Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young was a tech protocol reporter at CoinDesk. He cares for the Solarpunk Movement and is a recent graduate from Claremont McKenna College, who dual-majored in Economics and Philosophy with a Sequence in Data Science. He owns a few NFTs, gold and silver, as well as BTC, ETH, LINK, AAVE, ARB, PEOPLE, DOGE, OS, and HTR.

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Tech

Ethereum Name Service Selects Karpatkey DAO to Manage Its Endowment Fund

The new fund manager will manage ENS’ treasury and create a sustainable fund to fuel development regardless of overall economic conditions.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: FTX Fallout Reverberates Across Crypto-Land

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 16, 2022.

FTX's collapse is having ripple effects across the crypto universe. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Markets

DeFi Protocols Are Winning Users as Centralized Crypto Exchanges Suffer Ether Outflows

In the wake of the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange, crypto traders are increasingly turning toward decentralized-finance (DeFi) protocols – as Ethereum tokens flow off big centralized crypto exchanges like Binance and OKX.

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Markets

The Epic Collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX Exchange: A Crypto Markets Timeline

Tracing the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) through key news developments in the swift unraveling of billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire shows just how quickly the speculation kept shifting.

Annotated chart of the 162-asset CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) over the course of the FTX and Alameda saga. (CoinDesk Indices and Research/Sage D. Young)

Markets

Crypto.com's Preliminary Glimpse of Token Reserves Reveals 20% in Shiba Inu Coin

As large crypto exchanges push to prepare “proof-of-reserves” audits, an initial effort reveals just how much of Crypto.com’s reserves are in the dog-inspired meme token, SHIB.

A Shiba inu, the dog breed that inspired both DOGE and SHIB, is getting a ride in cryptocurrency markets. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

FTX Balances Tumbled 87% in 5 Days in Epic Crypto Deposit Run, Data Shows

A glance at data from Arkham Intelligence shows the behind-the-scenes operational reality that drove billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried's beleaguered FTX exchange to order a withdrawal halt this week.

Investors rush to withdraw their savings during a stock market crash, circa 1929. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin, Other Cryptos Continue to Plummet

Crypto prices whipsawed following the announcement that Binance would be purchasing one of its largest rivals, and then said it won't.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: FTX Fallout Heats Up

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 9, 2022.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

These Four Key Charts Shed Light on the FTX Exchange's Spectacular Collapse

Nansen’s on-chain metrics suggest several reasons why FTX decided to sell itself to Binance.

Obra de IA sobre el colapso. (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Yuga Labs, Circle, SkyBridge Among Investments FTX Ventures Made Prior to Liquidity Issues

FTX Ventures invested in some of the biggest names in crypto. Meanwhile, TradFi giants such as Tiger Global participated in FTX's funding rounds.

Former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried (Alex Wong/Getty Images)