Daniel Kuhn
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New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Daniel:
They Burned Down Crypto. Now They Want a Comeback
Sam Bankman-Fried thinks he can turn things around while his peers Su Zhu and Kyle Davies paint themselves as victims. → Read More
Lessons From a DeFi DAO Divorce
The marriage between the FEI and RARI token communities was an early experiment in sharing economic incentives. Now TribeDAO is splitting up, after a bitter period of governance disputes. → Read More
Tether’s Tornado Cash Noncompliance Is Less Brave Than You Think
The world’s largest stablecoin issuer won't freeze tainted addresses, for now. → Read More
Why DeFi Giants Aave, Curve May Want Their Own Stablecoins
Stablecoins could drive users and revenue to platforms in a similar way that governance tokens did during the “DeFi Summer” of 2020. → Read More
Is the Ethereum ‘Merge’ Driving This Rally?
A proposed date for the transition from a proof-of-work to proof-of-stake protocol signaled a return of optimism to crypto markets. → Read More
Is Sam Bankman-Fried a Modern-Day Robber Baron?
In bailing out the crypto industry, the digital asset titan is acting like at least one Gilded Age financier. → Read More
Who You Really Are: a Conversation About Pseudonymity With Default Friend at Consensus
The internet phenomenon and historian talks to CoinDesk at Consensus. → Read More
Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi Is Still Optimistic in the Crypto Bear Market
Crypto’s most successful projects have historically been built during downcycles, he says. → Read More
Bitcoin Is Apolitical, but Won't Be Much Longer
Practically speaking, everything is eaten by the culture war. → Read More
Ryder Ripps, Bored Apes and 'Owning' an NFT
A debate over fair use and copyright in the NFT age ensues. → Read More
Bitcoin Is Down, but You Don't Have to Be
Market conditions are not normal right now, but we can all act sane. → Read More
Crypto Is a Luxury Good
Unwrapping Sam Bankman-Fried's analogy about money-printing boxes. → Read More
Ray Dalio, Sigma Males and the New Grindset
Are we in a "post-narrative" age of institutional adoption of crypto? → Read More
So What If Part of Bitcoin's Code Was State-Funded?
Adam Tooze asked if bitcoin politics is self-deluded. Cypherpunks are just resourceful. → Read More
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Still Hate Crypto
The Berkshire boys have not invested in a crypto company, despite reports. But they can't avoid the industry forever. → Read More
What Web 3 Can Learn From 3D TV
Critics said crypto is something consumers can resist. → Read More
Most Influential 2021: Do Kwon
Terraform Labs has built the most successful algorithmic stablecoin yet. And a recent SEC subpoena shows just how important decentralization is. → Read More
Will Bitcoin Win When the Fed Stops Buying Bonds?
The cryptocurrency has been viewed as a hedge against inflation. → Read More
Web 3 Is Where the Young People Are
The massive Facebook outage caused major disruptions yesterday, but also showed how attention is shifting away from gated, centralized platforms. → Read More
DeFi Needs Hackers to Become Unhackable
If computers will continue to do more important things, we'll require those programs to be secure. Learning what not to do is one way there. → Read More