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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Coinbase Adds DAI as First Stablecoin in Crypto Exchange's Earn Program
Fresh on the heels of the addition of EOS, Coinbase is adding ethereum stablecoin DAI to its Earn program.
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More Details Emerge on Team Behind Facebook's Secretive Blockchain
News outlets are beginning to identify key staffers behind Facebook's "GlobalCoin" project.
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Coinbase President Steps Down, Emilie Choi Named as Replacement
Asiff Hirji is leaving Coinbase after 18 months on the job. The crypto exchange also announced that current executive Emilie Choi would take over as COO.
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Telegram-Based Crypto Wallet App Now Allows Fiat Purchases
Button Wallet, an app that puts a crypto wallet inside your Telegram account, is adding a fiat on-ramp in a partnership with Wyre.
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Decentralized Domain Registry Raises $4 Million From Draper, Boost VC
Unstoppable Domains says its decentralized registry can create a censorship-resistant internet, and big investors are backing the idea.
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Crypto Startup Circle Cuts 30 Employees Citing Market, Regulatory Conditions
Circle is laying off roughly 30 people, CoinDesk has learned.
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'Facebook Coin' Could Generate Billions in Revenue: Barclays Analyst
A note from Barclays analyst Ross Sandler sketches out how much Facebook might gain from developing its own cryptocurrency.
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NEM Foundation Charts Path Forward After $8 Million Rescue, Major Cutbacks
The NEM Foundation is mapping out its survival plans in real time after a funding injection of roughly $8 million last month.
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Facebook Plans Cryptocurrency Launch in First Half of 2019: NYT Report
A report from the New York Times says plans to launch a cryptocurrency product in the first half of 2019.
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AngelList Spin-Off CoinList Announces First Token Sale of 2019
Decentralized data-sharing network Ocean Protocol will be CoinList's first token sale of 2019.
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