Consensus Magazine

Canada’s Blockchain Advantage: Small Enough to Move Fast, Big Enough to Matter

Whoever wins the election April 28, Canada has the talent, history, and agility to become the first G7 nation to fully embrace a blockchain-forward future.

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Dave Portnoy: Memecoins are ‘Legalized Ponzi Schemes’

The founder of Barstool Sports will speak at Consensus 2025 on May 15.

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Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell on Building the DeFi-Bond Bridge

Powell, a speaker at Consensus 2025, sat down with CoinDesk to chat about his work on the blockchain capital platform, its expansion in Asia and Latin America, focus on bitcoin yield products, and more.

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)
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Play-to-Earn Is Dead. Why Tap-to-Earn Marks a Big Shift

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How Memes and Gamification Are Changing Finance As We Know It

As social, finance, gaming, messaging become folded in single “super apps,” memes transmit subtle but powerful cultural meaning in a digitally-native way, says Ray Chan, CEO of Memeland. Welcome to the Meme Age.

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What Hamster Kombat Did: How Telegram Built a Web3 Gaming Juggernaut

With hundreds of millions of users, Telegram’s TON, aka The Open Network, is building a head of steam in simple, addictive, fun games built on a blockchain.

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