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Leigh Cuen

Freelance reporter

Leigh Cuen is a tech reporter covering blockchain technology for publications such as Newsweek Japan, International Business Times and Racked. Her work has also been published by Teen Vogue, Al Jazeera English, The Jerusalem Post, Mic, and Salon. Leigh does not hold value in any digital currency projects or startups. Her small cryptocurrency holdings are worth less than a pair of leather boots.

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Latest from Leigh Cuen

Finance

This DeFi Group Wants to Bring Maturity to the Yield Farming Craze

The Chicago DeFi Alliance, launched in April 2020, is now poised to help members profit from yield farming and the liquidity mining craze.

Sep 18, 2020

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Finance

How Normies Are Getting Crypto-Rich With DeFi

DeFi may be a whale's game, but plenty of small players are making life-changing amounts of money with these risky crypto experiments.

Sep 17, 2020

DeFi's current food craze is providing some crypto fans with major returns. (Mick Haupt/Unsplash)

Finance

This Crypto Startup Takes Bitcoin Advocacy to a Whole New Level

Patrick Stanley is launching a crypto advocacy company called Freehold, starting with bitcoin (BTC) and Blockstack's STX.

Sep 16, 2020

Patrick Stanley speaks at Blockstack Summit 2019. (Blockstack)

Finance

Binance Taps DeFi Excitement to 'Fuel' Expansion Strategy in India

Binance is looking to accelerate business development in India during the local 2020 bull run – with an acute focus on decentralized finance.

Aug 24, 2020

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Markets

Istanbul or 'Coinstantinople'? Inside Turkey’s Bitcoin Bull Market

The relationship between economic crisis and crypto exchange activity in Turkey appears to have changed, with bitcoin coming out on the winning end.

Aug 24, 2020

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Bitcoin in Cuba: A Local YouTube Influencer Explains How It Works

Bitcoin in Cuba is "growing and gaining strength," according to YouTube influencer Erich García Cruz. Here's how Cubans are using crypto.

Aug 21, 2020

Havana-based Erich García Cruz runs the Bachecubano YouTube channel and its 22,000 subscribers. (Erich García Cruz)

Finance

A Former Beauty Queen Raised $12M to 'Revolutionize' Cannabis. The Courts Can't Find Her

Here's how a weed-smoking model raised millions of dollars with a 2017 token sale in California, then disappeared during an ongoing lawsuit.

Aug 19, 2020

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Finance

Bitcoin DeFi May Be Unstoppable: What Does It Look Like?

Bitcoin veterans are about to join the decentralized finance (DeFi) bull run, and they are taking a very different approach than Ethereum fans.

Aug 17, 2020

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Markets

Meet a Freelance Cypherpunk Developer in Africa

Fodé Diop, founder of the Dakar Bitcoin Developers meetup in Senegal, speaks with CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen about bitcoin in Africa.

Aug 16, 2020

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What Venezuelans Think About Bitcoin and American Media

Venezuelan journalist Javier Bastardo and CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen talk about cryptocurrency and the American media industry.

Aug 15, 2020

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