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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Facebook Beefs Up Its Blockchain Efforts With Startup Hires
Facebook appears to be doubling down on its blockchain efforts with the hiring staffers from smart-contract startup Chainspace.
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Glyph Partners With 3 Crypto Firms for Accredited-Investor Checks
With many decentralized-identity efforts facing adoption challenges, Glyph's first step – accredited-investor checks – is intentionally niche.
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XRP Market Cap May Be Overstated by Billions, Messari Report Estimates
A new report from Messari estimates that the true market capitalization and circulating supply of XRP is markedly less than what most data sources currently present.
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Coinbase Acquires Andreessen Horowitz–Backed Startup Blockspring
Blockspring, a startup that makes tools for collecting and managing data from APIs, has been acquired by Coinbase.
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Bitwage Now Lets Firms Pay Salaried Staff in Crypto
A new product from Bitwage makes it easier to handle payroll taxes when paying employees in bitcoin or ether.
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How the US Government Shutdown Is Halting Crypto Progress on Wall Street
A record-breaking government shutdown in the U.S. is pushing crypto policy decisions to the back burner.
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Insiders Say ConsenSys Faces a Hurdle to 2019 Rebound: Joe Lubin's Grip
ConsenSys insiders say ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin will need to welcome more stakeholders into the fold for his startups to survive.
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ShapeShift Lays Off 37 in Latest Crypto Industry Cutback
Crypto exchange ShapeShift has announced a round of layoffs, cutting its staff by a third.
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US Lawmakers Seek Sanctions Against Iran's Cryptocurrency Efforts
A bill introduced this week in Congress takes a hard line on Iran's efforts to develop its own sovereign cryptocurrency.
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Crypto Firms Merge to Build Software for Institutional Investors
In a bid to provide services for institutional investors, investor tools provider Picks & Shovels is merging with crypto accounting startup CoinVantage.
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