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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Texas Securities Regulator Alleges Celsius’ Interest-bearing Crypto Deposits to Be Unregistered Securities

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics: Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) alleges Celsius’ interest-bearing crypto deposits to be unregistered securities, the U.S. Treasury Department is now preparing a report on stablecoins, and an El Salvador watchdog will investigate government bitcoin purchases, ATMs. Plus, Ripple, still mired in legal action in the U.S., is looking to build a market-making platform for XRP and hiring in London and Singapore.

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Time Magazine’s Most Influential List Includes Big Names in Crypto, Can Bitcoin’s Success Lead to its Demise?

“The Hash” tackles today’s hot topics: Vitalik Buterin, Elon Musk, and Nayib Bukele are among Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021, Ray Dalio says if bitcoin is really successful, regulators will “kill it,” Binance to abandon decentralized headquarters concept after some regulators think it’s “dodgy,” and Polychain Capital and Three Arrows lead a $230 million investment in Avalanche’s ecosystem.

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Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Named to Time Magazine’s ‘Most Influential’ List

Vitalik’s writeup was penned by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin

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MobileCoin Founder and CEO on Privacy Coins

“The Hash” hosts chat with Joshua Goldbard, founder and CEO of MobileCoin, about his latest fundraising round that attracted Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures, BlockTower Capital, and other investors. Plus, other trending stories in the crypto and blockchain space.

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BlockFi CEO Wants SEC to Weigh in on Crypto Lending as Coinbase Goes Public in Its Fight With SEC Over Lending Product

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says more than half a million people in the country are using bitcoin wallet, and BlockFi CEO and Founder Zac Prince wants the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to weigh in on crypto lending while Coinbase goes public with its fight with the SEC over its lending product. Plus, Chiliz announces a partnership with FTX to list fan tokens $CHZ.

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Fake Walmart Press Release Sent Litecoin Price on a Roller Coaster Ride

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics: A fake Walmart news release caused the price of litecoin to spike almost 30% Monday morning, Anthony Scaramucci’s Skybridge Capital launches NFT platform “Flatter” at SALT Conference 2021, and the majority of Korean crypto exchanges will shut down this month, according to a report. Plus, Coinbase is planning to sell $1.5 billion of seven-year, 10-year debt through a private offering.

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Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

“The Hash” hosts discuss the impact of 9/11 after 20 years as surveillance becomes an inevitable part of people’s daily life. Plus, insights into El Salvador’s bitcoin law and its impact on remittances, a new fund to boost DeFi innovations, as well as the U.K. Post Office’s new initiative in crypto purchases.

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Mastercard Acquires Crypto Analytics Firm Ciphertrace. Scoop: Binance.US Expected to Hire Brian Shroder as President

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s top stories: Mastercard acquires CipherTrace to enhance its security and fraud detection capabilities as well as transparency. Binance.US is set to hire former Ant Goup strategist Brian Shroder as its president. Former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz joins VC firm A16z. Plus, Bitmain is expected to send 56,000 Antminers to the U.S. state of Georgia under a deal with ISW Holdings and Bit5ive.

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Finance

NBA Star Steph Curry Joins Tom Brady as FTX Ambassador

Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading empire adds another professional athlete to its cap table.

NBA player Steph Curry (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

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Coinbase Caught in SEC Crosshairs, FTX Signs NBA Star Stephen Curry as Global Ambassador

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the SEC threatened his firm for lawsuits over its lending product, the Australian Senate has heard several cases of financial institutions denying or terminating banking services to local cryptocurrency and remittance businesses, and NBA Star Stephen Curry is joining Tom Brady as an “FTX global ambassador.” Plus, the Eden Network raises $17.4 million to shield Ethereum users from malicious miners.

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