Miners Going Nuclear: A Symbiotic Synergy
Spurred by the recent Republican electoral trifecta earlier this month and the prospect of federal policy facilitating further and more widespread adoption, bitcoin notched...
DeFi’s Renaissance
The repercussions of historically stringent cryptocurrency oversight are well-documented, but the ensuing sea change is perhaps not fully appreciated. With pro-crypto legislators likely to...
Former FTX CTO Gary Wang Won’t Have To Serve Prison Time, Judge Rules
Gary Wang, the former chief technology officer at FTX, was spared prison time by a judge on Wednesday. Wang immediately met with prosecutors after...
Digital Currency Group’s Barry Silbert Bets Big on AI Blockchain Bittensor
DCG chief and Yuma CEO Barry Silbert said he believes Bittensor could be as transformative as bitcoin. Yuma will operate as an accelerator for...
The Protocol: ENS on Bitcoin; Worldcoin, Without the Eyeballs
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Marc Hochstein, CoinDesk’s deputy editor-in-chief for features,...
The Subtle Way AI Data Centers Boost Bitcoin Mining Economics
The rapid proliferation of AI data centers may have a positive impact on the bitcoin mining industry. AI data centers are just as hungry...
Frank McCourt’s Decentralized Internet Project Enters Ethereum Ecosystem With Consensys Partnership
Project Liberty, which is building a decentralized social media ecosystem, is working with Consensys to expand into Ethereum (ETH). The project is “meeting the...
Crypto Agents and Verifiable Systems Are the Future of Safe, User-Centric Tech
As technology continues to progress, a critical question surfaces: how can we build systems that empower individuals while safeguarding against misuse? The answer may...
Is the Crypto Conference Circuit Good for Crypto?
If you’re part of Web3, odds are you’ve spent much of this year traveling abroad. It’s likely you just got back from a conference...