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Leigh Cuen

Freelance reporter

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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Latest from Leigh Cuen

Policy

Iran Moves to Restrict Crypto Exchanges Under 'Currency Smuggling' Laws

Legislation proposed this week would make it increasingly difficult, and risky, for cryptocurrency exchanges to sell bitcoin in Iran.

May 19, 2020

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Finance

Ledn Launches USDC Stablecoin Savings Accounts With Focus on Latin America

Ledn is now offering USDC stablecoin savings accounts through a partnership with the crypto lending and trading conglomerate Genesis.

May 14, 2020

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Markets

CoinDesk 50: Why Bitcoin Is Still King

Bitcoin is the reason why we're writing these words and you’re reading them now. The first crypto still dominates the industry.

May 13, 2020

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Finance

Investors on CoinList Pour $10M Into Celo Token Sale in Roughly 12 Hours

Silicon Valley blockchain startup cLabs just raised $10 million for the Celo project through a token sale to investors on CoinList.

May 13, 2020

Denisse Halm of cLabs hosts a workshop in Mexico City. (Credit: cLabs)

Tech

Zcash Alliance Aims to Bring Privacy Tech to Bitcoin, Cosmos and Ethereum

Zcash-inspired privacy tools are coming to Bitcoin's Lightning Network and many other blockchain ecosystems, creating a shared cryptocurrency privacy layer.

May 11, 2020

Electric Coin Company CTO Nathan Wilcox speaks at Zcon1 in 2019. (Credit: Electric Coin Company)

Finance

Ashton Kutcher and Michelle Phan Invest in Lolli’s $3M Seed Round

Lolli, the bitcoin rewards shopping app, attracted celebrity investors in a $3 million round led by the early-stage arm of Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.

May 11, 2020

Michelle Phan

Markets

Bitcoin Dominance Is Making Investors Rich, Thanks to Crypto Hedge Funds

Crypto hedge funds saw their assets under management double to $2 billion in 2019, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

May 11, 2020

Bull, bullish

Markets

Scams, Schemes and Crypto Privacy, Feat. Preston Byrne

“There’s no easy answers” for bitcoin companies, says lawyer Preston Byrne.

May 9, 2020

Preston Byrne, obscuring his future Anderson Kill colleague Stephen Palley, at Consensus 2019

Markets

Michelle Phan: The Beauty of Bitcoin

Why beauty mogul Michelle Phan says her 8.9 million YouTube subscribers are ready for bitcoin: "They want to know how to protect their purchasing power."

May 9, 2020

Michelle Phan poses in the Em Cosmetics office. (Credit: Mark Sacro for CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin in Emerging Markets: Latin America

Crypto adoption is up from Argentina to Venezuela, especially bitcoin and stablecoins like dai. But each market is unique.

May 8, 2020

Old and new in Medellin, Colombia. (Credit: Shutterstock)
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