William Foxley

Multimedia Director, Compass Mining

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

Latest from William Foxley

Finance

Zap's New Product Lets Merchants Take Dollars Over Lightning Network

"Merchants can accept bitcoin and lightning payments with the same infrastructure, except they never touch the asset," explained Zap founder Jack Mallers.

Jan 30, 2020

Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin. (Will Foxley/CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Coinbase Custody Goes International With New Entity in Ireland

Coinbase has launched Coinbase Custody International Inc., a European entity for handling cryptocurrency deposits.

Jan 30, 2020

Coinbase Custody CEO Sam McIngvale speaks at Invest: NYC 2019. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Policy

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to Speak at ETHDenver Conference

For the first time, ETHDenver is officially partnering with Colorado's state government.

Jan 29, 2020

Colorado State Capitol image via Shutterstock

Markets

Binance US Now Offers Staking Rewards for These Two Cryptocurrencies

Binance US has joined other major exchanges in the staking game, adding staking rewards for cryptocurrencies algorand (ALGO) and cosmos (ATOM).

Jan 29, 2020

Tech

Your PGP Key? Make Sure It's Up to Date

Identity thieves now have another tool at their disposal: bitcoin hashing power.

Jan 24, 2020

Markets

Crypto Asset Firm Amun Launches Inverse Bitcoin ETP

Digital asset issuer Amun is launching a new product for bitcoin bears on the Swiss Stock Exchange.

Jan 23, 2020

Tech

Grayscale to Fund Ethereum Classic Developers for 2 More Years

Grayscale Investments has committed to financially supporting development of the ethereum classic (ETC) cryptocurrency for another two years.

Jan 22, 2020

DRY POWDER: "This funding allows us to continue our support of the ETC protocol and ecosystem," says ETC Cooperative executive director Bob Summerwill of Grayscale's new commitment. (Image via CoinDesk archives.)

Tech

Hacker Noon Is Storing Content on a Blockchain After Ditching Medium

Hacker Noon is publishing article annotations onto its new blockchain to save costs and storage space.

Jan 22, 2020

Markets

Merchants Can Now Accept XRP via Crypto Payment Processor BitPay

If $XRP is burning a hole in your pocket you can now spend it at retailers served by BitPay (along with $BTC, $BCH or $ETH)

Jan 21, 2020

Markets

DigixDAO Votes to Liquidate $64M Treasury

With only 52 votes, the DigixDAO treasury will dissolve, returning DGD holders their staked $ETH.

Jan 20, 2020

Liquid gold being poured into a cast to make a bullion bar at a Gold Reef City demonstration. Even the crucible glows under the immense heat. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)