Eliza Gkritsi

Eliza Gkritsi is a CoinDesk contributor focused on the intersection of crypto and AI, having previously covered mining for two years. She previously worked at TechNode in Shanghai and has graduated from the London School of Economics, Fudan University, and the University of York. She owns 25 WLD. She tweets as @egreechee.

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Policy

Indonesia's Regulator Warns Financial Firms Against Offering Crypto Sales: Report

Financial institutions are strictly prohibited from "using, marketing, and/or facilitating crypto asset trading."

Jakarta, Indonesia

Tech

NFT Marketplace OpenSea Launches New Listing Manager After Discount Bug

Yesterday, three attackers bought $1 million worth of NFTs for a fraction of their market value.

A selection of Bored Apes, one of the best-selling NFT avatar series.

Finance

BSN Introduces NFT Infrastructure Platform in China

The platform uses open permissioned chains to comply with Chinese regulations that discourage public blockchains.

Nanjing Eye Pedestrian Bridge

Tech

OpenSea Bug Allows Attackers to Get Massive Discount on Popular NFTs

The bug was spotted as early as December 2021.

Software bug

Policy

Binance Didn't Upgrade Customer Checks, Despite Promises to Regulators: Report

A Reuters investigation found Binance has not been as keen on regulation as it has publicly professed to be.

CEO de Binance, Changpeng Zhao (Archivo de CoinDesk)

Finance

Iris Energy Secures 600MW Connection for Texas Bitcoin Mine

The Texas facility will boost the miners' total hashrate to 15.2 EH/s in 2023.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Tech

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New All-Time High

The measure of bitcoin mining difficulty will likely continue hitting record highs well into 2022.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Policy

Witnesses Debate Crypto Mining's Efficiency in Congressional Hearing on Environment

Lawmaker questions ranged from basics on blockchain to queries about different energy sources.

Rep. Diana Degette (D-Co.) chaired Thursday's hearing on crypto's energy impact. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

LIVE BLOG: Congressional Hearing Puts Crypto Energy Use in the Crosshairs

Follow along as CoinDesk reporters provide updates.

Solar farm in China (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Bank of Russia Calls for Full Ban on Crypto

Russia's central bank suggests making crypto trading, mining and usage illegal. Owning crypto would be allowed.

Bank of Russia's Elizaveta Danilova (Bank of Russia webcast)