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Zack Seward

Zack Seward is CoinDesk’s contributing editor-at-large. Up until July 2022, he served as CoinDesk’s deputy editor-in-chief. Prior to joining CoinDesk in November 2018, he was the editor-in-chief of Technical.ly, a news site focused on local tech communities on the U.S. East Coast. Before that, Seward worked as a reporter covering business and technology for a pair of NPR member stations, WHYY in Philadelphia and WXXI in Rochester, New York. Seward originally hails from San Francisco and went to college at the University of Chicago. He worked at the PBS NewsHour in Washington, D.C., before attending Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Hawkish Fed Minutes Spook Global Equity Markets and Cryptocurrencies, Crypto Crime Hit All-Time High of $14B in 2021

“The Hash” hosts discuss the top stories ranging from the sell-off in both stock and crypto markets, crypto crime hitting an all-time high of $14 billion last year, and rapper Nas selling rights to two songs via a crypto startup.

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OpenSea’s $13B Valuation, Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs to Move Forward and Shiba Inu Testing Out the DAO Model

“The Hash” team discusses today’s hot topics ranging from NFT marketplace OpenSea’s latest $300 million funding round to famed director Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” NFTs moving forward for auction.

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IRS Cracks Down on Third-Party Payment Apps, Security Lessons From Massive ‘Bored Ape’ NFT Theft and More

“The Hash” tackles today’s hot topics: Third-party payment apps will start reporting payments of $600 and more, stablecoin issuer Tether froze over $1 million worth of USDT from a single address, what lessons can be learned from a massive theft of millions of dollars worth of “Bored Ape” non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) sold NFTs to raise $11 million to buy a real-world golf course.

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NFTs Are Coming to Samsung’s Smart TVs, El Salvador’s President Predicts $100K Bitcoin and More

“The Hash” tackles today’s hot topics: Samsung is launching new smart TVs that will allow users to showcase and purchase NFTs, South Korea ruling Democratic Party (DPK) is the world’s first political party to issue NFTs to fundraise for a presidential campaign, Binance says there’s been a “miscommunication” concerning its talks with Ontario securities regulators, and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s prediction for bitcoin prices in 2022.

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CoinDesk TV Holiday Special: Metakovan on the Year NFTs Went Mainstream, His $69M Beeple NFT Purchase and What to Expect in 2022

One of the biggest crypto stories of the year was the $69 million sale of Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” NFT at Christie’s last March. CoinDesk TV’s Christine Lee sits down with the buyer of that digital artwork, Metakovan, and his friend, Twobadour, to discuss the blockbuster purchase, their crypto fund and vision for the future.

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The Best of ‘The Hash’ 2021

From sports desk to non-fungible token (NFT) desk, “The Hash” team covered all the hottest headlines in crypto and pop culture. Here are this year’s top moments with our hosts.

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Jack Dorsey Goes on Unfollowing Frenzy on Twitter After Web 3 Beef, Teen Who Allegedly Swiped $16M in DeFi Hack Wanted in Canada

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics, including Jack Dorsey sparring with venture capitalists over Web 3 debate, TON blockchain’s spinoff Toncoin and the teenager wanted in Canada over a $16 million DeFi hack.

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s Legal Trouble, Justin Sun Revealed as Secret Bidder for Bezos’ Blue Origin Flight

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s top stories, including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s lawsuit, Under Armor’s expansion into the metaverse, NEAR token’s surge, and Tron founder Justin Sun’s $28 million bid for Jeff Bezos’ first space flight.

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Jack Dorsey Says Bitcoin Will Replace the Dollar, Terra Becomes Second-Largest DeFi Protocol

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics ranging from Jack Dorsey’s bullish outlook on bitcoin as an alternative to the dollar, decentralized payments network Terra’s exponential growth, to the latest trend from the NFT and Metaverse space.

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JPMorgan Reportedly Tapped to Develop Payment Blockchain System For Siemens, FTX.US to Expand DC Presence

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics ranging from the news that JPMorgan is tapped to develop payment blockchain system for Siemens, Polkadot’s parachains going live to the latest sports sponsorship deals from FTX.US.

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