Daniel Kuhn

Daniel Kuhn was a deputy managing editor for Consensus Magazine, where he helped produce monthly editorial packages and the opinion section. He also wrote a daily news rundown and a twice-weekly column for The Node newsletter. He first appeared in print in Financial Planning, a trade publication magazine. Before journalism, he studied philosophy as an undergrad, English literature in graduate school and business and economic reporting at an NYU professional program. You can connect with him on Twitter and Telegram @danielgkuhn or find him on Urbit as ~dorrys-lonreb.

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Consensus Magazine

Miguel Morel: Shining a Light on Crypto's Leaky Pseudonymity

Arkham’s Intel Exchange, which pays people to help identify wallets, caused an uproar over its alleged "dox-to-earn" program.

Miguel Morel (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

The Year of Decentralized Social Media

Farcaster, Friend.tech and Lens showed how much can change in a year — but is Web3 networking ready for primetime?

EFDOT's image of Racer, the co-founder of Friend.tech, for Most Influential 2023.

Consensus Magazine

Balaji Put His Money Where His Mouth Was

Srinivasan bet $1 million the U.S. dollar would collapse (and lost), and evangelized his ideas about startup societies, making him one of CoinDesk's Most Influential in 2023.

Balaji Srinivasan (Portrait by Mason Webb)

Consensus Magazine

Ria Bhutoria Is Researcher-in-Chief

A partner at Castle Island Ventures, Bhutoria has produced some of the smartest analysis in crypto over the last several years.

Ria Bhutoria (portrait by Mason Webb for CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Mike Belshe, the Crypto Custody King at BitGo

BitGo was one of the few crypto companies to raise capital in a depressed market, and even did so at an elevated valuation. That's one reason why CEO Belshe is one of CoinDesk's Most Influential of 2023.

BitGo's Mike Belshe (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Lisa Neigut: Reinventing Lightning to Reinvent Bitcoin

The Blockstream developer has been working on what she calls “Lightning v2” since 2019, and it’s poised to launch by year’s end.

Lisa Neigut (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Avery Ching: Aptos Led a Year of 'VC Chains'

With hundreds of millions at stake, Avery Ching, co-founder of one of the year's most-talked-about new projects, has much to prove.

Avery Ching, who helped develop Aptos (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Cuy Sheffield: The Reason Visa Is 'Everywhere’ in Crypto

Perhaps more than at any other TradFi firm, Visa’s crypto unit under Sheffield has been running experiment after experiment. That's why he's one of CoinDesk's Most Influential of 2023.

Cuy Sheffield of Visa (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Larry Fink: Wall Street's Biggest Bitcoin Believer

BlackRock reignited interest in bitcoin ETFs this year, in part driven by CEO Fink’s strong statements on the role of bitcoin as an international currency.

Image of Larry Fink against a orange background

Consensus Magazine

Paolo Ardoino: The Hardest Working Man in Crypto

The newly promoted CEO of Tether is looking to diversify the firm's investments after a banner year where the stablecoin giant is on track to profit $4.5 billion.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)