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Xinyi Luo

Xinyi Luo

Xinyi Luo, a financial reporter with a background in broadcast journalism, joined CoinDesk Layer 2's team as a features and opinion intern in June 2022. She is a graduate of Missouri School of Journalism. You can connect with her on Twitter @luo_trista. She does not currently hold any cryptocurrencies.

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No-livewire
Diez predicciones sobre el sector de las criptomonedas para el 2023
¿Qué tendrá preparado el 2023 para las criptomonedas? Nosotros nos encargamos de recopilar las predicciones de los expertos de la industria, desde las más optimistas hasta las más escépticas.
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By Jeff WilserXinyi Luo
Dec 20, 2022 at 7:33 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2022
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Consensus Magazine
Crypto 2023
10 Predictions for the Future of Crypto in 2023
What does the next year hold for crypto? We’ve rounded up predictions from smart people in the space – from the bullish to the skeptical.
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By Jeff WilserXinyi Luo
Dec 20, 2022 at 4:02 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2022
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CDCROP: Stop Do Not Walk crosswalk light (Unsplash)
Business
Canada
Canada’s Largest Pension Fund No Longer Mulling Crypto Investment: Reuters
CPP Investment has nearly $400 billion in assets under management.
CDCROP: Stop Do Not Walk crosswalk light (Unsplash)
By Xinyi Luo
Dec 7, 2022 at 8:22 p.m. UTC
Dec 7, 2022
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Bitcoin miners are offered to help stabilize Texas power grid. (Illustration: Yunha/CoinDesk)
Business
Bitcoin mining
Bitcoin Miners Offered Way to Cut Texas Electricity Usage to Help the Grid
The state's interim, voluntary program to lower power consumption during high demand periods, might go live as early as Jan. 1, 2023.
Bitcoin miners are offered to help stabilize Texas power grid. (Illustration: Yunha/CoinDesk)
By Xinyi Luo
Dec 6, 2022 at 9:06 p.m. UTC
Dec 6, 2022
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Sonar "moji" NFTs on OpenSea. (OpenSea)
Business
Aave
Aave Acquires NFT Mobile Game Sonar for Lens Social Media Integration
With the acquisition, Lens Protocol will be integrated into a game app which claims to have 20,000 active users per month.
Sonar "moji" NFTs on OpenSea. (OpenSea)
By Xinyi Luo
Dec 5, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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CDCrop Will Ess / Adam Levine (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
Most influential
The Artist and Technology Behind 36 AI Portraits
How to generate three dozen portraits for the Most Influential 2022 in about a week? Meet Pixelmind.ai, the app that saved this CoinDesk feature from visual ennui.
CDCrop Will Ess / Adam Levine (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
By Xinyi Luo
Dec 5, 2022 at 2:28 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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CDCrop Mu Changchun MI2022 (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
Most influential
Guiding the Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency the World Admires and Fears
Many nations, especially the economic superpowers, began the year in fear of being left behind by China’s relentless progress with its digital yuan. For leading the development of the most advanced major CBDC, Mu Changchun is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.
CDCrop Mu Changchun MI2022 (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
By Xinyi Luo
Dec 5, 2022 at 1:25 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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CDCrop Adam Brotman MI2022 (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
Most influential
Blending the World’s Most Successful Loyalty Program With Web3
The brains behind Starbucks Rewards, which has 60 million members, is back to design Starbucks Odyssey, a Web3 loyalty program. That's why Adam Brotman is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.
CDCrop Adam Brotman MI2022 (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
By Xinyi Luo
Dec 5, 2022 at 1:22 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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CDCrop Pali Bhat MI2022 (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
Most influential
A Rookie Knocks Reddit’s NFT Marketplace Out of the Park
In the first three months of Reddit's r/NFTsMarketplace, more users opened wallets than all the users on top NFT marketplace OpenSea. That’s why Pali Bhat is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.
CDCrop Pali Bhat MI2022 (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
By Xinyi Luo
Dec 5, 2022 at 12:29 p.m. UTC
Dec 5, 2022
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CDCROP: Sam Trabucco (Alameda Research)
Layer 2
Ftx
Who Is Alameda's Former co-CEO Sam Trabucco?
The former co-CEO of Alameda Research took steps to distance himself from the firm before and after announcing his departure.
CDCROP: Sam Trabucco (Alameda Research)
By Xinyi LuoDaniel Kuhn
Nov 22, 2022 at 3:06 p.m. UTC
Nov 22, 2022
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