CoinDesk

U.S. regulators, not least of all the Securities and Exchange Commission, have taken an aggressive tack lately with the crypto industry. As a top executive at the country's largest and best-known exchange, Paul Grewal, Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer, shares what it's been like working with the regulator to resolve the issues, and the broader implications for the industry. Moderator: Nikhilesh De of CoinDesk

27 квіт. 2023 р.

Sriram Krishnan brings a unique perspective on this question as a general partner for crypto and Web3 at VC powerhouse a16z, an informal advisor to Elon Musk on the Twitter revamp, and a former Twitter and Facebook engineer. Hear his thoughts on decentralized technology’s disruptive potential for consumer apps and the internet’s town squares. Moderator: Angie Lau of Forkast Labs.

27 квіт. 2023 р.

The fast and hard fall of Sam Bankman-Fried's empire sent shockwaves through the global crypto markets and raised troubling questions about industry governance practices. A hedge fund manager whose firm invested in SBF's exchange (and vice versa) and the former president of FTX's U.S. arm reflect candidly on how it all went wrong, what they'd do differently, and how they are re-engaging and working to build a better industry. The panel at Consensus 2023 includes: Brett Harrison, founder and CEO of Architect and Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital. Moderator: Tracy Wang of CoinDesk.

27 квіт. 2023 р.

The crash of 2022 laid bare how far the cryptocurrency industry strayed from its early ideals, becoming as opaque as the system it challenged. This year’s banking panics have underscored its reliance on that system. On the eve of CoinDesk’s tenth anniversary, it's an appropriate moment to take stock of how the industry lost its way and whether and how it can still deliver on its original promises of greater transparency and resilience. After all, bank runs and runaway inflation merely highlights the need to rethink the legacy paradigm. The panel at Consensus 2023 includes: Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank; Neha Narula, Director of the Digital Currency Initiative; and Erik Voorhees, founder of ShapeShift. Moderator: Michael Casey of CoinDesk.

27 квіт. 2023 р.

Grayscale’s now-publicly traded bitcoin trust was the original way for U.S. investors to gain exposure to the asset without the headache of setting up a wallet. For a time, it was the only game in town and handsomely profitable for investors who tolerated the initial 12-month lockup period. Michael Sonnenshein, the CEO of the world’s largest digital asset manager candidly discusses GBTC’s evolution and his perspective on the challenges of the last two years, including the collapse of the trust shares’ premium to net asset value, evolving investor demands and new competition, and broader regulatory hurdles and the subsequent legal battle to convert the product into a more investor-friendly structure: an ETF. Moderator: Laura Shin of the "Unchained" podcast.

26 квіт. 2023 р.

In 1916, Charlie Chaplin declared, “the cinema is little more than a fad.” Then again, his contemporary, Guglielmo Marconi, predicted that wireless communications would make wars impossible. How will today’s Web3 prognostications stack up decades from now? The panel at Consensus 2023 includes: Kevin Rose, CEO of PROOF; Bobby Hundreds, Co-founder of The Hundreds and Adam Bomb Squad. Moderator: Sam Ewen of CoinDesk

26 квіт. 2023 р.

Two of the most rapidly evolving technologies of our time – cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence – are beginning to intersect. Will these two innovations create a more equitable and sustainable future? CoinDesk is live from Consensus in Austin, Texas, taking a closer look at how each could play a pivotal role in the other's growth. Plus, a discussion on how AI is seemingly changing our daily lives, along with the ethical and legal implications.

26 квіт. 2023 р.

26 квіт. 2023 р.

At Consensus 2023 in Austin, ArtBlocks founder and CEO Erick Calderon, shares how value, rights, and royalties become transformative on the blockchain.

26 квіт. 2023 р.

Jenny Johnson, the third-generation CEO of $1.5 trillion asset manager Franklin Templeton, talks about developing crypto-linked investment products in a bear market, the mood among her mutual fund giant’s clients, and her long-term hopes for the technology. Moderator: Michael Casey of CoinDesk

26 квіт. 2023 р.