William Foxley

Multimedia Director, Compass Mining

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.

Latest from William Foxley

Markets

Alameda Research Claimed Nearly 70% of Wrapped Bitcoin Minted in August

The firm claimed 14,654 WBTC in August following approval of its Compound collateral proposal.

Sep 4, 2020

Markets

First Mover: Buying Bitcoin's Dip, Betting Against Tether and Weighing the Jobs Report

Crypto traders appeared to be buying the dip after Thursday's 11% plunge. ALSO: There's a contract for that: How to hedge Tether's credit risk.

Sep 4, 2020

There's now a credit-default swap contract on Tether, allowing traders to bet on the credit risk inherent in the dollar-linked stablecoin. (Thomas Rowlandson/Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Buterin, Ethereum Developers Focus on Congestion as Fees Spike Over 600% in 1 Month

Median fees have spiked nearly 900% since Aug. 2.

Sep 3, 2020

Ethereum average and median fees since Aug. 2

Markets

New Crypto Derivatives Let You Bet on (or Against) Tether's Solvency

Credit default swaps (of “The Big Short” infamy) have come to the Ethereum blockchain. Opium Exchange says they can help crypto investors manage risk.

Sep 3, 2020

Markets

Ethereum Transaction Fees Set a Record Once Again as DeFi Becomes Even Pricier

Average Ethereum transaction fees reached $10.33 on Tuesday.

Sep 1, 2020

Ethereum average and median network fees since 2017.

Tech

Chainlink Acquires Blockchain Oracle Solution From Cornell University

Chainlink has acquired privacy-focused oracle solution DECO from Cornell University. The data feed system is also drafting a second white paper for the project.

Aug 29, 2020

Tech

'Gasless' Technical Update Brings USDC One Step Closer to Venmo

Users do not have to pre-fund their USDC-bearing wallet with ether before every transaction, according to Centre.

Aug 27, 2020

Tech

Buggy Code Release Knocks 13% of Ethereum Nodes Offline

Over 1,000 Ethereum nodes will have to resync or find a new client provider after a critical bug in OpenEthereum’s codebase was revealed.

Aug 27, 2020

(Neringa Hünnefeld/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Developers Eye Mid-September for Ethereum, Polkadot Bridge Proof-of-Concept

The Snowfork proof-of-concept acts as a two-way bridge between the Ethereum and Polkadot ecosystems, according to the group.

Aug 27, 2020

(Denys Nevozhai/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

BitGo Weighs Building a Sidechain for WBTC as Ethereum Fees Climb

Digital asset trust company BitGo is in the process of “reaching out” to community partners to build an Ethereum sidechain because of rising fees, according to CTO Ben Chan.

Aug 25, 2020