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Consensus Magazine

How Talent Agency WME Is Expanding Into Crypto

Chris Jacquemin, a speaker at CoinDesk's Consensus conference, on Hollywood's embrace of Web3.

Chris Jacquemin, head of digital strategy at talent agency WME (Ian Suarez/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Taking Photos and Minting NFTs at the Ends of the Earth, With FOTO’s John Knopf

The Emmy award-nominated photographer discusses the early days of Bored Apes, digital culture and turning an industry into a community using crypto.

(John Knopf, modified by CoinDesk)

Technologies

Reviewing Code Is Mind-Numbing: Q&A With Bitcoin Maintainer Andrew Chow

He stumbled upon Bitcoin in high school while looking for ways to pay for his favorite video games. He now reviews and improves Bitcoin’s code for a living. Sometimes it's boring and mind-numbing but he does it anyway. Somebody has to.

Andrew Chow (Advancing Bitcoin 2020)

Consensus Magazine

A Day in the Life of a Dev: Ethereum’s Justin Florentine

In a CoinDesk interview, the senior protocol engineer for Ethereum breaks down the nuts and bolts of being a developer in the crypto ecosystem.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

'What Was Gary Gensler Really Doing?': Rep. Tom Emmer on FTX, the SEC and What's Next for Crypto in Congress

The House Whip (a.k.a. the “Crypto King of Congress”) blames over-centralization and old-fashioned fraud for FTX’s collapse, not crypto. As federal legislators consider new crypto legislation, can he persuade his colleagues of the same?

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Layer 2

What a Web3 Hackathon Teaches Us About Diversity in Crypto

CRADL’s Katherine Paseman helped organize a new type of crypto bootcamp, helping founders address social, environmental and justice issues around the world.

Coding digital planet with big data concept, 3d rendering. Computer digital drawing. (Getty Images)

Layer 2

'It’s Always the Community': Web3 and the Future of Movies

Lindsey McInerney on why entertainment will bring the first 100 million people to Web3.

Lindsey McInerney

Layer 2

'I Knew I Was Here to Stay': Talking the Future of Web3 With David Bianchi

The actor discusses his latest blockchain-based film and TV projects and his vision for the next generation of Web3 entertainment.

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 31: David Bianchi attends The Block LA Party  hosted by Reactify on March 31, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)

Layer 2

'I'm a Crypto Guy': Why Steve Aoki Believes in Web3

The electronic music DJ talks NFTs, Elon Musk and building a waterpark in the metaverse.

(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Layer 2

Why Would Anyone Take a College Course on Urbit?

Neal Davis taught the first graduate-level seminar on the controversial computing platform Urbit. Here’s why.

(Kimberly Farmer/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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