Benjamin Powers

Powers is a tech reporter at Grid. Previously, he was privacy reporter at CoinDesk where he focused on data and financial privacy, information security, and digital identity. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, and the New Republic, among others. He owns bitcoin.

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Tech

Nym Opens Up Staking in New 'Finney' Testnet to Counter Sybil Attacks

“You need to impose some kind of cost on the attacker to slow down or stop unwanted replication of attackers in your system.”

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Tech

BlockFi Botches Promo With Outsized Bitcoin Reward Payments

The crypto lender is working with clients to recover the overpayments.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince

Tech

Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks Has Handled More Than $500B in Assets

The company has seen a 2,023% uptick in transaction volume since last year.

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Tech

Crypto Directory Shows Continued Interest in Monero Adoption

And no, they aren't selling drugs.

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Brave Integrates .Crypto Blockchain Domains, Expanding Access to Web 3.0

Brave users can access 30,000 decentralized sites and 700,000 blockchain domain names.

A venture capitalist pinpoints common characteristics of successful Web 3 protocols. (David Bruyndonck/Unsplash)

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UK Court Will Let Craig Wright Serve Claims Against 16 Bitcoin Developers

The entrepreneur's attorneys can now serve the developers of BTC, BCH, BCH ABC and BSV, even though they don’t reside in the U.K.

Craig S Wright

Tech

'Panda' Malware Targets Crypto Wallets and Users' Discord, Telegram Accounts

The main "new" aspect here is the target of the data theft.

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Tech

Sienna Network Raises $11.2M to Build Out DeFi Functionality on Secret Platform

Sienna is a privacy-first and cross-chain DeFi platform.

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Over 20 Organizations Form Alliance to Focus on Data Privacy and Monetization

With privacy becoming increasingly important, the DPPA wants to help figure out ways to address the issue at scale.

Companies and organizations focused on data privacy and monetization have launched the Data Privacy Protocol Alliance.

Tech

IoT Privacy Company IoTeX Is Envisioning the Future of NFTs

“Proof of Presence” is one way NFTs could evolve.

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