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Pete Rizzo was CoinDesk's editor-in-chief until September 2019. Prior to joining CoinDesk in 2013, he was an editor at payments news source PYMNTS.com.

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McCaleb’s Comeback: Breakups, Breakdowns and Stellar’s Big Break-Out
CoinDesk profiles Jed McCaleb, the early cryptocurrency evangelist who created Stellar, now the world's sixth-largest coin by market cap.
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By Pete Rizzo
Dec 31, 2018 at 4:55 p.m. UTC
Dec 31, 2018
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A Psychic Visit with Nouriel Roubini: The Mother and Father of All Crypto Skeptics
CoinDesk profiles Nouriel Roubini, the NYU professor who won't buy the crypto hype – no matter what the price or the market says.
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By Pete Rizzo
Dec 31, 2018 at 4:55 p.m. UTC
Dec 31, 2018
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CoinDesk's Most Influential in Crypto 2018
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By Pete Rizzo
Dec 31, 2018 at 4:53 p.m. UTC
Dec 31, 2018
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C-Suite Departure: Coinbase's Chief Product Officer Has Left the Startup
Coinbase's chief product officer, Jeremy Henrickson, left the crypto exchange in early November after more than two years of scaling the company's tech team.
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Dec 11, 2018 at 6:45 p.m. UTC
Dec 11, 2018
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Tutorial: How to Use CoinDesk's Crypto-Economics Explorer
CoinDesk's Crypto-Economics Explorer is our innovative new data tool that brings together a host of data types. Here's how to make the most of it.
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By Pete Rizzo
Nov 17, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. UTC
Nov 17, 2018
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Bitcoin Takes a Step Toward Becoming a 'Multi-Network' Cryptocurrency
A long-in-the-works proposal heralded as the best way to bring sidechains to bitcoin has released its first code after three years in development.
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By Pete Rizzo
Sep 25, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 25, 2018
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Interstellar Arrives: Visa, Citi-Backed Chain Acquired By Stellar Startup
An acquisition that finds two of crypto's leading entrepreneurs teaming to back the world's sixth-largest blockchain has been confirmed.
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By Pete Rizzo
Sep 10, 2018 at 10:58 a.m. UTC
Sep 10, 2018
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SEC Suspends Exchange-Traded Bitcoin and Ether Investment Vehicles
A highly touted investment instrument that sought to appeal to U.S. investors looking for cryptocurrency exposure has just seen a setback.
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By Pete Rizzo
Sep 9, 2018 at 10:30 p.m. UTC
Sep 9, 2018
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Handshake Revealed: VCs Back Plan to Give Away $100 Million in Crypto
Handshake plans to replace the digital entities that authenticate web payments, in the process rewarding those who built the web's infrastructure.
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By Pete Rizzo
Aug 2, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 2, 2018
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