Daniel Kuhn

Daniel Kuhn is a features reporter and assistant opinion editor for CoinDesk Layer 2. He also writes a daily news rundown and twice weekly column for The Node newsletter. He first appeared in print in Financial Planning, a trade publication magazine. Before journalism, he studied philosophy as an undergrad, English literature in graduate school and business and economic reporting at an NYU professional program. You can connect with him on Twitter and Telegram @danielgkuhn or find him on Urbit as ~dorrys-lonreb. He owns BTC and ETH.

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Markets

Bitcoin

Can This Network Theory Predict if Bitcoin Is Undervalued?

Analysts have looked at the predictive power of Metcalfe's Law to determine the value of the Bitcoin network.

By Daniel Kuhn

Jul 22, 2021 at 4:04 p.m. UTC

Jul 22, 2021

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Renewable energy

Bitcoin Is Already Incentivizing Renewable Energy

Compass Mining is just the latest firm to show how bitcoin's economic incentives could spur a greener grid.

By Daniel Kuhn

Jul 14, 2021 at 6:02 p.m. UTC

Jul 14, 2021

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Markets

Ransomware

Don't Blame Bitcoin for Ransomware

Any organization that relies on computers may be vulnerable to digital extortion. But the threat isn’t always clear. Industry expert Marcus Hutchins weighs in.

By Daniel Kuhn

Jul 13, 2021 at 4:24 p.m. UTC

Jul 13, 2021

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Markets

Opinion

Debasing the Currency: Putting Crypto in Context

Introducing a new series exploring the philosophical limits of cryptocurrency.

By Daniel Kuhn

Jul 9, 2021 at 5:06 p.m. UTC

Jul 9, 2021

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Markets

Marketing

Crypto Has a Marketing Issue

There’s a troubling cultural trend around cryptocurrency, one that encourages retail investors to “ape into” the market in search of riches.

By Daniel Kuhn

Jul 8, 2021 at 4:59 p.m. UTC

Jul 8, 2021

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Markets

Opinion

CryptoPunks Get Punked

Conceptual artist Ryder Ripps minted his own version of a CryptoPunk and was summarily hit with a copyright notification.

By Daniel Kuhn

Jul 6, 2021 at 6:11 p.m. UTC

Jul 6, 2021

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Policy

Congress

Before We Regulate Crypto, We Need to Know What Crypto Is

UPenn's Sarah Hammer raised an interesting point in her congressional testimony yesterday: We don't have a unified source of data to make sense of crypto.

By Daniel Kuhn

Jul 1, 2021 at 6:01 p.m. UTC

Jul 1, 2021

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