Leigh Cuen

Leigh Cuen is a tech reporter covering blockchain technology for publications such as Newsweek Japan, International Business Times and Racked. Her work has also been published by Teen Vogue, Al Jazeera English, The Jerusalem Post, Mic, and Salon. Leigh does not hold value in any digital currency projects or startups. Her small cryptocurrency holdings are worth less than a pair of leather boots.

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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.

Justin Sun

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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?

Virgil Griffith speaks at Consensus: Singapore 2018, photo via CoinDesk archives

Технології

Zcash Foundation Funds App Mixing Private Messaging and Payments

Meet Cwtch, a zcash-fueled messaging app with more decentralization than Telegram or Signal.

Credit: Shutterstock

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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.

Protestors in Baabda, Lebanon, Nov. 13, 2019.

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How to Earn and Spend Bitcoin on Black Friday 2019

The 2019 holiday shopping season is a prime time for using and earning cryptocurrency.

"A Xmas Shopper," 1914 postcard, image via New York Public Library/Wikimedia Commons

Технології

Global Protests Reveal Bitcoin's Limitations

Protesters across the globe are testing out bitcoin and other decentralized technologies – then promptly discovering their limitations.

Hong Kong protest image via Shutterstock

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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.

Dominic Frisby image via Cypherpunk Holdings

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Promoting a New Token? Satoshi's Treasure Wants You to Gamify It

Satoshi’s Treasure, a global hunt for keys to a $1 million bitcoin prize, may offer a model for gamifying token issuance.

Quorum Control

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DAI Is Moving Beyond Ether, But DeFi Isn't Decentralized Just Yet

MakerDAO may be diversifying the assets it works with, but it has a long way to go to decentralize the power to make key decisions.

Dai

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This Tiny Crypto Startup Has Lessons for Libra's 'Unbanked' Dreams

If Facebook’s Libra project truly aims to serve the globe’s 1.7 billion unbanked, Hong Kong-based Bitspark might offer some insights.

Bitspark will shut down in March, following COO and co-founder Maxine Ryan stepping down from the remittance startup. (Image via Bitspark)