Zack Seward

Zack Seward

Zack Seward is CoinDesk’s contributing editor-at-large. Up until July 2022, he served as CoinDesk’s deputy editor-in-chief. Prior to joining CoinDesk in November 2018, he was the editor-in-chief of Technical.ly, a news site focused on local tech communities on the U.S. East Coast. Before that, Seward worked as a reporter covering business and technology for a pair of NPR member stations, WHYY in Philadelphia and WXXI in Rochester, New York. Seward originally hails from San Francisco and went to college at the University of Chicago. He worked at the PBS NewsHour in Washington, D.C., before attending Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Huobi Global to Be Acquired by About Capital; PayPal Says it’s ‘Not Fining People for Misinformation’
Huobi Global to Be Acquired by About Capital; PayPal Says it’s ‘Not Fining People for Misinformation’
Crypto exchange Huobi Global, one of the biggest token trading outposts in the Asia markets, has agreed to be purchased by Hong Kong-based investment company About Capital Man...
Huobi Global to Be Acquired by About Capital; PayPal Says it’s ‘Not Fining People for Misinformation’
BNB Smart Chain Resumes Operations After Major Exploit; FTX Partners with Visa on Crypto Debit Card
BNB Smart Chain Resumes Operations After Major Exploit; FTX Partners with Visa on Crypto Debit Card
The BNB Smart Chain (BSC) resumed operations as chain validators adopted a software update that would close the exploit used by hackers to drain funds off-chain. Plus, FTX has...
BNB Smart Chain Resumes Operations After Major Exploit; FTX Partners with Visa on Crypto Debit Card
Do Kwon’s Passport Set to be ‘Invalidated’ By South Korea; Warner Music Group’s Web3 Push
Do Kwon’s Passport Set to be ‘Invalidated’ By South Korea; Warner Music Group’s Web3 Push
CORRECTION: Since publication, the reporting and headline of Celsius executives withdrawing crypto has been corrected to $17 million based on documentation provided by CTO Nuk...
Do Kwon’s Passport Set to be ‘Invalidated’ By South Korea; Warner Music Group’s Web3 Push
South Korean Prosecutors Reportedly Freeze $39.6M in Crypto Owned by Do Kwon; Global CBDC Framework
South Korean Prosecutors Reportedly Freeze $39.6M in Crypto Owned by Do Kwon; Global CBDC Framework
Prosecutors in South Korea have frozen 56.2 billion won ($39.6 million) of cryptocurrency assets belonging to Do Kwon, CEO of Terraform Labs, the firm behind the failed Luna s...
South Korean Prosecutors Reportedly Freeze $39.6M in Crypto Owned by Do Kwon; Global CBDC Framework
Elon Musk Reportedly Proposes to Proceed With Twitter Acquisition; Solana NFT Sales Jump in September
Elon Musk Reportedly Proposes to Proceed With Twitter Acquisition; Solana NFT Sales Jump in September
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has proposed moving forward with his on-again/off-again purchase agreement for Twitter at $54.20 per share, according to Bloomberg. Plus, new data from Dap...
Elon Musk Reportedly Proposes to Proceed With Twitter Acquisition; Solana NFT Sales Jump in September
Kim Kardashian Faces SEC Scrutiny Over Crypto Promotion; Coinbase Fixes Technical Problem
Kim Kardashian Faces SEC Scrutiny Over Crypto Promotion; Coinbase Fixes Technical Problem
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has paid $1.26 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges relating to her promotion of the EthereumMax digital tok...
Kim Kardashian Faces SEC Scrutiny Over Crypto Promotion; Coinbase Fixes Technical Problem
Elon Musk’s Texts Revealed Ahead of Twitter Trial; Meta Opens NFT Sharing on Instagram to US Users
Elon Musk’s Texts Revealed Ahead of Twitter Trial; Meta Opens NFT Sharing on Instagram to US Users
A series of text messages released as part of ongoing litigation ahead of Elon Musk’s trial with Twitter shed some light on what was going on leading up to the takeover offer...
Elon Musk’s Texts Revealed Ahead of Twitter Trial; Meta Opens NFT Sharing on Instagram to US Users
CFTC Chair Says Bitcoin Could ‘Double in Price’ Under Agency’s Regulation; Do Kwon Developments
CFTC Chair Says Bitcoin Could ‘Double in Price’ Under Agency’s Regulation; Do Kwon Developments
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam said Wednesday that CFTC-led regulation could have significant benefits for the crypto industry, including a...
CFTC Chair Says Bitcoin Could ‘Double in Price’ Under Agency’s Regulation; Do Kwon Developments
Kraken’s Incoming CEO on Crypto Regulation Outlook, Market Turbulence
Kraken’s Incoming CEO on Crypto Regulation Outlook, Market Turbulence
Incoming Kraken CEO Dave Ripley joins “The Hash” panel to discuss the crypto platform’s leadership plan, as Ripley gears up to succeed co-founder Jesse Powell, who will become...
Kraken’s Incoming CEO on Crypto Regulation Outlook, Market Turbulence