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Tech

Zuzalu Is 2 Months in Montenegro With Crypto Elites, Cold Plunges, Vitalik Selfies

This invite-only gathering of 200 people in the Mediterranean marina town of Lustica Bay has been taking place since late March and wraps up this week, featuring official sessions on zero-knowledge cryptography, twice-a-day jumps into the Adriatic Sea and the chance to get face time with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.

Discussion circle at Zuzalu, with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin on the turquoise beanbag chair, listening to Asymmetry Finance's Hannah Hamilton. (Adrian Guerrera)

Tech

Attendance at World's Largest Bitcoin Conference Down by Half as 'Crypto Winter' Drags On

Roughly 15,000 attendees are expected at the Bitcoin 2023 event, versus 35,000 last year – likely a result of the downturn known as “crypto winter.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. presidential candidate, is among scheduled speakers.

Scene from Bitcoin 2023 in Miami. (Frederick Munawa)

Tech

Planners of Bitcoin Conference in Atlanta Move to Open Source Their Agenda

The conference has been running since 2018 but topics and speakers for this year's TABConf event will be chosen partly based on proposals from the general public via GitHub.

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Tech

ETHDenver Teases Spin-off Plans as Conference Winds Down

After a successful week of hacking, networking and partying, conference co-founder John Paller revealed he is in talks to organize satellite events in other countries.

ETHDenver co-founder John Paller delivers his closing remarks. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Disinvitation From Denver Crypto Conference Reveals Tensions Between Aptos, Sui Blockchains

Tensions have gone public between Aptos and Sui, two startup blockchains staffed by teams of individuals who emerged from Facebook's defunct Diem stablecoin project.

In a new dispute between Celsius and a trading partner, both parties seem to have helped fumble depositors' bags. (Getty Images)

Videos

NFT.NYC Showed the Real Utility of NFTs: Access

It started with a fake protest against NFTs in the streets of Soho, and ended with Snoop Dogg and Eminem dropping a new track in front of thousands Bored Ape holders. NFTs took over NYC, in the midst of a new crypto winter.

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Markets

Roger Ver Bets Against SegWit Bitcoin Upgrade at Anarchapulco

The beach-side city of Acapulco recently played host to another round of the bitcoin scaling debate.

Roger Ver, one of the biggest advocates of bitcoin cash, said PayPal would not have supported bitcoin cash if the payment giant knew about the hard forks.

Markets

Blockchain Healthcare Conference Showcases Skepticism and Promise

Blockchain's pie-in-the-sky optimism got some pushback during the Distributed: Health conference this week.

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