Carpe Consensus

A DeFi project steps precariously close to insider trading.

A crypto winter of growth and optimism: from those who developed the tech to those who led the fight for sensible regulation, the year has been full of influential figures transforming the crypto industry.

Danny Nelson describes his recent scoop where he learned that Polygon quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an "equal" member of the validator community.

Jonathan Martin traveled across El Salvador, observing bitcoin adoption in the first country to make BTC legal currency.

Well, the show's over: Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on all seven counts in the FTX fraud trial. Now, the crypto industry and its reporters move on to other topics – maybe even out of crypto winter, and into spring?

When SBF decided to take the stand, reporters flocked to the courthouse to try and get a spot in the room itself to watch the former FTX CEO recount his version of events. Turns out Sam didn't remember much of what happened at FTX.

In a break from the Sam Bankman-Fried trial coverage, “Carpe Consensus” hosts Ben Schiller and Danny Nelson chat about bitcoin ETFs and the state of crypto policy.

CoinDesk reports from the courthouse on week three of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial.

The government’s star witness, the former CEO of Alameda Trading and once romantic partner of Sam Bankman-Fried, testified this week. CoinDesk reports from the courthouse.

CoinDesk reports from the courthouse.