Consensus 2022


Markets

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Questions SEC Investigation Into BNB

The founder of the world's largest crypto exchange stopped short of denying SEC interest in Binance’s exchange token.

Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO, Binance, and Emily Parker, executive director, CoinDesk (ShutterStock)

Finance

Texas Feels Like Bitcoin Country (Maybe Because I Was There for a Bitcoin Conference)

A Bitcoin developer conference last week put three important Bitcoin themes in focus: lightning, design and education.

Dusty, a Bitcoin developer, presents Lightning Network splicing which will allow payment channels to easily fluctuate in size. (George Kaloudis/CoinDesk)

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Who You Really Are: A Conversation About Pseudonymity With Default Friend at Consensus

The internet phenomenon and historian explains why true anonymity is hard within internet culture.

Katherine Dee, aka, Default Friend speaks at Consensus 2022 (CoinDesk)

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Wanna Bet? Crypto Prediction Markets Could Be a New ‘Source of Truth’

Andrew Eaddy and Clay Graubard made the case for empowering individuals through technology as trust in institutions declines.

Clay Graubard, Co-Founder, Baserate.io and Andrew Eaddy, Co-Founder, Baserate.io

Policy

Ukraine to Use NFTs to Save Its Cultural ‘DNA’ Amid Russian Invasion

"Right now, museums and cultural sites are being destroyed by rockets," said the President of the Blockchain Association of Ukraine

Blockchain Association of Ukraine President Mike Chobanian, NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polusukhin, crypto advisor to Ukraine Brittany Kaiser and Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Alex Bornyakov at Consensus 2022 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Videos

Edward Snowden on the Long Road to Internet Privacy

Edward Snowden, Freedom of Press president speaks at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas. Moderator: CoinDesk Executive Editor Marc Hochstein

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Finance

Edward Snowden Says Use Crypto, Don't Invest in It

Speaking remotely at Consensus 2022, the whistleblower also described most of those who signed a recent anti-crypto letter to Washington as "prolific public trolls."

Edward Snowden spoke about crypto and internet privacy at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas. (CoinDesk)

Videos

Digital Assets, From Regulation to Innovation in Federal Policy

Wally Adeyemo, deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury joins Consensus 2022 to discuss the state and outlook for regulation and policy of digital assets. Moderator: Nik De, CoinDesk managing editor, global policy and regulation.

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