Consensus 2022


Finance

Jack Dorsey’s TBD Announces Web 3 Competitor: Web5

The Block subsidiary’s alternative ditches Web 3 and places bitcoin at the forefront. But there is no official release date, as yet.

Block TBD lead Mike Brock (left) at Consensus 2022 (Brad Keoun/CoinDesk)

Finance

American Express Adds First Crypto Product With Abra Rewards Card

A long time in the making, the Abra Crypto Card will be the first Amex cryptocurrency product, said Abra CEO Bill Barhydt.

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Policy

Unhosted Crypto Wallet Rules Will Allow Innovation, US Treasury Official Vows

Storing crypto anonymously outside regulated venues lets people bypass sanctions and anti-money laundering checks, Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said at Consensus 2022.

Wally Adeyemo, secretario Adjunto del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos. (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk)

Videos

Reimagining Art, Ownership and Legacy

How are crypto technology and decentralized digital communities remaking the worlds of art and culture? At Consensus 2022, hear from artist Tyler Hobbs; Ryan Wilson of ThankYouX; Erick Calderon, founder and CEO of ArtBlocks; and Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) lead designer Seneca. Moderator: Carly Reilly, host of Overpriced JPEGs at BanklessHQ.

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Videos

Getting Down With DAOs

John Belisky, co-founder of tokenized real estate investing platform Balcony DAO, and Rebecca Lamis, co-founder of LGBTQ+ art showcase platform UnicornDAO, share insights into how decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are changing the organizational status quo.

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Videos

Blockchain in the War on Disinformation

As the Russia-Ukraine crisis escalates, Filecoin Foundation Chair Marta Belcher discusses the role of blockchain technology in fighting disinformation.

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Videos

Ukraine-Russia Conflict Through the Crypto Lens

Distributed Lab Co-founder & CEO Pavel Kravchenko, and Ukraine Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Alex Bornyakov shares eyewitness accounts of the war in Ukraine and the importance of adding verification of war images to the blockchain.

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Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi Is Still Optimistic in the Crypto Bear Market

Crypto’s most successful projects have historically been built during downcycles, he says.

Dragonfly Capital's Haseeb Qureshi at Consensus 2022 (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Policy

Grayscale, Bitwise Confident a Spot Bitcoin ETF Will Be Approved Soon

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan pointed to a progression of approval decisions by the SEC that “ends in a spot bitcoin ETF.”

Grayscale Global Head of ETFs David LaValle, Valkyrie Chief Strategy Officer Lori Tiernan and Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan at Consensus 2022 (Nelson Wang for CoinDesk)

Policy

Circle’s Disparte Calls CBDCs ‘a Preposterous Idea’ in Digital Dollar Debate

The stage at Consensus 2022 erupted with an intense dispute over the future of a Fed-managed digital currency.

Explorations Stage at Consensus 2022