca Brands has made the development of a single, connected virtual world where users can interact across platforms the cornerst...
"The Maestro" (Fesq/CoinDesk)
By Rosie Perper
Dec 5, 2022 at 12:19 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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"Erick Calderon, AKA Snow Fro" (Dave Krugman/CoinDesk)
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The Artist/CEO Generating $1.4B – and Growing – in Generative Art Sales
Blockchain-based algorithmic art is bucking the downward market trend of NFTs and one of the most popular platforms supporting this work is five-year-old Art Blocks. That’s wh...
"Erick Calderon, AKA Snow Fro" (Dave Krugman/CoinDesk)
By Sam Ewen
Dec 5, 2022 at 12:17 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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Free Alex Pertsev poster spotted outside the courthouse (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)
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‘We Are All F****d’: The Developers of Tornado Cash and the Future of Crypto
The arrest of a web developer for the now-sanctioned currency mixer Tornado Cash has raised questions about whom states can hold responsible when bad actors use software to co...
Free Alex Pertsev poster spotted outside the courthouse (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)
By Jack Schickler
Dec 5, 2022 at 12:16 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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"market wizards" (OSF/CoinDesk)
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The Four Horsemen of the Cryptocalypse
Move over, war, famine, pestilence and death. Meet the CEOs of Terraform Labs, Three Arrows Capital, Celsius Network and Voyager Digital. For blowing up crypto, Do Kwon, Su Zh...
"market wizards" (OSF/CoinDesk)
By David Z. Morris
Dec 5, 2022 at 12:15 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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"The V God" (Federico Solmi/CoinDesk)
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Ethereum Pulled Off The Year’s Biggest Blockchain Event
It was no small task for the hundreds of developers and client teams to build, coordinate, and successfully swap out Ethereum’s core from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. That...
"The V God" (Federico Solmi/CoinDesk)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Dec 5, 2022 at 12:13 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
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Zcash Doesn’t Need Your Trust
For years, the Electric Coin Company has been breaking new ground with zero-knowledge proofs. This year it radically improved privacy on its Zcash protocol, even as the right...
Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
By Daniel Kuhn
Dec 5, 2022 at 12:13 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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Balaji Srinivasan-The Man Who Called COVID: Most Influential 2020
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Balaji Srinivasan-The Man Who Called COVID: Most Influential 2020
Angel investor Balaji Srinivasan discusses his early warnings on coronavirus, his tussles with the media, his bullish outlook for blockchain tech and more in a free-flowing co...
Balaji Srinivasan-The Man Who Called COVID: Most Influential 2020
By CoinDesk Staff
Dec 15, 2020 at 2:48 a.m. UTC
Dec 15, 2020
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Hayden Adams-King of the DeFi Degens: Most Influential 2020
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Hayden Adams-King of the DeFi Degens: Most Influential 2020
After Hayden Adams was laid off from his junior engineering position at Siemens and living at home with his parents for a stint, a career opportunity came knocking at Adams’ d...
Hayden Adams-King of the DeFi Degens: Most Influential 2020
By CoinDesk Staff
Dec 15, 2020 at 2:48 a.m. UTC
Dec 15, 2020
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Balaji Srinivasan-The Man Who Called COVID: Most Influential 2020
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Balaji Srinivasan – The Man Who Called COVID: Most Influential 2020
Angel investor Balaji Srinivasan discusses his early warnings on coronavirus, his tussles with the media, his bullish outlook for blockchain tech and more in a free-flowing co...
Balaji Srinivasan-The Man Who Called COVID: Most Influential 2020
By CoinDesk Staff
Dec 11, 2020 at 3:28 a.m. UTC
Dec 11, 2020
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Hayden Adams-King of the DeFi Degens: Most Influential 2020
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Will-foxley
Hayden Adams – King of the DeFi Degens: Most Influential 2020
After Hayden Adams was laid off from his junior engineering position at Siemens and living at home with his parents for a stint, a career opportunity came knocking at Adams’ d...
Hayden Adams-King of the DeFi Degens: Most Influential 2020
By CoinDesk Staff
Dec 11, 2020 at 3:28 a.m. UTC
Dec 11, 2020
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