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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Is JPMorgan’s Bitcoin Fund the Ultimate Mainstream Adoption Move? And Crypto Legends Donate to COVID Relief Efforts in India

“The Hash” tackles today’s hot topics: JPMorgan will allow clients to buy into a bitcoin fund, Binance listing more stock tokens, NFTs in the spotlight at Oscars 2021 with Chadwick Boseman digital art, Kansas City Chiefs’ Sean Culkin becomes latest to covert his NFL salary to BTC and crypto legends band together to donate to covid relief efforts in India.

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What a Crypto Lender Is Telling Customers as Markets Sell Off, Signal Cracks Major Police Phone-Hacking Tool and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: crypto markets in broad sell-off, Signal founder hacks a favorite police phone cracking tool Cellebrite, the SEC is officially reviewing another U.S. bitcoin ETF, and the city of Jackson, Tennessee wants to be a bitcoin hub.

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Binance Stock Token Offerings Could Be Courting Regulatory Trouble, Why Maker’s Price is Rallying and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: crypto’s energy impact on the environment debate rages on Earth Day 2021, Binance stock tokens for Tesla and Coinbase could be attracting regulatory trouble, a CEO of a Turkish crypto exchange goes missing along with user funds plus, MakerDAO brings real estate to DeFi.

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Finance

Bitcoin Broker NYDIG Acquires Firm That Finances Mining Farms

The Stone Ridge spin-off is adding Arctos Capital to the mix.

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WeWork Accepting Crypto for Rent, Luxury Companies Band Together to Fight Fakes With Blockchain

“The Hash” team tackles today’s hot topics: the reasons why bitcoin transaction fees are at all-time highs, WeWork is now accepting crypto as rent, South Korea is cracking down on illicit crypto activities, and Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Prada are joining forces to use blockchain tech to fight fake goods.

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DOGE: The Good, Bad and Ugly; High-Profile Moves in the DC-Crypto Revolving Door and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: what investors need to know before jumping on “”Dogeday”” bandwagon, what Brian Brooks and Chris Giancarlo are now doing with the revolving door between the crypto industry and D.C. in full swing, PayPal extends its crypto offerings for Venmo users and what’s the status of the Facebook-backed Diem stablecoin?

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Binance.US Hires Former Bank Regulator Brian Brooks as CEO, Former Head Coley to Depart

The Trump administration's Acting Comptroller of the Currency has joined the U.S. affiliate of the world's largest crypto exchange.

Former Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks

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Breaking Down What Happened When Crypto Volatility Meets Fake News, Edward Snowden Sells First NFT and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: bitcoin stabilizes after a major weekend selloff fueled by wrong or old news, how much did Coinbase insiders and early investors actually sell on opening day and soccer legend Pelé enters the NFT game. Plus, “crypto” and “blockchain” are words increasingly being heard in political races.

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Why Dogecoin Is Soaring, Paris Hilton Is Obsessed with NFTs and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: bow-wow, why dogecoin is at record highs, what crypto-related stocks HSBC won’t let customers trade, crypto convos are once again banned on WallStreetBets’ Reddit forum and Paris Hilton dreams about NFTs.

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Bug Hits Open Ethereum Clients, Sotheby’s Sells Pak NFTs for $16.9M and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: a bug hits Open Ethereum clients, the future of crypto regulation under new SEC chief Gary Gensler and revelations on how NYPD conducts its crypto investigations. Plus, the backstory on Coinbase’s early days and how it could inform their future.

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