Latest from Leigh Cuen
Is Greece Cracking Down on Tax Evasion or Taxing Anonymity?
Credit cards and bank transfers – and their incumbent surveillance features – are no longer payment options for Greek citizens, they are obligations.
The Safello Story: Smaller Crypto Exchanges Must Partner to Survive
In the dog-eat-dog world of cryptocurrency exchanges, smaller startups that don’t attract the volume of megaliths like Binance, Coinbase and Kraken must band together to survive turbulent market cycles.
Multicoin Capital Hires Principal in Asia as Crypto VCs Look East
Mable Jiang, formerly of Nirvana Capital, will spearhead the venture firm's hunt for new deals in Asia.
What Twitter Meme Wars Say About Crypto's Reliance on Figureheads
Cryptocurrency has strayed from its anonymous roots. Today, cults of personality and public histrionics define the sector.
Freedom Fighter or Fool? Jury's Out on Arrested Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith
The case offers a litmus test of sorts: Was Griffith's appearance in North Korea a brazen violation of economic sanctions or a noble act of spreading ethereum's gospel of global reinvention?
Zcash Foundation Funds App Mixing Private Messaging and Payments
Meet Cwtch, a zcash-fueled messaging app with more decentralization than Telegram or Signal.
Lebanese Bitcoiners Show How to Talk About Crypto at Thanksgiving
Amid civil unrest, bitcoin is helping some Lebanese get by. Emphasis on the word “helping.” Traditional social ties are as important as technology.
How to Earn and Spend Bitcoin on Black Friday 2019
The 2019 holiday shopping season is a prime time for using and earning cryptocurrency.
Global Protests Reveal Bitcoin's Limitations
Protesters across the globe are testing out bitcoin and other decentralized technologies – then promptly discovering their limitations.
Maker of Wasabi Bitcoin Wallet Valued at $7.5M in First Equity Round
The privacy-centric Wasabi Wallet, launched by zkSNACKs in 2018, just raised its first equity investment from Cypherpunk Holdings, a publicly-traded Canadian fund.
