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Bitcoin ETFs Explained: What Are They & How Do They Work?
Bitcoin ETFs provide traditional investors with a regulated investment vehicle that enables them to invest in bitcoin without having to directly own the underlying cryptocurre...
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Jan 11, 2024 at 7:14 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin miners will likely see a wave of M&A as halving approaches. (nikko macaspac/Unsplash)
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Bitcoin Halving Is Poised to Unleash Darwinism on Miners
Strong miners might be about to eat the weak ones as the reward for mining BTC gets cut in half, experts say.
Bitcoin miners will likely see a wave of M&A as halving approaches. (nikko macaspac/Unsplash)
By Aoyon Ashraf
Dec 8, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 8, 2023
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Rhett Mankind's depiction of Casey Rodarmor, creator of "Ordinals" on Bitcoin, for CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023.
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Most Influential 2023
How CoinDesk chose 50 people who defined the year in crypto.
Rhett Mankind's depiction of Casey Rodarmor, creator of "Ordinals" on Bitcoin, for CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023.
By Ben Schiller
Dec 4, 2023 at 5:21 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2023
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Stani Kulechov Defied Crypto Winter
With upgrades to the Aave lending/borrowing protocol and Lens, an open-source social media protocol, the Estonian native kept BUIDLing in a down-market.
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By Ben Schiller
Dec 4, 2023 at 2:12 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2023
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Ian Allison's Giant Sam Bankman-Fried Scoop Won Accolades in 2023
The CoinDesk reporter belongs in the Journalism Hall of Fame since there's little, if any, precedent for the waves his story on Alameda Research and FTX stirred up.
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By Nick Baker
Dec 4, 2023 at 1:23 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2023
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Julia Leung (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)
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Julia Leung: Positioning Hong Kong as a Crypto Hub
A former journalist, Leung is the world’s most powerful female financial regulator in an increasingly important center for crypto.
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By Lingling Xiang
Dec 4, 2023 at 1:23 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2023
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Martin Köppelmann Is Fighting to Keep Crypto Tech on Track
In addition to building some of the biggest blockchain tools on Ethereum, Köppelmann is also ringing the alarm bell on how certain technology has caused the network to stray f...
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By Sam Kessler
Dec 4, 2023 at 1:22 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2023
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The artist Die with the most likes's rendering of Elizabeth Warren for Most Influential 2023.
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Elizabeth Warren: D.C.'s Crypto Critic-in-Chief
The U.S. Senator from Massachusetts is skeptical of crypto. It's a position she leaned into in 2023.
The artist Die with the most likes's rendering of Elizabeth Warren for Most Influential 2023.
By Nikhilesh De
Dec 4, 2023 at 1:22 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2023
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Digital Currency Group's Barry Silbert (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)
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Barry Silbert Navigated Fallout From 2022's Crypto Scandals
The former owner of CoinDesk faced a slew of lawsuits and complications in 2023, but by year-end, his Digital Currency Group had put some issues behind it.
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By Michele Musso
Dec 4, 2023 at 1:22 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2023
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Ron Faris at Nike Is Running With Web3
As many corporations shied away from blockchain-powered initiatives this year, Nike has been quietly building a model for how brands can use a Web3 backend to gain new audienc...
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By Sam Ewen
Dec 4, 2023 at 1:20 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2023
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