“If DeFi is going to work without being subject to the rules of the old systems, then there has to be some sort of accountability. Even in systems where there’s anonymity,” Danny Nelson says. Danny Nelson breaks down his recent investigative story, “Master of Anons: How a Crypto Developer Faked a DeFi Ecosystem,” with

Amidst numerous other scandals, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) has added a crypto one: The U.S. House of Representatives House Committee on Ethics has announced an investigation into Cawthorn’s promotion of the “Let’s Go Brandon '' meme coin. “Opinionated” hosts   Ben Schiller and Danny Nelson dive into the story, expl

This week on “Opinionated,” we sit down with David Z. Morris, CoinDesk’s chief insights columnist.  DZM gives us the highlights and lowlights from 2021, and looks ahead to 2022.  His highlight? El Salvador.  “For me, the bitcoin policy in El Salvador was the landmark moment of the year,” he says.  El Salvador has been

This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Aaron Lammer, author of a podcast series about the now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io. The QuadrigaCX saga, first broken by our colleague Nik De and still not finished, could

This week, we’re shaking up “Opinionated’s” format and adding two more co-hosts, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson. And we’re joined by another CoinDesker, our managing editor of podcasts, Adam B. Levine.  This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange. Last week he wrote a column on the rise of dogec