Brady Dale

Brady Dale holds small positions in BTC, WBTC, POOL and ETH.

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Tech

Why Crypto Should Care About Justin Sun's Steem Drama

The implications reach much further than just Steem or Tron, underlining the fundamental message of the "not your keys, not your crypto" mantra.

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Finance

Bitcoin Drove Half of Square's Cash App Revenue in the 4th Quarter

Square reported bitcoin revenues of $178 million between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, 2019, with profits of $3 million, up 50 percent over the prior two quarters.

Square CEO Jack Dorsey

Finance

Compound Extends DeFi Ethos to Itself, Launches Governance Token

DeFi platform Compound is launching the testnet of a new platform today for decentralizing the site's governance.

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Tech

Justin Sun Bought Steemit. Steem Moved to Limit His Power

The people who run the Steem blockchain executed a reversible soft fork Sunday over concerns about Steemit's new owner.

STAND BACK: Justin Sun's Gucci sneakers on stage at the first NiTron Summit in San Francisco, January 2019. (Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Tech

On EOS Blockchain, Vote Buying Is Business as Usual

Buying votes is a big no-no in traditional democracies, but on the world’s eighth-largest blockchain it’s become an accepted way of doing business.

MODERN TIMES: Once a no-no, the buying and selling of votes is now seen as an accepted part of governing the world's eighth-largest blockchain. (William M. "Boss" Tweed image via Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Tech

DeFi Insurance Firm Nexus Mutual Makes Its First Payout Following bZx Attacks

Nexus Mutual members voted to pay out two claims following the bZx flash loan attacks – a first for the DeFi insurance pioneer.

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Tech

$100K in Early Prizes Looks to Lure the NFT-Curious to Decentraland

Decentraland opened for gameplay today, delivering on promises of bringing an NFT-based "metaverse" to ethereum.

A look at Decentraland's Vegas Plaza.

Finance

Options Protocol Brings 'Insurance' to DeFi Deposits on Compound

A company called Opyn is bringing trustless insurance to the Compound DeFi protocol.

Opyn co-founder Zubin Koticha. (Courtesy photo)

Markets

Why DeFi's Billion-Dollar Milestone Matters

The DeFi market hitting $1 billion in locked crypto is something even the most fervent ethereum skeptics would have a tough time dismissing as meaningless.

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Tech

Blockstack's New Consensus Mechanism Creates New Use Case for Bitcoin

Blockstack is rolling out a consensus mechanism that presents a fresh use case for the world's most popular cryptocurrency.

Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali. (Credit: Gary Sexton / Blockstack Summit 2019)