Zack Seward

Zack Seward is CoinDesk’s contributing editor-at-large. Up until July 2022, he served as CoinDesk’s deputy editor-in-chief. Prior to joining CoinDesk in November 2018, he was the editor-in-chief of Technical.ly, a news site focused on local tech communities on the U.S. East Coast. Before that, Seward worked as a reporter covering business and technology for a pair of NPR member stations, WHYY in Philadelphia and WXXI in Rochester, New York. Seward originally hails from San Francisco and went to college at the University of Chicago. He worked at the PBS NewsHour in Washington, D.C., before attending Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Musk’s Latest SEC Filing Could Offer Clues to Why He Backs Out of Twitter Board, Coinbase Suspends Crypto Trading in India

“The Hash” team discuss today’s top stories, including Elon Musk reversing his decision to join Twitter’s board of directors, Coinbase suspending buy orders in India, Luna Foundation Guard’s bitcoin buying spree and more.

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Treasury Secretary Yellen Talks CBDCs, Stablecoins and Regulation in First Speech to Industry

“The Hash” hosts unpack Janet Yellen’s first speech on digital assets and highlight the key areas of concern raised by the Treasury secretary. Plus, conversations on Hedera Hashgraph’s $250 million fund for development and 21Shares launching Metaverse ETP.

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Grayscale Shuffles Mixed Crypto Funds: Adds AVAX, DOT, ATOM; Drops SUSHI, SNX

The asset manager announced changes to a trio of diversified crypto funds.

Grayscale's new ad campaign in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Binance.US Valued at $4.5B, US Sanctions Russia’s Hydra Darknet and More

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s top stories including the first round of fundraising for Binance.US that values the firm at $4.5 billion head of its planned IPO in two to three years, Russia’s Hydra Darknet closure amid global sanctions and Worldcoin’s eye-scanning crypto project facing backlash.

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Musk May Be at Odds With SEC Again, US Lawmakers Targeting El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption and More

“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s hot topics including Twitter appointing Elon Musk to its board of directors following Musk’s nearly $3 billion share purchase, and the U.S. House of Representatives considering legislation on El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption to mitigate risks.

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What’s Elon Musk’s Plan After Taking 9.2% Stake in Twitter? DeFi Hacks in Focus and More

“The Hash” team discusses today’s top stories, ranging from Elon Musk’s plan after becoming the largest outside shareholder of Twitter to the third multimillion-dollar crypto attack in recent days.

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No April Fools’: Why Vitalik Buterin is Defending Bitcoin Maxis; Sen Warren Says It’s Time for a US CBDC, and More

“The Hash” team tackles today’s hot topics: crypto critic Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) calls for the U.S. to create a central bank digital currency (CBDC), Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin pens post defending Bitcoin maximalism, Citi analysts predict the metaverse economy could reach $13 trillion by 2030 and an ex-OpenSea executive accused of alleged insider trading is aiming to return to crypto with a new venture.

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Mainstreaming Crypto: Binance to Sponsor 64th Grammy Awards, EU Passes Privacy-Busting Crypto Rules and More

“The Hash” team discusses today’s top stories, including Binance signing on as a sponsor for this year’s Grammy Awards, EU’s crypto rules and A16z’s latest gaming investment.

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Binance Is Sponsoring the Grammys This Year

The crypto exchange said Web 3 initiatives with the Recording Academy are also in the works.

Megan Thee Stallion poses with her trophies at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on March 14, 2021. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)