John Biggs

John Biggs is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and blockchain. His work has appeared in Men’s Health, Wired, and the New York Times. He runs the Technotopia podcast about a better future.

He has written five books including the best book on blogging, Bloggers Boot Camp, and a book about the most expensive timepiece ever made, Marie Antoinette’s Watch. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Join Us Tomorrow for Our First On-Tap Reader Meetup in Buenos Aires

We will be visiting Buenos Aires tomorrow to talk crypto and share a few cervezas. Please join us.

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Legal Expert Katharina Pistor Weighs in on Facebook's Libra

Is Facebook's Libra a "concentration of power... unmatched by any meaningful accountability to anyone?" Legal expert Katharina Pistor thinks so.

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Join CoinDesk at Our First Reader Meet-up in Argentina

Join us in Bueno Aires this Friday for our first international reader meet-up.

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Inside the Story: The Attempted Binance Extortion Explained

In this video we explore how we researched and wrote our Binance KYC Leak story and what we know about the hacker, the hack, and the future of Binance.

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An Extortion Gone Bad: Inside Binance’s Negotiations With Its ‘KYC Leaker’

This is the inside story of how a "white hat hacker" approached Binance with inside information - and how it went wrong.

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WATCH: Join CoinDesk LIVE With Kik CEO Ted Livingston

After rocky interactions with the SEC, Kik CEO Ted Livingston will join us on CoinDesk LIVE.

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Binance Customer Data Has Leaked: What We Know and What We Don't

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, said it's investigating the alleged of leak tens of thousands of customers verification information.

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WATCH: The Facebook Libra Hearings: Everything You Missed in 5 Minutes

From Silicon Valley to Washington, DC, Facebook's Libra is causing concern everywhere it turns up. This CoinDesk video explores what happened in the halls of power when the first major corporation joined the crypto party.

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Desktop Crypto Mining Malware Is Disappearing but Cloud Computing Exploits Are Growing

A new report suggests that cloud containers are the next target for mining malware.

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Where in the World Is John McAfee?

We've seen the guns, booze and wild tweets. But now John McAfee is allegedly missing.

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