Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

Cam Thompson

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Crypto Crime-Focused Justice Department Leader Leaving: Report

Nicholas Quaid, second-in-command in the criminal division, spent his nearly two-year stint at the DOJ developing the regime around crypto crime legislation and prosecution.

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Crypto Options Trading Startup Synquote Raises $2.8M From Initialized, Polygon

The company will look to expand its platform for trading derivatives contracts in tokens that don’t usually have such markets.

Traders have never seen anything like the cryptocurrency options trading happening these days in decentralized finance. (Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842/Art Institute of Chicago, modified by CoinDesk)

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Algorand Boosters Push Back on Helium’s Proposed Move to Solana

Decentralized Wi-Fi network Helium Network has proposed moving to the Solana blockchain. But a Solana competitor has another idea in mind.

Helium's parent company is pushing into mobile service. (Unsplash/Al Soot)

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Bored Ape NFT Band to Make Music With Beyoncé-, Timberlake-Linked Producers

Grammy Award-winning producers James Fauntleroy and Hit-Boy are creating the sound of Universal Music Group’s Kingship band.

The "band" didn't previously have a road map to actually making music. (10:22PM/Universal)

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Near Blockchain Moves Ahead With Phase One of Sharding Upgrade

As a part of Near’s four-step plan to shard the network over the next year, the protocol will introduce 200 new validators.

Near co-founder Illia Polosukhin (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Influencer Cooper Turley Creates $10M ‘Coop Records’ Music Startup Fund

The FWB co-founder’s latest creation will act as an incubator, venture capital firm and record label all in one.

Cooper Turley speaking with fellow crypto music influencer Blockchain Brett at a satellite event for BTC 2022 in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Hubble Protocol Raises $5M to Expand Solana-Based DeFi Protocol

The protocol aims to create a Solana-based equivalent of MakerDao: a DeFi protocol with a U.S. dollar denominated stablecoin.

Starry Night is the name of Three Arrows Capital's NFT collection. (Unsplash)

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Swan Bitcoin Moves Into TradFi With Platform for Financial Advisers

The new product allows advisers to manage their client’s bitcoin positions as well as access educational content for clients new to crypto.

Swan Bitcoin is launching a new product for financial advisors. (Warren Little/Getty Images)

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LG Shuns Ethereum, Picks Hedera for Television NFTs

The consumer electronics company, which has served on the Hedera Governing Council since 2020, is bringing NFTs to television screens through a platform built on the Hedera network.

LG will only support NFTs on Hedera Hashgraph. (Kārlis Dambrāns/Flickr)

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Automated NFT Market Maker Sudoswap to Release Its Governance Token via Airdrop

Holders of XMON, the native token behind the 0xmon NFT collection, will receive 41.9% of SUDO’s initial supply of 60 million.

Sudoswap is distributing its new governance token primarily by airdrop. (Stocktrek Images/Getty Images)