William Foxley

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

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Videos

Turkey’s Central Bank Chief Fired, Russia’s Darknet Criminals Have a Novel Crypto Cash-Out System and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: Bitcoin searches spike as Turkey’s central bank chief is fired, how Russia’s darknet criminals are cashing out of crypto, a new token trap exploit is roiling Ethereum’s DeFi markets and the “Wolf of Wall Street” is changing his tune about bitcoin.

The Hash

Tech

Bad Sandwich: DeFi Trader 'Poisons' Front-Running Miners for $250K Profit

A DeFi trader tricked Ethermine's sandwich bot into purchasing "Salmonella" and "Listeria" tokens for some 130 ETH.

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Videos

Will DeFi Be More Disruptive Than Bitcoin? What Tony Hawk and Lindsay Lohan Have in Common and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: Why BofA thinks decentralized finance could be more disruptive than bitcoin, could “double deposit” exploits happen at crypto exchanges, Tony Hawk and Lindsay Lohan are the latest celebrities to jump into hot NFT marketplace, and want a real-life job at a virtual casino?

The Hash

Tech

Tau Protocol Debuts Hashrate Token Staking for Bitcoin Rewards

The project’s hashrate token, BTCST, can now be staked for rewards in bitcoin or a synthetic equivalent.

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Videos

Why $69M Beeple NFT Buyer MetaKovan Just Revealed Himself, Google’s Privacy Push in US Antitrust Sights and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: How Fireblocks is capitalizing on the crypto custody boom, $69M Beeple NFT buyer MetaKovan is no longer pseudonymous, new developments in the scrutiny over Google’s “cookies” privacy push, Kentucky is courting crypto miners and the Thai Central Bank’s new warning.

The Hash

Markets

Maple Finance Raises $1.4M for Its Reputation-Based DeFi Lending Platform

The funding round, led by Framework Ventures and Polychain Capital, will help to further develop and launch asset pools.

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Markets

Ethermine Adds Front-Running Software to Help Miners Offset EIP 1559 Revenue Losses

Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) has netted traders and miners some $1.7 million in profit in the last 24 hours alone.

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Videos

Grayscale Launches 5 New Trusts, Will Sports Teams Help Crypto Go Mainstream and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: Why Grayscale is launching five new crypto trusts, Crypto.com is sponsoring an NHL team, Signal is seeking crypto donations and what happened to the teen behind the massive July 2020 Twitter hack.

The Hash

Finance

Syndicate, an ‘AngelList for DeFi,’ Raises $1M Seed Round Led by IDEO CoLab Ventures

Still in private beta, the project intends to create a social graph for investors, developers and founders for the creative economy.

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Tech

Valid Points: Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake May Happen Sooner Than You Think

A "quick merge" outline ostensibly serves as a notice against any further agitation from Ethereum miners.

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