Zack Seward

Zack Seward is CoinDesk’s contributing editor-at-large. Up until July 2022, he served as CoinDesk’s deputy editor-in-chief. Prior to joining CoinDesk in November 2018, he was the editor-in-chief of Technical.ly, a news site focused on local tech communities on the U.S. East Coast. Before that, Seward worked as a reporter covering business and technology for a pair of NPR member stations, WHYY in Philadelphia and WXXI in Rochester, New York. Seward originally hails from San Francisco and went to college at the University of Chicago. He worked at the PBS NewsHour in Washington, D.C., before attending Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Finance

Morgan Stanley to Offer Clients Exposure to Bitcoin Funds: Report

Two of the funds are from Galaxy Digital and the other is joint effort from FS Investments and NYDIG, according to CNBC.

Morgan Stanley's U.K. headquarters

Videos

eToro Going Public, Is Ray Dalio’s Latest Missive a Boost for Bitcoin and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: First Coinbase, now eToro. Besides non-fungible tokens, is going public the hot new trend in crypto? Elon Musk has an NFT song for sale, Sotheby’s jumps into the digital art market and Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio says investing in bonds has “become stupid.”

The Hash

Videos

Bitcoin, Baseball and Use Cases, New Drama in the Ethereum 2.0 Timeline and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: Is Vitalik Buterin potentially hastening the plans for Ethereum 2.0? The latest payments use case for bitcoin involves baseball, DC Comics is considering NFTs, Australia’s central bank is exploring its own version of bitcoin and some digital art NFTs are hacked and stolen.

The Hash

Finance

Former OCC Chief Brian Brooks Joins Board of Data-Sharing Startup Spring Labs

The company said Monday the former U.S. banking regulator will serve as its first independent director.

Brian Brooks

Finance

Crypto Investor MetaKovan Announced as Buyer of $69.3M Beeple NFT

Christie's has disclosed the buyer of the record-setting NFT sold Thursday.

Beeple's "Everydays"

Videos

Binance Reportedly Under CFTC Investigation, Why Markets Are Worried About Rising Bond Yield and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: Why Binance is reportedly being investigated by the CFTC, what Beeple admits about the NFT market and are rising treasury bond yields good or bad for crypto?

The Hash

Finance

Tron Founder Beaten to Winning Beeple Bid by Mystery Buyer

A Tron spokesperson says Justin Sun did not win the $69 million Beeple NFT, as was initially reported by Bloomberg.

Tron founder Justin Sun

Videos

Beeple NFT’s Record-Breaking, Eye-Popping Sale, Warning on Crypto Wallet Scams and More

“The Hash” tackles today’s hot topics: Main street and the crypto world can’t stop talking about the $69M sale of a Beeple NFT at Christie’s, Bakkt is awarded a BitLicense in NY, crypto wallet app scams are on the rise plus, crypto lenders are in focus as BlockFi’s valuation grows to $3B.

The Hash

Markets

Beeple NFT Sold for Record-Setting $69.3M at Christie's Auction

Just when you thought NFTs couldn't get any crazier.

Beeple's "Everydays"

Videos

$1.9T Stimulus Bill’s Economic and Crypto Impacts, the US Race for a Bitcoin ETF Heats Up and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: Congress set to pass the $1.9T coronavirus relief plan, JPMorgan gets “exposed” to bitcoin, some crypto-related accounts suspended on Twitter, Grayscale lists a load of ETF jobs, and hackers attack networks of security cameras.

The Hash