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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage
Leemon Baird on Hedera's Technical Gambit and AI’s Future
The co-founder of Hedera, a speaker at Consensus 2025, says today’s technological advances “will make the Industrial Revolution look minor in comparison.” Interview with Afra Wang.
CoinDesk Weekly Recap: Even ETH Is Up
PLUS: Coinbase's big deal; Pectra upgrade; stablecoins penetrate; bitcoin lending returns.
Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage
Anna Kazlauskas: Data Ownership in the Age of AI
The co-founder of Vana is building data DAOs and decentralized marketplaces to create an ecosystem of user-owned data. She will give the keynote at the AI Summit at Consensus May 16.
Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage
GSR’s Josh Riezman on Regulation, Risk, and Readying Crypto for the Next Phase
The market-maker, investor and asset manager aims to be a “one-stop shop for market participants,” says its Chief Strategy Officer. Riezman is a speaker at Consensus 2025 May 14-16.
How the Democrats’ Path to 2026 Victory Goes Through Decentralized Crypto
The current draft of the GENIUS Act elevates centralized entities in overseeing stablecoins. Democrats should take the right stand against it, says Hermine Wong.
Stabledollars: The Third Act of Dollar Reinvention
Blockchain-based dollar infrastructure holds enormous opportunities for the U.S. But only if it treats the technology wisely, says John deVadoss.
Will Crypto Values Survive the Regulatory Wave?
Ahead of the People’s Regulatory Roundtable at Consensus 2025, six leading crypto lawyers discuss whether core crypto principles, like decentralization and privacy, will be included in upcoming legislation and regulation.
Reflections on Those MSTR Bitcoin ‘Earnings’
The 'Strategy Model' is good for BTC. But what about the rest of crypto? CoinDesk Indices’ Andy Baehr has questions.
IRS' Crypto Leads Are Leaving the Agency After Accepting DOGE Deals
The pair took voluntary resignation offers and left their positions after only a little more than a year of government service, according to two people.
The SEC Can Learn From the IRS in Making Regulation Simpler for Crypto
The IRS has relied on voluntary disclosure programs to bring taxpayers into compliance rather than imposing punitive actions upfront. A similar model should be applied to crypto regulation as well, says Miles Fuller, Director of Government Solutions, TaxBit.
