Consensus


Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

'$500K Bitcoin Would Seal It': Scaramucci Says Crypto Is on the Cusp of Becoming an Asset Class

At Consensus 2025, top asset managers say bitcoin is close to being recognized as a full-fledged asset class — but institutional acceptance still hinges on education, infrastructure, and maturity.

Consensus 2025: Anthony Scaramucci, Founder, SkyBridge Capital

Finance

Luxor’s Aaron Foster on Bitcoin Mining’s Growing Sophistication

The group’s director of business development, a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, says bitcoin miners are expanding into bitcoin pooling, hashrate hedging, AI and HPC.

Aaron Forster

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Hive’s Frank Holmes on Expanding Bitcoin Mining in Paraguay

The company’s chairman, a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, looks at what's next for the mining industry.

Frank Holmes (Credit: HIVE)

Markets

Kraken Secures Restricted Dealer Status in Canada Amid 'Turning Point' for Crypto in the Country

Kraken announced it will offer free Interac e-Transfer deposits for Canadian users to reduce friction for newcomers to the platform.

Toronto, Canada (Shutterstock)

Tech

Obol Labs Forms Industry Group to Push for Decentralized Validator Technology

As blockchain projects push to further decentralize, the developer Obol Labs has formed a group of companies working in the Ethereum ecosystem to concentrate on the growing field of "distributed validator technology," or DVT.

Distributed validator technology involves splitting up the job of running a validator on blockchains like Ethereum. (Onasill/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Tech

The Protocol: Behind the Scenes as Big-Tent Consensus Goes Up

We took a spin through some of the side events and preparations taking place Tuesday ahead of CoinDesk's annual conference, which starts Wednesday in Austin.

CoinDesk programming coordinators

Opinion

Fatemeh Fannizadeh on Crypto Law, Switzerland and How KYC Is Failing

Fannizadeh, a Swiss lawyer and strategic advisor specializing in the crypto industry, is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, May 29-31, in Austin, Texas.

(Fatemeh Fannizadeh)

Finance

CoinDesk Brings Consensus to Hong Kong

The announcement comes as Hong Kong works to brand itself as Asia's digital assets trading hub.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

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