Consensus 2024


Opinion

The EasyA Consensus Hackathon: Web3 Unicorn Breeding Ground

The event, during the Consensus festival, invites 500 builders from across the world to pitch and refine their ideas. Hackers receive free tickets and several perks.

Consensus 2022 by CoinDesk, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, USA - 11 Jun 2022

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Texas Takedown: Nic Carter and David Hoffman Square Off for Karate Combat at Consensus

The influencers, representing Bitcoin and Ethereum, will enter the pit at the Consensus festival May 30, 2024. Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland is also on the fight card.

Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong and meme coin creator “More Light,” in Mexico City in February, 2024.

Opinion

Chris Dixon Talks Techno-Optimism, Permissionless Innovation and the Need for Crypto

The renowned a16z VC talks to Daniel Kuhn about his new book, “Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet.”

(Chris Dixon, modified by CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Ogle Catches the Crypto Crooks

Hacks happen a lot in crypto. So, Ogle has professionalized asset recovery for the victims. He's pretty good at it.

(Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Yat Siu: The Metaverse Man Gets Real

Web3 gaming powerhouse Animoca Brands isn’t playing around; it takes its work with governments and educating a skeptical audience seriously.

Distorted image of Yat Siu against black background

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Sergey Nazarov: The Crypto Oracle

Chainlink is where digital assets meet the real world, and Nazarov is predicting TradFi and crypto will become intertwined.

Sergey Nazarov (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Cuy Sheffield: The Reason Visa Is 'Everywhere’ in Crypto

Perhaps more than at any other TradFi firm, Visa’s crypto unit under Sheffield has been running experiment after experiment. That's why he's one of CoinDesk's Most Influential of 2023.

Cuy Sheffield of Visa (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Brad Garlinghouse Is 2023's Comeback King With XRP's Win Over SEC

Ripple's CEO emerged triumphant this year in legal cases with big implications for crypto's future. He couldn't have done it without the XRP Army.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (La Vaun)

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PayPal's Jose Fernandez da Ponte: Stablecoins for All

The payments giant debuted its own Ethereum-based U.S. dollar stablecoin this year, offering serious competition to existing market leaders such as Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC.

Mason Webb/CoinDesk

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