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Navigating the intersection of conflict, aid and blockchain

In this issueGaza tensions, digital tremorsNFTs: not dancing in SeptemberLubin talks twilight: Traditional system’s eclipseFrom the Editor’s DeskDear Reader,It’s a geopolitical conflict with roots stretching back over more than a century. Yet the latest escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine this past week feels particularly shocking. Not least because

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The Intersection of Eth 2.0 Validating and Cloud Computing Explained

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the security and running costs of CoinDesk’s Ethereum 2.0 staking operations with special guest, CoinDesk Director of Engineering Spencer Beggs. They also explain the main features of Eth 2.0’s first major backwards-incompatible upgrade, Altair, which is tentatively

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Award-winning NFT artwork exhibited on giant billboard at LA intersection

A piece of interactive art by Micah Johnson, former Major League Baseball player turned NFT artist, will spend the next month exhibited on a giant electronic billboard in Los Angeles.Micah Johnson’s “ˈsä-v(ə-)rən-tē” (pronounced “sovereignty”) was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and features two African-American boys hoping to fulfill

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