Matthew Leising

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Matthew Leising was one of the first mainstream journalists to understand the implications of blockchain technology for finance, culture and industry in general when he began covering it for Bloomberg News in 2015. He co-founded Decential Media in 2021 to focus exclusively on telling the stories of the founders, builders and visionaries who are creating a new decentralized economy and Internet experience.

His expertise lies in Ethereum, where his sources include the people who invented and then built the world’s most-used blockchain. His 2020 book Out of the Ether is the definitive history of how the Ethereum blockchain was created.

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SukuPay Wants to Take Crypto Out of Payments for Everyone's Good
web3, payments
SukuPay Wants to Take Crypto Out of Payments for Everyone's Good
web3, payments

The startup has created an easy web2 version of setting up a digital wallet with only a cell phone number needed

web3, payments
The Early Take on How Blockchain Can Enhance AI, According to EY’s Paul Brody
News, Ethereum
The Early Take on How Blockchain Can Enhance AI, According to EY’s Paul Brody
News, Ethereum

More broadly, EY’s global blockchain leader is bullish on crypto in the long term

News, Ethereum
Dot.com Domain Names Can Now Link to Ethereum Wallets Using ENS and GoDaddy
News, web3
Dot.com Domain Names Can Now Link to Ethereum Wallets Using ENS and GoDaddy
News, web3

The partnership could help more users and organizations get easy access to digital wallets

News, web3
New Bitcoin ETFs Raise Questions About Disclosure Rules As They 'Open Up a New Market'
News, Bitcoin
New Bitcoin ETFs Raise Questions About Disclosure Rules As They 'Open Up a New Market'
News, Bitcoin

After a strong debut, investors should expect proper disclosure rules for Bitcoin ETFs

News, Bitcoin
Crypto Crime Fell to 0.34% of All Blockchain Use in 2023; FTX $8.7B Theft Counted as Fraud: Chainalysis
News
Crypto Crime Fell to 0.34% of All Blockchain Use in 2023; FTX $8.7B Theft Counted as Fraud: Chainalysis
News

How about them apples, Sen. Warren?

News
Scammers Who Trick Users Into Signing Malicious Transactions Have Netted At Least $1B Since 2021, Chainalysis Says
News
Scammers Who Trick Users Into Signing Malicious Transactions Have Netted At Least $1B Since 2021, Chainalysis Says
News

Romance butchering has a new facet to it — approval phishing

News
Crypto Investors Are Neglecting Key Metrics, Broadridge Survey Finds
News
Crypto Investors Are Neglecting Key Metrics, Broadridge Survey Finds
News

The technology and trading firm surveyed 2,000 crypto investors to find where they get their information and how they make decisions

News
Bitcoin Mining Operations Increasingly Used to Launder Ill-Gotten Crypto, Chainalysis Says
News
Bitcoin Mining Operations Increasingly Used to Launder Ill-Gotten Crypto, Chainalysis Says
News

Crypto gained via ransomware and sent to mining pools has risen 5,000-times since 2018, according to Chainalysis

News
Wasabi Protocol Is Bringing Options to the NFT Market to Improve Efficiency and Provide Investor Protections
NFT, News
Wasabi Protocol Is Bringing Options to the NFT Market to Improve Efficiency and Provide Investor Protections
NFT, News

A move by a startup to build out the trading infrastructure for the $21 billion NFT market

NFT, News
Crypto for Good: How Glo Dollar Plans to Use a Stablecoin to Help End Extreme Poverty
Feature
Crypto for Good: How Glo Dollar Plans to Use a Stablecoin to Help End Extreme Poverty
Feature

“Crypto allows us to to embed values within money.”

Feature
Blockchain Adoption is Real and Happening Now. Tech Giant Broadridge Has the Receipts
News, Enterprise blockchain
Blockchain Adoption is Real and Happening Now. Tech Giant Broadridge Has the Receipts
News, Enterprise blockchain

The necessary network effect has taken time to build but ‘laggards’ now realize they need to invest in the technology

News, Enterprise blockchain
Nat Sarkissian’s Generative Landscapes Light Up Bright Moments
NFT
Nat Sarkissian’s Generative Landscapes Light Up Bright Moments
NFT

A black cat on a leash, exquisite pizza and art unveiled on a chilly Venice night

NFT
The Founding Premise of Blockchain-based Games Is Still Solid, Pantera Capital Says
Gaming, web3
The Founding Premise of Blockchain-based Games Is Still Solid, Pantera Capital Says
Gaming, web3

The blockchain part of the gaming market is expected to grow to $65.7 billion by 2027 from $4.6 billion in 2022

Gaming, web3
Pantera's 2023 Crypto Outlook Mixes Work to Be Done With Optimism
News
Pantera's 2023 Crypto Outlook Mixes Work to Be Done With Optimism
News

A look ahead to 2023 and a look back at 2022 from Pantera Capital, one of the first crypto asset managers and fund providers

News
Ransomware Payments Declined in 2022 as Victims Get Tougher and Smarter, Chainalysis Report Shows
News
Ransomware Payments Declined in 2022 as Victims Get Tougher and Smarter, Chainalysis Report Shows
News

Is the tide turning on cybercriminals?

