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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Opinion

The End of the End of Crypto

Market sentiment is improving. And even the New York Times is fair-minded.

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

The 3 Things Coinbase Says Will Determine the Future of Crypto

CEO Brian Armstrong has outlined ways for the industry to beat crypto winter, including a new lobbying group.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)

Opinion

Is Coinbase Disillusioned With Crypto?

The exchange recently argued that cryptos are like Beanie Babies. So does it still think Bitcoin and Ethereum are the future of finance?

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Opinion

PayPal’s Real Stablecoin Strategy: It Wants to Earn Interest on Your Deposits

While it seems positive for crypto, the PYUSD stablecoin will benefit PayPal's own coffers most of all.

PayPal's crypto lead Jose Fernandez da Ponte says PayPal's new stablecoin, PYUSD, is "an extension of the PayPal balance." Does that include PayPal's interest revenue? (CoinDesk/Helene Braun)

Opinion

What Is Bitcoin's 'Bart' Pattern and Does It Mean BTC Is Heading Towards a Rally?

Squint at the latest price charts and you can see a popular cartoon character from The Simpsons—and portents of a brighter future for crypto.

bart simpson sculpture (mendhak/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

PayPal’s New Stablecoin and the ‘2 Wolves’ Inside Crypto

The payments giant has been transparent in its need to freeze and seize crypto accounts that violate its terms of service. But is that really crypto?

psychedelic wolves (Robert Larsson/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Crypto’s Path Forward Could Follow the Financial World's Departure From LIBOR

The financial services industry has a way of spawning innovation and growing from its crises.

Citi bank and HSBC skyscrapers at night (Miquel Parera/Unsplash)

Opinion

I Have 1M Questions About the PayPal Stablecoin. Here Are 5

The payments giant’s new stablecoin will compete with Tether's and Circle's coins, but it’s not breaking any new ground.

paypal logo on a smartphone booting up the payments app (Marques Thomas/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Congress, Not the SEC, Should Set U.S. Digital Asset Policy

The regulator "sees itself as the arbiter of which technologies should exist in the United States," says Castle Island Ventures' Matt Walsh.

Chairman for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler. (SEC, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

DeFi Definitely Isn't Dead

The commentariat said decentralized finance is in danger amid the crypto winter and recent spate of hacks. They're dead wrong.

An angel as a tombstone (Veit Hammer/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)