John Biggs

Special Projects Editor

John Biggs is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and blockchain. His work has appeared in Men’s Health, Wired, and the New York Times. He runs the Technotopia podcast about a better future.

He has written five books including the best book on blogging, Bloggers Boot Camp, and a book about the most expensive timepiece ever made, Marie Antoinette’s Watch. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

John Biggs

Latest from John Biggs

Tron Says Protestors at Beijing Office Invested in Imposter Scheme

The price of Tron tanked Monday on inaccurate rumors of a "police raid" at the company's office in Beijing. The real story was more interesting.

Jul 8, 2019

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'Release the Tape!': Nouriel Roubini Calls for BitMEX CEO Debate Video

The anti-bitcoin NYU professor debated the founder of BitMEX. It didn't go well.

Jul 3, 2019

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US Watchdog Groups Call for Congress to Put a Freeze on Facebook's Libra

A group of privacy and consumer watchdogs is asking the U.S. Congress to halt Facebook's Libra project.

Jul 2, 2019

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CloudFlare Outage Takes Down Coinbase, CoinMarketCap and Other Top Crypto Websites

The outage hit multiple major exchanges and information sites.

Jul 2, 2019

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Watch CoinDesk LIVE: Bitcoin in FLUX

We will be live all day talking about Bitcoin in Flux. Join us to talk about pricing, predictions, and commentary.

Jun 27, 2019

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tZero's New Wallet Lets Users Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum

The wallet supports iOS for now but will expand into Android soon.

Jun 27, 2019

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Minnesota House Bill Aims to Outlaw Cryptocurrency Donations

Four Democratic House Representatives want to outlaw crypto donations to politicians.

Jun 25, 2019

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Synthetix Trader Rolls Back Broken Trades That Netted $1 Billion Profit

A rogue API caused Synthetix pricing to go wild. A bot profited, but the bot owner rolled back the trades.

Jun 25, 2019

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Pot Startup Uses the Blockchain to Smoke Out Weed Strains

TheraCann and StrainSecure have teamed up to turn pot DNA into intellectual property.

Jun 24, 2019

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Mozilla Closes Holes That Led to Coinbase Hacks

Hackers used two simple Mozilla vulnerabilities to spear-phish Coinbase employees.

Jun 24, 2019

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