News
DeCential’s 2022 Year-End Web3 Rewind
DeCential’s 2022 Year-End Web3 Rewind

A look back at 2022 in the words of some of the best builders and smartest minds in web3

Investors Remain Cautious but Curious in Wake of FTX Disaster, Crypto Market Analysis with Cowen’s David Kroger
Market Analysis
Investors Remain Cautious but Curious in Wake of FTX Disaster, Crypto Market Analysis with Cowen’s David Kroger
Market Analysis

How are sophisticated investors reacting to the FTX implosion?

Market Analysis
Collab.Land Founder James Young On Being the ‘Water Pipes’ of the Web3 World
Article
Collab.Land Founder James Young On Being the ‘Water Pipes’ of the Web3 World
Article

The founder discusses the move to Reddit, Apple’s recent App Store rules and the economic incentives behind token-gated communities

Article
‘A Token-Picker’s Market for the First Time in a Long Time,’ Market Commentary With Arca’s Jeff Dorman
‘A Token-Picker’s Market for the First Time in a Long Time,’ Market Commentary With Arca’s Jeff Dorman

A dive into crypto market fundamentals with the chief investment officer of digital-asset investment firm Arca

Digital Asset Looks to Streamline Securities Settlement, Not Fight the Fed
News
Digital Asset Looks to Streamline Securities Settlement, Not Fight the Fed
News

Daml Finance is a way to tokenize securities to improve the certainty of settlement

News
Recent Regulatory Action Belies Government Confusion Over How to Oversee DeFi: Executives
Recent Regulatory Action Belies Government Confusion Over How to Oversee DeFi: Executives

Will regulators ever truly understand defi?

A Sleepless Night and How Glow Labs’ Annie Reardon and Renee Russo Want to Reward Your Web3 Loyalty
NFT
A Sleepless Night and How Glow Labs’ Annie Reardon and Renee Russo Want to Reward Your Web3 Loyalty
NFT

Meet the young female founders of Glow Labs who left JPMorgan behind to strike out on their own

NFT
Christoph Jentzsch Brings corpus.ventures to Life to Keep Collaborating and Build the Web3 He Wants to See
Christoph Jentzsch Brings corpus.ventures to Life to Keep Collaborating and Build the Web3 He Wants to See

Christoph Jentzsch has been in Ethereum from almost the very beginning and his new venture aims to help the ecosystem keep evolving

Cryptocurrency Crime Fell Through mid-2022 in Line with Price Drop, Chainalysis Says
Cryptocurrency Crime Fell Through mid-2022 in Line with Price Drop, Chainalysis Says

Cryptocurrency crime has fallen along with prices so far in 2022, according to forensics firm Chainalysis

On-Chain Crypto Lender Maple is Hoping Boosted Transparency Can Set it Apart as ‘Black Box’ Projects Fail
Article
On-Chain Crypto Lender Maple is Hoping Boosted Transparency Can Set it Apart as ‘Black Box’ Projects Fail
Article

Sid Powell hopes that using the transparency of the blockchain to issue loans will set his firm apart from recent failures at Celsius and others

Article
Gitcoin Grants Surviving Crypto Crash So Far, According to Program Lead Annika Lewis
Article
Gitcoin Grants Surviving Crypto Crash So Far, According to Program Lead Annika Lewis
Article

The recent crash in crypto prices hasn’t yet hurt Gitcoin Grants ability to raise funds to help startups, according to grants program lead Annika Lewis

Article
Ethereum Bridge Builder Mikhail Kalinin on Designing The Merge Transition Mechanism and Almost Missing Out
Article
Ethereum Bridge Builder Mikhail Kalinin on Designing The Merge Transition Mechanism and Almost Missing Out
Article

Mikhail Kalinin helped design one of the most crucial pieces of Ethereum’s planned upgrade to proof of stake, but almost missed his chance to work on the project

Article
Is a $60 Billion Loss Enough to Boost Activity on Regulated Web3 Projects?
Article
Is a $60 Billion Loss Enough to Boost Activity on Regulated Web3 Projects?
Article

The recent spectacular failure of Terra may help projects that have gone to the trouble of getting regulatory approval.

Article
Ethereum Nerd-Sniping: A Conversation With Veteran Dev Ben Edgington on the Merge and Boring Day Jobs
Article
Ethereum Nerd-Sniping: A Conversation With Veteran Dev Ben Edgington on the Merge and Boring Day Jobs
Article

An update on the ongoing major upgrade to Ethereum with veteran developer Ben Edgington

Article
Exchange Veteran Bruce Tupper Sees ‘Old Guard’ Coming Around on Crypto
Article
Exchange Veteran Bruce Tupper Sees ‘Old Guard’ Coming Around on Crypto
Article

The man who helped Intercontinental Exchange list its first contracts in 2000 sees a new wave of distributed markets changing the industry and wants to ensure customers are protected along the way

Article