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Featured Clips
The rise and fall of OpenSea
The Verge
, Aug. 28, 2024
Inside the $400 million Coinbase breach: An Indian call center and teenage hackers
Fortune
, May 29, 2025
Can AI porn be ethical?
The Guardian
, Feb. 18, 2024
Meta and OpenAI have spawned a wave of AI sex companions—and some of them are children
Fortune
, Jan. 8, 2024
The Morbid War Over Online Obituaries
WIRED
, Dec. 26, 2021
Tech Scoops
Apple, X, and Airbnb among growing number of Big Tech firms exploring crypto adoption
Fortune
, June 6, 2025
Meta in talks to deploy stablecoins three years after giving up on landmark crypto project
Fortune
, May 8, 2025
Trump’s latest crypto venture will be a real estate video game
Fortune
, April 15, 2025
Justice Department scraps crypto unit as Trump further loosens oversight of digital assets
Fortune
, April 8, 2025
SEC subpoenas three crypto VCs in sign crackdown is gaining pace
DL News
, Aug. 9, 2024
SEC investigated NBA Top Shot developer Dapper Labs, but decided to close case in September
Fortune
, April 11, 2024
Monad Labs in talks to raise more than $200 million round led by Paradigm, valuing the Jump Crypto–linked startup at $3 billion
Fortune
, March 11, 2024
Drama at Solana: Creation of new corporate entity raises questions of ‘decentralization theater’
Fortune
, Jan. 30, 2024
Days after laying off 50% of their staff, OpenSea executives are talking strategy at a $9 million mansion once owned by Katy Perry and Russell Brand
Fortune
, Nov. 7, 2023
Other Tech Clips
Influencer who attended Trump’s memecoin dinner says he got a ‘Walmart steak’—and no access to the president
Fortune
, May 23, 2025
Rivers of whiskey and Taylor Swift songs — how I survived a crypto party at 33,000 feet
DL News
, Sept. 23, 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried can’t shut up. His ‘word salad’ answers were almost 75% longer on average than his 3 FTX lieutenants’
Fortune
, Oct. 30, 2023
This artist has generated $3 million in less than 2 years selling artwork on the blockchain. It’s not human
Fortune
, April 25, 2023
In war-scarred Bosnia, tech startups fight massive brain drain
Rest of World
, Sept. 28, 2022
Christian Missionaries Are Turning to the Gospel of Bitcoin in Latin America
Gizmodo
, Sept. 9, 2022
Bitcoin Evangelists Want the World's Poor to Use Crypto
Insider
, Aug. 16, 2022
The People Who Are Finding God Through, and in, Bitcoin
Slate
, July 12, 2022
Meet Crackhead Barney, TikTok’s outrageous ambush interviewer
Input
, Dec. 2, 2021
The Venezuelans Trying to Escape Their Country Through Video Game Grunt Work
Slate
, Aug. 25, 2021
Select Reporting from NYC
Greenpoint Tenants Fear Eviction After 7-year Court Case with Landlord
Greenpointers
, March 22, 2021
I Took a Double-Decker Tour of NYC During a Raging Pandemic
Bedford + Bowery
, Dec. 18, 2020
Greenpoint Studio Spaces Empty as Landlord Offers Few Concessions
Greenpointers
, Sept. 9, 2020
How a Photo of Trash in Greenpoint Became a Photo of Seattle's ‘Autonomous Zone’
Greenpointers
, Aug. 13, 2020
Take A Ride With The Subway's 'Happiest Conductor'
Gothamist
, Aug. 21, 2019