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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What Coinbase Sees as Its Top Business Risks, Elon Musk Is Playing With SEC Fire (Again) and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: Coinbase spells out what it sees as the biggest risks to its business, Chinese tea and baked good companies are now mining crypto, Elon Musk could be courting trouble with the SEC over Doge plus Hashmasks are going viral in the digital art market.

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Here’s What Coinbase’s Financials Reveal, New Theory on Who’s Really Behind the Mt. Gox Hack and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: what Coinbase’s financials tell investors ahead of its IPO; is Craig Wright the Mt. Gox hacker; a sobering warning for users of some types of bitcoin wallets; plus, a Beeple NFT just sold for a whopping $6.6M.

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Andreessen Horowitz Leads $25M Round in Ethereum Scaling Solution

The titan of Silicon Valley VC is leading a major round in Optimism.

Optimism co-founder Jinglan Wang

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Square and MicroStrategy Double Down on Bitcoin, a Move to Bring DeFi to the Masses and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: MicroStrategy and Square continue to buy even more bitcoin; Alameda Research wants to bring DeFi to the masses; what JPMorgan, blockchain and space have to do with each other; plus, Elon Musk and eggplants.

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Crypto Cloud Lifted After Bitfinex, Tether Settlement? Trading Bots Preying on Ethereum, and More

“The Hash” team tackles today’s hot topics: the impact of NY AG’s settlement with Bitfinex, Tether; the use case for bitcoin according to Michael Saylor; Facebook’s standoff in Australia comes to an end but without consequences; and could heating your home by crypto mining be a hot new trend?

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The Raging Debate Over Bitcoin’s Merits, Why DeFi Loan Liquidations Hit a 3-Month High, and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: bitcoin and ether’s recent rally takes a breather; WaPo’s editorial board weighs in on bitcoin; the impact of soaring gas fees on Ethereum; plus, Brave’s browser is leaking a ton of dark information.

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Bitcoin’s $1T Market Value Milestone, Why BinanceCoin and PancakeSwap are Soaring, and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: bitcoin breaks the $1 trillion market value barrier; why BinanceCoin and PancakeSwap cryptos are soaring; fugitive BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes resurfaces; plus, are celebrity endorsements a positive or a “kiss” of death for crypto?

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Robinhood Trying to Regain Credibility With Crypto Crowd, Facebook’s Latest Controversy, and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: Robinhood’s plan to offer crypto withdrawals and deposits; the implications of Facebook’s Australia news ban; the trend of giant traditional institutions like BlackRock wading into crypto waters; and the equipment battle between gamers and crypto miners; plus, payments in crypto is now in vogue with the luxury crowd.

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Coinbase’s Eye-Popping Valuation, a Zion Williamson NFT Sold for What?, and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: What Coinbase is worth ahead of IPO; Some institutions could soon embrace DeFi; NBA Top Shot and NFTs are skyrocketing; Plus, is YouTube star Jake Paul really creating a cryptocurrency?

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MicroStrategy Doubles Down on Bitcoin Bet as BTC Breaks $50K Milestone, and More

“The Hash” panel weighs in today’s hot topics: Where does bitcoin go from here after breaking the $50K milestone? Your crypto app could be spying on you. Are global centrals banks feeling increasing pressure to issue digital currencies soon? Plus, Canadian singer Grimes enters the hot NFT scene.

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