Andrew Thurman

Andrew Thurman was a tech reporter at CoinDesk. He formerly worked as a weekend editor at Cointelegraph, a partnership manager at Chainlink and a co-founder of a smart-contract data marketplace startup.

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Finance

Twitter Data Scientist Leaves for Aave as DeFi Social Media Plans Simmer

The lead data scientist for Twitter Spaces is joining Aave as the DeFi protocol ponders a social media play.

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Finance

Solana DeFi Major Serum’s ‘Incentive Ecosystem Foundation’ Is Raising $100M

The protocol that undergirds much of DeFi on Solana is raising funds to expand operations, and about $70 million has been committed so far.

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Tech

Polygon Under Accidental Attack From Swarm of Sunflower Farmers

A popular new blockchain game is congesting Polygon, sending gas prices soaring.

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Tech

What’s the Healthiest Chart in Crypto? The Developer Count

An annual report from venture firm Electric Capital says the total number of new developers jumping on the blockchain bandwagon in 2021 broke previous highs.

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Tech

Illuvium Team Drains sILV Uniswap Pool in Bid to Prevent Exploit Cash-Out

The multibillion-dollar blockchain gaming project is taking drastic steps to protect staking rewards.

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Tech

Sushi Tries to Pick Up the Pieces: A DeFi Governance Case Study

The popular automatic market maker is pushing an ambitious governance overhaul after months of infighting. What’s next?

Sushi in flux. (Jakub Dziubak/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Gas DAO Token Struggles to Maintain Momentum After Airdrop

The latest in an increasingly absurd trend has already found 26,000 claimants.

Macho the dog demonstrates surfing-while-popping-balloon skills. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Finance

OpenDAO’s SOS Token Hits $250M Market Cap Despite Unclear Goals, Security Risks

Airdrops can kickstart a community, but that doesn’t mean they have staying power.

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Policy

Teenage Suspect in $16M DeFi Hack Wanted for Arrest in Canada

In a possible DeFi first, Canadian law enforcement is now looking to track down a suspected hacker.

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Tech

Rari Capital, Fei Protocol Token Holders Approve Multibillion-Dollar DeFi Merger

One of the highest-profile DAO-on-DAO mergers in history has been consummated.

A "Feirari" meme posted by Joey Santoro on Twitter.