Will Gottsegen

Will Gottsegen was CoinDesk's media and culture reporter. He graduated from Pomona College with a degree in English and has held staff positions at Spin, Billboard, and Decrypt.

Will Gottsegen

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Layer 2

Channel Wants Content Creators to ‘Squad Up’ via Web 3

Three crypto-oriented content creators are merging businesses for a self-funded “decentralized media organization.”

(Channel/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Is Moxie Marlinspike Right About Web 3?

Crypto may not be as decentralized as its proponents claim.

Moxie Marlinspike argues that there is a tendency towards centralization in crypto. (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Finance

Nas Selling Rights to Two Songs via Crypto Music Startup Royal

It’s the debut drop for Justin Blau’s Web 3 music platform, which Nas invested in last year.

Nas (Johnny Nunez/WireImage via Getty Images)

Opinion

Ape Theft Is an Expensive Way to Learn About Crypto’s Security Philosophy

People are losing their valuable NFTs to scams. Should platforms be held responsible?

(NeONBRAND/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

NFT Forgeries Aren’t Going Away

A rash of plagiarized NFTs suggests digital “ownership” doesn’t always amount to “digital property rights.”

Copycat! (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

What’s Next for Friends With Benefits?

The crypto-backed social club is looking to remain accessible to the creators it wants to attract.

(Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)

Finance

NFT Music Startup Sound.xyz Raises $5M From a16z, 21 Savage

Sound.xyz is the latest startup looking to bring music into Web 3.

21 Savage (Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)

Layer 2

Rapper Latashá on NFTs and Inclusivity in Tech

The way the hip-hop artist and Zora community manager sees it, NFTs’ benefits are well worth the gas fees.

(Latasha/Latasha)

Finance

McDonald’s McRib NFT Project Links to Racial Slur Recorded on Blockchain

A company needs to weigh the risks and rewards when deciding to create NFTs.

(Thabang/Unsplash)

Finance

The Two Miami Art Weeks

At Miami’s Art Basel, the traditional art crowd came face-to-face with the crypto invasion.

NFT stickers covered the city.

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