NBA Top Shot Creator Dapper Labs Cuts 22% of Staff; Instagram Users Can Soon Mint and Sell NFTs

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"The Hash" hosts discuss the latest news impacting the crypto industry, including Instagram's plans allow a select group of digital creators to mint and sell NFTs on its platform. Plus, crypto winter fallout continues as payment processing firm Stripe cuts over 1,000 jobs and NBA Top Shot creator Dapper Labs dramatically reduces its headcount.

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This episode has been edited by Nia Freeman. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”

HOSTS

William Foxley

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

Benjamin Schiller

Benjamin Schiller is CoinDesk's managing editor for features and opinion. Previously, he was editor-in-chief at BREAKER Magazine and a staff writer at Fast Company. He holds some ETH, BTC and LINK.

David Z. Morris

David Z. Morris was CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist. He has written about crypto since 2013 for outlets including Fortune, Slate, and Aeon. He is the author of "Bitcoin is Magic," an introduction to Bitcoin's social dynamics. He is a former academic sociologist of technology with a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Iowa. He holds Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and small amounts of other crypto assets.

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