Jack Kubinec

Jack Kubinec

Jack Kubinec is an intern with the Blockworks editorial team. He is a rising senior at Cornell University where he has written for the Daily Sun and serves as Editor in Chief of Cornell Claritas. Contact Jack at [email protected]

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Fear of centralized exchanges has decentralized protocols seeing huge inflows, but some question if DeFi can handle the next wave of users

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The company behind the Terra stablecoin is hoping DAOs will build on the Terra blockchain — which lost billions in a few days earlier this year

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The proof-of-reserves specialists have audited many in crypto — including FTX

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Both crypto ranking platforms had FTX as the third-best exchange in the days before its collapse

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The liquidity provider B2C2 is in talks to purchase some of Genesis’ short-term loans at a discount

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Crypto.com and OKX saw massive investor outflows despite showing their reserves

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Say happy birthday to the crypto bear market as we recap adventures of some of the industry’s biggest names

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With Celsius and Voyager’s bankruptcies fresh in mind, crypto retail investors have reacted sharply to Binance buying FTX

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Third-quarter earnings are coming in below expectations, and tech companies are pointing the finger at crypto

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With billions of dollars in native tokens sitting in DAO treasuries, some in DeFi are seeking ways to generate yield on languishing crypto

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Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper, first published in 2008, outlined the design philosophy of the flagship cryptocurrency.

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Blockworks exclusive: Three of the four Porter Finance team members are re-launching the DeFi protocol as Arbor Finance

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Major DAOs are creating legal entities as US regulators show their teeth

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Laguna Labs is launching the first cost-of-living-based ‘flatcoin’ as inflation remains stubbornly high

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The DAO’s app will connect DeFi but doesn’t quell fears of regulation

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Grant committees tend to favor network-building projects over technical ones, industry participants say

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The DeFi platform’s top executive faces scrutiny over his past crypto ventures as Sushi adds another chapter to its history of leadership drama

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Blockworks Exclusive: Somani’s new project, Eclipse, is designed to be deployed on multiple chains in case a Terra-like event happens again

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Blockworks exclusive: TradFi’s GoldenTree Asset Management and longtime crypto firm Cumberland overwhelmingly carried the vote for DeFi protocol SushiSwap’s next chief executive

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As US policymakers mull a moratorium on algorithmic stablecoins, some upstarts are still searching for alternatives to the fiat-backed variety

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The ‘endgame’ is the DeFi founder’s final attempt to create a self-governing DAO

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The hacked DeFi protocol held a fourth vote on repaying victims before recouping lost funds

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Wireless company Helium inks a major deal with T-Mobile after months of ill fortune

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The DEX’s confusing ‘head chef’ nomination process illuminates the challenges of decentralized governance

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Institutional investors and whales are buying and staking ether as the Merge’s success appears likely

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The digital asset company hopes to offer crypto yields with TradFi safeguards

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The centralized exchange hopes to dissuade Maker from exiting its USDC holdings amid fallout from the US’ Tornado Cash sanctions

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A new proposal from Maker co-founder Rune maps plans for a free floating DAI, growing a schism between ‘futurists’ and ‘decentralists’

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The software upgrade will lower transaction costs on Ethereum’s largest layer-2

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Beneficiary options would make the transfer process faster, easier and cheaper for loved ones after a user’s death

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Controversial Tron founder Justin Sun has so far struggled to garner significant interest in his set of forked ether tokens

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The email marketing service is banning crypto creators beyond what is outlined in the company’s terms of service

The “Front Page of the Internet” enlisted FTX and Arbitrum to launch its tokens on the Ethereum mainnet

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A successful Merge could greatly reduce ETH inflation, and investors are buying options and staking ether in anticipation

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NFTs have found a useful place in the medical field, doctors say, but questionable ownership of land in the Amazon rainforest raised eyebrows

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The decentralized wireless network struggles to prove the viability of its token-based model

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Layer-2s keep gas fees in check, but an expanded ETH ecosystem may struggle to affordably process transactions

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Blockworks exclusive: Terraform Labs is creating infrastructure to build DAOs on Terra 2.0

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The cross-chain messaging system announced a low-cost, high-security chain based on optimistic rollups

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Cryptocurrency firms are re-tooling risk management to prevent another credit crisis

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The Root Labs raise precedes Beanstalk’s “Replanting” relaunch strategy

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President Nayib Bukele insists the country can pay its debt despite losing more than 50% on its bitcoin investments

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Already nearly $2 billion, the value of cryptoassets lost to software exploits this year is likely to exceed 2021

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Programmers are questioning the validity of recent zkEVM announcements

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Blockworks exclusive: The layer-1 blockchain’s announcement comes amid a bevy of recent interest in zero-knowledge rollups

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Kirkland & Ellis is looking to position itself as a leader in crypto restructuring

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The finance DAO announced a wrapped version of stETH can soon be traded on layer-2 Ethereum protocols

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DeFi platforms are rolling out novel cross-chain solutions following major bridge hacks

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The Recording Industry Association of America claims some music industry-related domain sales “infringe” on its members’ trademarks

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Latin America and the Asia Pacific region are bullish on cryptoassets, Ripple’s crypto trends survey found