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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Latest Music Act to Launch a Social Token: Portugal. The Man
The Grammy Award–winning band is turning to Rally to join the ranks of musicians launching fan engagement tokens.
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Visa Abandons $5.3B Acquisition of Plaid Over DOJ Antitrust Concerns
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday the deal is off.
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Dan Larimer Announces Departure From EOS Builder Block.One
Dan Larimer has left Block.one, the company that raised $4 billion to build the software behind the EOS blockchain.
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Coinbase Acquires Routefire to Beef Up Institutional Bitcoin Offering
Leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has acquired trade execution startup Routefire. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Coinbase to Suspend XRP Trading Following SEC Suit Against Ripple
Coinbase said it will suspend trading of XRP, the cryptocurrency at the heart of an SEC lawsuit against Ripple Labs.
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Paxos, Firm Powering PayPal's Crypto Service, Raises $142M
Paxos has raised $142 million to facilitate mainstream adoption. “We think that opportunity is now,” said CEO Charles Cascarilla.
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Lil Yachty Collectible Fetches $16K in Latest String of High-Profile NFT Auctions
The lucky winner is “westcoastbill” – a user who appears to have sniped Tyler Winklevoss by $50 at the last minute.
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Charles Cascarilla: PayPal Whisperer
PayPal pumped excitement into the bitcoin market this year. And on the back-end of every purchase is Charles Cascarilla's Paxos.
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Coinbase to Support Spark Token Airdrop to XRP Holders
Coinbase announced Saturday it plans to support an airdrop that has been seen as a factor in boosting XRP’s price.
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XRP Led November's Crypto Bull Run With 169% Gain
XRP jumped 169% in November to top the performance rankings among digital assets in the CoinDesk 20, outperforming bitcoin and ether.
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