Benjamin Powers

Benjamin Powers

Powers is a tech reporter at Grid. Previously, he was privacy reporter at CoinDesk where he focused on data and financial privacy, information security, and digital identity. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, and the New Republic, among others. He owns bitcoin.

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The Graph to Host Protocol Governance on Decentralized GitHub Alternative Radicle
Radicle enables collaborative permissionless code in a decentralized way.
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Start9 Labs to Build on Its Self-Sovereign, Private Internet Solutions With $1.2M in Funding
The funding round will be followed by a range of upgrades to the computing platform.
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We Went Hunting for Crypto Scams in Google and Apple App Stores. Here's What We Found
Some of these scams, embedded like financial landmines in the app stores, are better disguised than others.
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A Hacker Was Selling a Cybersecurity Exploit as an NFT. Then OpenSea Stepped In
A dark twist on NFTs: a denial-of-service zero-day attack sold with full rights of ownership transferred to the successful bidder.
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Half the Professionals Surveyed in Anonymous Poll 'Trust' Crypto
The survey asked 1,800 respondents whether they “trusted” cryptocurrency and if they'd want to get paid in it.
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Brave Acquires Tailcat to Create Private Search Engine Competitor to Google
The move comes as privacy continues to grow in profile to become a real market advantage.
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Wasabi Wallet and Bull Bitcoin Donate $40K in Crypto to Bitcoin Knots Development
The donation will encourage developing and pursuing open-source tech.
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Privacy Coin Firo Temporarily Disables Protocol to Investigate 'Suspicious Transactions'
Core devs have activated their emergency switch to temporarily disable Lelantus.
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New Social Media Platform Instars Leverages Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography
Instar leverages blockchain and multiparty computation to protect user data.
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Opera Adds In-Browser Crypto Options With Simplex Integration
Integrating a crypto on-ramp lets users pay fiat for crypto.
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