Daniel Kuhn

Deputy Managing Editor for Features and Opinion

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.

Latest from Daniel Kuhn

Opinion

What Visa’s ‘Organic’ Stablecoin Report Misses

A new metric co-developed by the payments giant says only 10% of stablecoin transactions in April were “real” or “organic.” But the methodology appears to leave out some key use cases.

May 7, 2024

Visa headquarters in Foster City, California. (Wonderlane/Creative Commons)

Opinion

The SEC Can’t Stop Suing Crypto Companies

Robinhood apparently made strenuous efforts to comply with the agency, even applying to become a special purpose crypto broker-dealer. The SEC is likely to sue for alleged securities violations in any case.

May 6, 2024

Consensus Magazine

CZ’s Trial Proves It Pays to Cooperate

His four-month sentence was vindication for the Binance founder’s legal strategy.

May 2, 2024

Opinion

Why Eigenlayer’s Airdrop Is Controversial

Although it’s actually conservative.

Apr 30, 2024

EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETHDenver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Wasabi Wallet and Phoenix Leave the U.S.; What’s Next for Non-Custodial Crypto?

Following DOJ action against Samourai Wallet and a possible Metamask investigation, Wasabi Wallet and Phoenix are closing their U.S. offerings. Is non-custodial crypto under threat?

Apr 29, 2024

Consensus Magazine

Consensys, a Target for the SEC’s Assault on ETH, Is Fighting Back

The Ethereum development company is seeking regulatory clarity on a number of questions, in a case that some experts see as potentially heading to the Supreme Court.

Apr 26, 2024

Consensus Magazine

Samourai Wallet Charges Raise Existential Questions for Privacy Tech

Co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill are charged with money laundering related to the privacy-protecting wallet.

Apr 25, 2024

Profiting from a crypto mixer is likely illegal, experts say. (Wikimedia Commons)

Tech

OP_CAT Proposal to Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin Finally Gets a 'BIP Number'

This marks the first step towards reintroducing functionality removed from Bitcoin by creator Satoshi Nakamoto in 2010.

Apr 24, 2024

Screenshot of "Quantum Cats" collection from the project's website. (Quantum Cats/Taproot Wizards)

Consensus Magazine

Do Kwon's Huge Fine Shows the SEC Is Ratcheting Up Penalties Against Crypto Firms

Suggested fines the securities watchdog suggested for Terraform Labs and Ripple are out-of-line with what it has collected from crypto firms in the past.

Apr 24, 2024

A U.S. jury began deliberating in the civil trial against Do Kwon and the company he co-founded, accused of fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. (CoinDesk TV and Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Your Crypto Project Needs a Sheriff, Not a Bounty Hunter

Avi Eisenberg’s centi-million dollar exploit of the decentralized Mango Markets trading platform revealed the perverse incentives of bug bounties.

Apr 24, 2024

Still from Sergio Leone's 1965 classic spaghetti western "For a Few Dollars More," where Clint Eastwood plays an antihero character with an unorthodox sense of justice. (Wikimedia Commons)