Live from Consensus 2023: The Game (Theory) of Crypto

Was there any “consensus” to be found at this year’s event?

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ABOUT

This episode is sponsored by Brave.

On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson sit down for a live, in-person conversation on the breaking stories of Consensus 2023.

[3:30] Inside the Desk: Cam rehashes metaverse daily active user metrics, Danny checks out the Republic of Palau’s Consensus booth and its ‘digital residency’ program.
[8:33] Cam’s Corner: Matt Stephenson, head of cryptoeconomics at Pantera Capital, describes how behavioral economics and game theory can help describe trends of the crypto economy.
[24:05] Stay tuned for a special surprise during this impromptu segment.

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“Carpe Consensus” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl.

HOSTS

Dan Ilett

Dan Ilett writes on tech, money and energy. He advises business on digital strategy and technology messaging for large deals. He is founder of Erbut - an advisory company - and Greenbang - a smart technology research company.

Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

Danny Nelson

Danny is CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. He formerly ran investigations for the Tufts Daily. At CoinDesk, his beats include (but are not limited to): federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, the Solana ecosystem, smart money doing dumb things, dumb money doing smart things and tungsten cubes. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

Benjamin Schiller

Benjamin Schiller is CoinDesk's managing editor for features and opinion. Previously, he was editor-in-chief at BREAKER Magazine and a staff writer at Fast Company. He holds some ETH, BTC and LINK.

Danny Bradbury

Danny Bradbury has been a professional writer since 1989, and has worked freelance since 1994. He covers technology for publications such as the Guardian.

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