Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

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Finance

NYDIG’s $59K Bitcoin Bounties Program Begins Paying Developers Who Improve the Network

The program, which launched two weeks ago, has paid out $1,800 so far, according to sources.

NYDIG has earmarked $59,000 to be paid out for its bounties program. (Marissa Anderson/Flickr)

Finance

OurSong Raises $7.5M in Seed Funding to Help Artists Build a Community Through NFTs

The blockchain-based platform is a subsidiary of Our Happy Company, which was co-founded by performer John Legend and KKBOX CEO Chris Lin.

John Legend (Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Gucci)

Finance

MicroStrategy to Offer Workers Bitcoin Options in 401(k) Accounts via Fidelity

CEO Michael Saylor’s tweet comes the same day Fidelity said it will begin offering bitcoin investments in its 401(k) accounts later this year.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Coinme Enters Its 49th State, Installing Bitcoin ATMs in Vermont Grocery Stores

A Coinme kiosk is now available within five miles of 90% of the American population.

Coinme plugs its bitcoin ATM service into cash-sorting grocery store kiosks. (Cameron Thompson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Decentralized Forex Is Coming to Terra: Vertex Protocol Raises $8.5M

The protocol seeks to expand DeFi liquidity to non-U.S. dollar pegged stablecoins.

Binance Labs recauda $500M para invertir en Web 3 y blockchain. (Giorgio Trovato/Unplash)

Policy

2 Europeans Charged With Conspiracy in Virgil Griffith's North Korea Crypto Sanctions Case

Earlier this month, Griffith, an Ethereum developer, was sentenced to five years in prison for helping North Korea evade sanctions with crypto.

The Southern District of New York's courthouse (elbud / Shutterstock)

Policy

Binance Asks to Be Removed From Crypto Romance Scam Lawsuit

The Cayman Islands company argued it is not subject to the "personal jurisdiction" of U.S. federal courts.

(Adrian Swancar/Unsplash)

Finance

Kadena Launches $100M Grant Fund to Support Early-Stage Builders

The protocol hopes to empower developers and entrepreneurs entering the Web 3 space.

Kadena co-founder and President Stuart Popejoy

Finance

Binance Unveils, Quickly Abandons Swastika-Like Twitter Emoji

“We’re not sure how that emoji got through several layers of review without anyone noticing,” the world’s largest crypto exchange said in a tweet. It wasn’t the only clean-up job Wednesday.

Binance deleted this banner from a November 2017 tweet amid the fallout. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)