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Crypto Rug Pulls: What Are They & How to Avoid Them

Crypto rug pulls cause billions of dollars in loses in the global crypto markets.

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Bitcoin ETFs Explained: What Are They & How Do They Work?

Bitcoin ETFs provide traditional investors with a regulated investment vehicle that enables them to invest in bitcoin without having to directly own the underlying cryptocurrency.

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Bitcoin Halving Is Poised to Unleash Darwinism on Miners

Strong miners might be about to eat the weak ones as the reward for mining BTC gets cut in half, experts say.

Bitcoin miners will likely see a wave of M&A as halving approaches. (nikko macaspac/Unsplash)

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Most Influential 2023

How CoinDesk chose 50 people who defined the year in crypto.

Rhett Mankind's depiction of Casey Rodarmor, creator of "Ordinals" on Bitcoin, for CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023.

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Stani Kulechov Defied Crypto Winter

With upgrades to the Aave lending/borrowing protocol and Lens, an open-source social media protocol, the Estonian native kept BUIDLing in a down-market.

Stani Kulechov (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Ian Allison's Giant Sam Bankman-Fried Scoop Won Accolades in 2023

The CoinDesk reporter belongs in the Journalism Hall of Fame since there's little, if any, precedent for the waves his story on Alameda Research and FTX stirred up.

CoinDesk's Ian Allison (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Julia Leung: Positioning Hong Kong as a Crypto Hub

A former journalist, Leung is the world’s most powerful female financial regulator in an increasingly important center for crypto.

Julia Leung (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Martin Köppelmann Is Fighting to Keep Crypto Tech on Track

In addition to building some of the biggest blockchain tools on Ethereum, Köppelmann is also ringing the alarm bell on how certain technology has caused the network to stray from its ideals.

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Elizabeth Warren: D.C.'s Crypto Critic-in-Chief

The U.S. Senator from Massachusetts is skeptical of crypto. It's a position she leaned into in 2023.

The artist Die with the most likes's rendering of Elizabeth Warren for Most Influential 2023.

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Barry Silbert Navigated Fallout From 2022's Crypto Scandals

The former owner of CoinDesk faced a slew of lawsuits and complications in 2023, but by year-end, his Digital Currency Group had put some issues behind it.

Digital Currency Group's Barry Silbert (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)