Daniel Kuhn

Daniel Kuhn

Daniel Kuhn is a features reporter and assistant opinion editor for CoinDesk Layer 2. He also writes a daily news rundown and twice weekly column for The Node newsletter. He first appeared in print in Financial Planning, a trade publication magazine. Before journalism, he studied philosophy as an undergrad, English literature in graduate school and business and economic reporting at an NYU professional program. You can connect with him on Twitter and Telegram @danielgkuhn or find him on Urbit as ~dorrys-lonreb. He owns BTC and ETH.

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Arbitrum Governance Fracas Reopens the Question: Why DAOs?
A messy governance dispute over a major Ethereum scaling system has some complaining about “decentralization theater.”
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Megan Knab, CEO of Franklin. (Franklin)
Crypto Payroll Company Franklin Closes $2.9M Seed Round
The payroll company is the second spin-off project developed internally at boutique Web3 marketing firm Serotonin, founded by Ethereum mainstay Amanda Cassatt.
Megan Knab, CEO of Franklin. (Franklin)
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‘Rug Radio’ Founder Farokh Talks Fame, Fortune and Decentralization
In an interview ahead of Consensus the mononymed podcaster discusses how he built the foundation to collaboratively build a Web3 media empire.
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U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)
Anti-TikTok Politicking Shows Worst Tendencies of U.S. Pols
The RESTRICT Act and other attempts to ring fence foreign tech would disrupt the open internet at the same time crypto is under threat.
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)
CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)
How Bad Is the Binance Suit?
If the commodities cops are taken at their word, Binance sacrificed regulatory compliance for the sake of growth.
CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)
A cardboard cutout of Tron founder Justin Sun (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
The SEC’s Scattershot Approach Shows Its Weakness
By taking aim at high-profile targets including Coinbase, Justin Sun and Lindsey Lohan, the SEC showed it doesn’t have the resources to effectively police the crypto industry.
A cardboard cutout of Tron founder Justin Sun (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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Taking Photos and Minting NFTs at the Ends of the Earth, With FOTO’s John Knopf
The Emmy award-nominated photographer discusses the early days of Bored Apes, digital culture and turning an industry into a community using crypto.
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Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
The Banking Crisis Has Been Good for Stablecoin Experimentation
Sovryn, a Bitcoin DeFi protocol, announced a new dollar proxy as others look at alternative models for collateralizing stablecoins amid a banking system crisis.
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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Should I Keep My Money in Bitcoin or a Bank?
The U.S. government is in the business of bailing out banks. But some people prefer to keep cash under the mattress.
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¿La caída de Silvergate tiene algún lado positivo? (Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash)
Cuáles podrían ser los cuatro ganadores de la caída de Silvergate
El colapso del banco de criptomonedas más reconocido podría ser una oportunidad para las stablecoins y otros proveedores de servicios financieros.
¿La caída de Silvergate tiene algún lado positivo? (Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash)