Daniel Kuhn

Daniel Kuhn was a deputy managing editor for Consensus Magazine, where he helped produce monthly editorial packages and the opinion section. He also wrote a daily news rundown and a twice-weekly column for The Node newsletter. He first appeared in print in Financial Planning, a trade publication magazine. Before journalism, he studied philosophy as an undergrad, English literature in graduate school and business and economic reporting at an NYU professional program. You can connect with him on Twitter and Telegram @danielgkuhn or find him on Urbit as ~dorrys-lonreb.

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Finance

Blockchain Bites: Introducing the CoinDesk 50 and a Roadmap to Consensus: Distributed

In the news: a new blockchain voting proposal, Cash App's bitcoin profits and why we're sooner having a halving.

Credit: Cavendish Design

Markets

Blockchain Bites: Coinbase and BlockFi Make Big Hires, Tron Said to Get Coronavirus Relief

It's all about labor. Tron claims to have received employment protection while Dutch officials tell crypto companies to comply or die.

Photo by Marten Bjork on Unsplash

Markets

Blockchain Bites: Hyperledger Makes Inroads, Bitcoin Gets 'Harder' and Buffett's Not 'Halving' It

Bitcoin's difficulty has increased ahead of the halving event as more retail investors pour in. Warren Buffett has yet to be enticed.

Warren Buffett (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

Blockchain Bites: Bitfinex Sues, Miners Prepare, Congress Considers

The U.S. Senate is considering blockchain voting during the COVID-19 crisis, while crypto becomes a mainstay in the Middle East.

The Capitol Building (courtesy of Shutterstock)

Markets

Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Whales and American Buyers May Be Driving This Rally

Amid this market rally, Bitcoin wallet startups report an uptick in users and profits. Get the latest bite-sized news here.

H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line, by Robert Charles Dudley (courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Markets

Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin's Boom Roils Markets and a16z Makes a Long-term Play

While FOMO drives up bitcoin's price and derivatives market, Telegram announces another delay and Andreessen Horowitz raises a $515 million fund.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch)

Markets

Blockchain Bites: What the Bitcoin Halving Means for Miners and Prices

Predictions and price models abound ahead of Bitcoin's halving, expected in less than two weeks.

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Markets

Blockchain Bites: WEF, IBM and a Chinese City Show Support for Blockchain

IBM and the WEF both have plans for solving disruption to supply chains disrupted by the coronavirus crisis.

Hydropower plant image via Shutterstock

Markets

Blockchain Bites: Capital-Constraining Compliance and Tether's 'Interoperability Bridge'

The researchers developing the "digital yuan" have tapped an AI firm to look for financial use cases while Dole unveiled a 5-year blockchain plan.

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Markets

No Visits, No Parole: Ross Ulbricht Is More Alone Than Ever During COVID-19

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is in his seventh year behind bars. His mom Lyn continues to campaign for his release, despite rough odds and no visitation rights during coronavirus.

Ross Ulbricht is currently being held in USP Tucson, a high security U.S. penitentiary. Photo: Bureau of Prisons