Will Gottsegen

Will Gottsegen

Will Gottsegen was CoinDesk's media and culture reporter. He graduated from Pomona College with a degree in English and has held staff positions at Spin, Billboard, and Decrypt.

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Consensus Rewind 4:3 Art
Consensus Rewind: The Art of the Impossible: When Music, Art and Tech Collide
Nait Jones, executive founder of Royal, and Grammy award-winning artist Big Boi sit for a discussion on the connection between the arts and tech.
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Cherie Hu on Music and the Metaverse
How might concerts work in the metaverse? And what even is the metaverse, anyway? Ahead of her panel at CoinDesk’s Consensus festival, Water & Music founder Cherie Hu pins it...
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Milady 8835 last sold for 0.35 ETH (about $1,000) on OpenSea. (Art by Remilia, modified by CoinDesk.)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About ‘Miladys’ but Were Afraid to Ask
These anime-inspired NFTs come with some deeply confounding ideological baggage.
Milady 8835 last sold for 0.35 ETH (about $1,000) on OpenSea. (Art by Remilia, modified by CoinDesk.)
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Bored & Hungry in Crypto: Why This Burger Joint Wants to Use ApeCoin
The owner of the first Bored Ape-themed restaurant explains himself.
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Otherside and the Future of NFT Consolidation
In the wake of its chaotic metaverse land sale, Yuga Labs says it has outgrown Ethereum. Quelle surprise.
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BAYC Team Raises $285M With Otherside NFTs, Clogs Ethereum
The virtual land rush for the ape-centered metaverse project has already cost traders more than $176 million in fees alone.
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MONKEY BUSINESS: Buying access to a random person’s crypto wallet is extremely risky. (meshaphoto/Getty Images)
Please Don’t Buy a ‘KYC’d’ Wallet for the Bored Apes Team’s Otherside Mint
Yuga Labs’ long-awaited “Otherside” NFT sale has spawned a secondary market for specially registered Ethereum addresses. Caveat emptor.
MONKEY BUSINESS: Buying access to a random person’s crypto wallet is extremely risky. (meshaphoto/Getty Images)
Credit: Akutars (Edited by CoinDesk)
The Pitfalls of 'Community-as-Company'
When a faulty smart contract cost the Akutars NFT collection nearly $35 million, project leaders said they'd bail it out.
Credit: Akutars (Edited by CoinDesk)
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Moonbird NFTs Are a Bet on Kevin Rose's Rep
With a buzzy new NFT collection, the Digg co-founder looks to reward members of his VIP blockchain club.
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Elon Musk, Twitter and Running Things Like a DAO
Why the world's richest man may not have the lasting influence he craves.
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