How philanthropy, political connections, and marketing can obscure a much darker reality.

Can collaborative communities with real financial stakes foster new economies and new politics within the desiccated husk of the old?

Yuta Takanashi, director for International Digital Strategy and Policy at the Financial Services Agency in Japan, Kristin Smith, executive director at the Blockchain Association, and Rebecca Rettig, general counsel at the Aave Cos., join CoinDesk’s U.S regulatory reporter Cheyenne Ligon to discuss the government role in the regulation of DeFi. They discuss what exactly DeFi is and why it is important for the government to learn about the decentralized system and why people in the DeFi...

What if the shift toward pseudonymity in Web3 marks not a new dawn but a return to a more traditional mode of being, not just in digital spaces but in the physical world as well?

This session is part of the four-part “Exploration: Blockchain Fixes This: Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness” program.

This session is part of the four-part “Exploration: Follow the Money: Who’s Funding the Web 3 Future?” program.

On this final episode, the hosts discuss standout moments in crypto history over the course of the show’s run.

Blockchain technology has unlocked unprecedented possibilities for artists to independently control and monetize their work. What will this mean for democratizing access, innovation speeds and power dynamics in creative industries?

The meme is more than a simple internet joke; it is now a vessel for libido, the force behind all cultural movements and a powerful force reshaping the economy.

Liability in a decentralized environment and what it means for a crypto ecosystem to assign responsibility.

Whale Shark, founder of $WHALE and E1337, joins Disco CEO Evin McMullen and Water & Music's founder Cherie Hu to discuss the evolution and significance of social tokens, with moderator Joon Ian Wong, founder, Cryptographic Media

The significance of identity and the relationship between privacy and security today.

Social tokens are a form of digital ownership that allows creators and brands to monetize experiences or services using blockchain.

Insights into the realities of hiring during a bear market.

TerraUSD is a stablecoin hosted by the Terra network and created by South Korea’s Terraform Labs.

A venture capitalist is a private-equity investor who provides capital to companies with high growth potential in exchange for an equity stake.

Web3 represents the next generation of the internet, and large brands are finally entering the space.

A breakdown of who defines crypto regulation and legislation in the evolution of crypto policy.

A crypto city is a city that uses cryptographic techniques of some sort with varied objectives.

The Merge represents the Ethereum network’s shift to proof-of-stake (PoS) for authenticating crypto transactions from proof-of-work (PoW), the more power-hungry mechanism pioneered by Bitcoin.

NFTs brought culture to crypto. But with floor prices dropping, are crypto and culture doomed to remain separate?

Numero Inc. is a political fundraising tool trusted by more than 200 candidates for president, Senate, Congress, and state and local office, according to its website.

Telling the story behind Cloud Money in an era of rapid digitization and breaking down its Ideology.

Abra, a full-service crypto platform, has partnered with American Express to offer a cryptocurrency reward credit card.

Details on the SEC’s million-dollar fine for the influencer’s promotion of a token without disclosing payment.