Consensus 2021

Opinion

Artists Who Now Make a Living Because of NFTs

For artists living in remote parts of the Philippines, the rhetoric of NFT empowerment isn't empty buzzwords.

Business  ·  25 May 2021
Coinbase

How Investors Can Gain Crypto Exposure Through Stocks

Stocks such as RIOT and COIN offer investors crypto exposure without owning BTC directly, according to a panel at Consensus 2021.

Markets  ·  25 May 2021
Bitcoin

Bobby Lee Says Latest China ‘Bitcoin Ban’ Nothing to Fear and Nothing New

China's government is taking more drastic measures against bitcoin mining. The Ballet CEO thinks this will strengthen the network over time.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 May 2021
FTX

Sam Bankman-Fried Says Bitcoin Mining Council Opens an ‘Interesting Can of Worms’

Hopefully it will clean up the "stupid dialogue going on about ESG," he said. "Not in the sense that ESG was stupid, but that the dialogue was."

Markets  ·  25 May 2021
Polkadot

Polkadot’s Gavin Wood: WebAssembly Is the Future of Smart Contracts, but ‘Legacy’ EVM Is Right Now

“It's super important to support these legacy protocols, these legacy languages, and that's what we're doing,” says the former Ethereum developer.

Tech  ·  25 May 2021
Hester Peirce

Crypto May Force SEC to Modernize Custody Rules: Commissioner Hester Peirce

“The bottom line message I have is that we have work to do in modernizing our custody rules all across the board,” Pierce said.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 May 2021
DFINITY

Dfinity Offering $220M in Developer Grants for Ambitious ‘Internet Computer’ Project

Meanwhile, 100,000 identities have been created on the network since its launch this month, founder Dominic Williams said at Consensus 2021.

Tech  ·  25 May 2021
Enterprise Blockchain

China’s BSN Builder Urges Developers to Look Beyond Cryptocurrency

Red Date Technologies CEO Yifan He was showing off the BSN stack in public for the first time.

People  ·  25 May 2021
NFTs

Christie’s Auction House Exec: NFTs Are the ‘Art World’s Napster’

"It could be that disruptive to the way people do business," said Noah Davis, Christie's point person on NFTs, at Consensus 2021.

Business  ·  25 May 2021
China

China’s CBDC Could Give Beijing ‘Leeway for Economic Retaliation,’ Says National Security Expert

Yaya Fanusie also believes that fears the Chinese CBDC would undermine or displace the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency are "overblown."

News  ·  25 May 2021
Opinion

Rocky Mountain Institute Proposes Protocol to Track Climate Emissions

A new way to keep tabs on climate impacts within corporate supply chains, based on open-source ledger technology.

Policy & regulation  ·  24 May 2021
Cynthia Lummis

Senator Lummis’ Financial Innovation Caucus to Launch Tuesday

“We have to do a great deal more” to clarify the U.S. cryptocurrency regulatory framework, Wyoming's Cynthia Lummis said.

News  ·  24 May 2021
Consensus 2021

The Next Mickey Mouse or Hello Kitty Could Be an NFT, Says Gary Vaynerchuk

"This is going to be the greatest era of intellectual property ownership," the media mogul predicted in an impassioned conversation at Consensus 2021

Business  ·  24 May 2021
Art

Consensus 2021: Welcome to Our Metaverse

"Long the Metaverse,” featuring crypto artists including Coldie and Alotta Money, is an exploration of art and virtual reality for Consensus 2021.

People  ·  24 May 2021
ray dalio

Ray Dalio: ‘I Have Some Bitcoin’

The billionaire hedge fund boss sees an inflationary future where “cash is trash” and BTC catches on as a store of wealth. He still doubts governments will tolerate it.

Markets  ·  24 May 2021