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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Jack Dorsey Hints at Integrating Lightning Network Into Twitter; Binance Banking Setback and More

“The Hash” tackles today’s hot topics: Jack Dorsey dropping a strong suggestion that Twitter will accommodate bitcoin transactions via the Lightning Network, Silvergate Bank to discontinue Binance USD deposits and withdrawals, El Salvador’s bitcoin bill raising IMF concerns and the latest multi-million dollar NFT sale.

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Meat Giant JBS Admits It Paid $11M in Ransom in Cyber Attack; El Salvador Explores Volcanic-Powered Bitcoin Mining and More

“The Hash” tackles today’s hot topics, quite literally, looking at volcano-powered bitcoin mining. This unusual idea is now state policy in El Salvador. Global banking regulations are also heating up for cryptocurrencies as more companies disclose bitcoin ransomware attacks. Plus, game company Dapper Labs unveils a new dollar-backed stablecoin. And, you can buy more things with crypto these days, but should you?

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Finance

Luxor Bitcoin Mining Firm Raises $5M Series A Led by NYDIG

Luxor says it will work with NYDIG on "a number of mining-related ventures and hashrate-based products."

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Official Approval Came Easily; Now the Hard Questions Follow: How Will El Salvador Adapt to Bitcoin as Money and How Will the World React?

“The Hash” tackles today’s hot topics: The implications and complications of El Salvador adopting bitcoin as legal tender, the IRS seeking funds to ramp up crypto taxation, the role of an encrypted messaging app in the enormous global crime sting called “Operation Trojan Shield,” and the SEC’s Hester Peirce warning regulators not to go overboard with crypto regulation.

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Senators Grill Colonial Pipeline CEO on Ransomware Attack, Amazon Looking to Hire DeFi-Savvy Executive, El Salvador Bitcoin Update and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: Is the Colonial Pipeline ransomware story the catalyst for the latest sell-off in the crypto markets? The company’s CEO, Joseph Blount, tells Congress why he authorized the bitcoin ransom payment. What El Salvador’s Commerce Secretary has to say about bitcoin and the U.S. dollar, and Amazon’s search for DeFi-savvy staff.

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Monetary Milestone With El Salvador, Why Donald Trump Calls Bitcoin a ‘Scam’ and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: El Salvador is looking to be the world’s first nation to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, what’s next for JPM Coin, Janet Yellen puts a number on inflation this year, fallout from BlockFi’s BTC rewards promo continues and why Donald Trump is not a fan of bitcoin.

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Finance

President of El Salvador Says He’s Submitting Bill to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender

An emotional Jack Mallers announced the news at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami.

Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami.

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Exploding Head Emoji Over Musk’s Broken Heart Emoji, Grand Theft Auto Crypto Rumor, and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: Why do Elon Musk’s tweets have so much influence on the crypto markets? Plus, Coinbase is using a sweepstakes promo to attract more dogecoin retail investors, implications of a post-pandemic “revenge spending” trend and rumors that Grand Theft Auto will have in-game crypto.

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NortonLifeLock Customers Can Now Mine Crypto, Why Russian Activists Want Supporters to Donate Only in Crypto, and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: an anti-virus software company is getting into crypto mining, why millennials who made a windfall investing early in bitcoin are stressed out, Steve Wozniak loses his bitcoin scam lawsuit against YouTube, and more.

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The Link Between China’s New 3-Child Policy and Global Inflation, and Crypto as a Substitute for Copper?

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics including whether crypto assets can be treated like gold as an inflation hedge and what China’s three-child policy could mean for global inflation. Dogecoin is surging again as Coinbase Pro starts offering trading on the meme-inspired digital currency. Plus, Alibaba’s recording millions of Android and iPhone users’ private habits. What could go wrong?

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