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

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Blockchain Bites: $10B in Bitcoin Futures, Price Wobbles and Liquidations

A correction in bitcoin's price (from all-time highs) led to $1 billion in liquidated options positions. Ukraine announced a Stellar-based CBDC experiment and a much-awaited Ethereum layer 2 set a tentative launch date.

Jan 4, 2021

Magic crystal ball with burning candles on table

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Blockchain Bites: The Fight for Private, Digital Cash

Coinbase sends IPO smoke signals. FinCEN wants crypto experts. Bitcoin is still above $20K.

Dec 18, 2020

Tokenized Treasuries has become a $3.5 billion asset class as demand and DeFi integration soared.(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Moons, Crypto Orbits, Celebrities Struck by NFTs

Also: Paxos' $142 million Series C, Amex' FalconX investment and Core Scientific's massive ASIC purchase.

Dec 17, 2020

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Crushes All-Time High, Surges Above $20K; 'Free Ross' Movement Gains Trump's Ear

Bitcoin is trading above $20,000, Ruffer confirmed its 45,000 BTC allocation and President Trump is weighing a pardon for Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht.

Dec 16, 2020

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Blockchain Bites: Pornhub's Privacy Predicament, Argentina's Crypto Boom, Israel's DeFi Darlings

Cryptocurrency is now, by default, the only form of payment Pornhub accepts, while new KYC rules raise difficult questions about privacy and data protection.

Dec 15, 2020

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Blockchain Bites: Google Goes Down, Nexus CEO and US Treasury Get Hacked

Yearn continues to rapidly expand through acquisitions, leading some to call it the Amazon of DeFi. A U.S. Treasury hack serves as a reminder of the amount of financial data in circulation.

Dec 14, 2020

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Whales Throwing Their Weight Around, Virgil Griffith's Rights

There are more bitcoin "whales" than ever, and new data shows how they drive market movements.

Dec 11, 2020

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith speaks at Consensus: Singapore 2018

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Blockchain Bites: Paxos' Banking Play, France's KYC Terreur, FinCEN's Personal Data Honeypot

U.S. lawmakers are asking the nation's financial guardians to clarify crypto custodianship while France wages war on anonymity.

Dec 10, 2020

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Shorts In, MicroStrategy Stock Downgraded, Bitwise Index Trades

Bitcoin’s options market has flipped bearish for the short term while Citi analysts downgrade MicroStrategy's stock.

Dec 9, 2020

Traders on of the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Blockchain Bites: Square's Green Bitcoin Pledge, $15B AUM in Crypto Funds

Crypto markets are trading sideways, while Spain's second-largest bank is reportedly planning a leap into the digital asset industry.

Dec 8, 2020