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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Elon Musk Named Time’s 2021 Person of the Year, Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong Announces Investment in Newlimit

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics ranging from Elon Musk’s being named Time’s 2021 Person of the Year, Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong’s new investment, Newlimit, in a company that aims to defy the human aging process, Tether’s adoption in Myanmar and a Bored Ape NFT accidentally sold for $3000 instead of $300,000.

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Bitcoin Jumps as US November CPI Number Hit a 4-Decade High, India’s Modi Calling for a Global Crypto Standard

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s top stories ranging from the impact of record-high inflation on the crypto market, the latest liquidation on the PEOPLE coin $PEEP, the radio station being built in the metaverse, to Indian Prime Minister Modi’s call for a global crypto standard.

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CIA Director Confirms Cryptocurrency Projects in the Works, Meta’s WhatsApp Launches Instant Crypto Payments in the US

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics ranging from the CIA’s cryptocurrency projects, WhatsApp’s new crypto payment feature, and major game maker Ubisoft’s NFT plan.

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Crypto CEOs Grilled on Capitol Hill as Lawmakers Mulling Greater Regulation, Apple Caves on Privacy Demands

“The Hash” hosts kick off today’s discussion with the House Financial Services Committee hearing, where six crypto CEOs are grilled about trading and stablecoins. The hosts also discuss Apple’s iPhone privacy changes and Visa launching crypto advisory services for banks, among other news.

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Crypto Tumblers and Exchanges Under Scrutiny as DOJ Launches New Task Force, Jury Found Craig Wright Not Liable for Breach of Kleiman Business Partnership

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics ranging from the U.S. Justice Department’s new task force targeting crimes related to the criminal misuse of cryptocurrency, the new demo video released by Jack Dorsey’s Spiral, to the result of the Kleiman v. Wright trial.

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What’s Driving the Crypto Markets Whiplash? How Meta Is Cracking Down on Revenge Porn and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: reasons behind the weekend’s global crypto crash, the Bank for International Settlements calls DeFi’s decentralization an illusion, why SushiSwap’s CTO is threatening to quit, and Meta has rolled out a new tool to combat the spread of revenge porn.

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Goldman Sachs and Other Wall Street Banks Could Be Exploring Bitcoin-Backed Loans, Are Memes the Future of Money?

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics ranging from Wall Street banks’ desire to capitalize on bitcoin markets to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) concern on bitcoin miner Greenidge’s carbon footprint to the meme coin phenomenon.

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Brazil’s E-commerce Giant Mercado Libre Integrating Paxos’ Blockchain for Crypto Service

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics ranging from Brazil’s crypto adoption to U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis’ concern about sensible crypto regulation.

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FTX.US Adds Ethereum Collectibles to NFT Marketplace, Rapper Pitbull Signs Deal with OneOf and More

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics ranging from the latest celebrity deal and business development in the NFT space to green mining initiatives in the bitcoin mining space.

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Finance

Libra Creator David Marcus Says He’s Leaving Facebook at Year’s End

He leaves the stablecoin project, first announced in June 2019, as it continues to face stiff regulatory headwinds.

David Marcus (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)