Senator Cynthia Lummis: Laser-Eyed Lawmaker
“Lummis like hummus” reads the press secretary’s signature. It’s a nod to how sometimes people mispronounce the name of the junior senator from Wyoming. But it’s a good bet most…
Bringing Staking to Bitcoin Via Babylon
David Tse is the co-founder of Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon, one of the foremost projects in the burgeoning sector of introducing utility to the world's oldest blockchain that is commonplace…
Donald Trump: The Crypto President
The morning after Bitcoin hit $100,000 for the first time, Donald Trump took a victory lap."CONGRATULATIONS BITCOINERS!!! $100,000!!!" he posted on his platform Truth Social. "YOU’RE WELCOME!!!"The price of Bitcoin…
Eric Wall, Udi Wertheimer and Francisco Alarcon: Upgrading Bitcoin With Covenants
Taproot Wizards, a collection of 2,108 JPEGs inscribed on Bitcoin using the Ordinals protocol, headed into 2024 on the heels of a $7.5 million seed funding round, which was promptly…
The Star Crypto Investigator Kidnapped by Nigeria
After eight long, harrowing months locked up in a Nigerian prison, Tigran Gambaryan is finally back home in Atlanta, recovering from his ordeal.The Nigerian government finally agreed to release Gambaryan…
Venice.AI’s Erik Voorhees: Merging Crypto and AI
“Crypto + AI” is personified by Erik Voorhees. His career has spanned the eras. In 2012, when Voorhees launched the blockchain-based gambling game “Satoshi Dice” — which once accounted for…
The Architect of Sui’s Object-Oriented Revolution
Evan Cheng didn’t just build another blockchain when he created Sui. He engineered a paradigm shift.Over the past year, Sui, one of the darlings of the bull market, has blown…
Crypto Titans Use Old-School Dollars to Turn Tide in Congress
Here's the new political calculus for a U.S. congressional candidate: You nod to crypto and say you're on the pro-innovation side, and chances are, a million dollars (or more) could…
Magic Eden’s $5B Token Airdrop Raises Crypto Wallet Security Questions
Early traders of NFT marketplace Magic Eden's new token ME had a lot to be thankful for – if they could access their airdrops, that is.In the first minutes of…
Building Out DePIN’s First Big Success Story
As (literally) a thousand DePIN projects bloomed in 2024, they could thank one decentralized physical infrastructure network in particular for showing the way: Helium. The original DePIN (before DePIN was…