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Ideamarket Is a Literal Marketplace for Ideas (and Online Reputation)
The goal is to relieve social media platforms of the task of making judgments on behalf of the public.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
Coinbase Preemptively Rebuts Unpublished New York Times Expose
The letter pushes back at an unpublished article Coinbase says will allege Black employees had "negative experiences" while with the firm.
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What Venezuelans Think About Bitcoin and American Media
Venezuelan journalist Javier Bastardo and CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen talk about cryptocurrency and the American media industry.
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Version Control Can Help the Media Win Back Reader Trust
By committing content to a blockchain, news outlets can reassure readers that what they are reading is what the outlet originally published, says our columnist.
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Lightning Labs co-founder Olaoluwa Osuntokun at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin.
Bitcoin's Lightning Becomes Latest Protocol to Court Publishers With Micropayments
With paywall systems for a whole bevy of assets, crypto payments could revolutionize the media industry – if demand actually matched supply.
Lightning Labs co-founder Olaoluwa Osuntokun at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin.

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Blockchain Media Startup CEO Steps Down for Tech Role at Washington Post
Jarrod Dicker is stepping down as CEO of media monetization startup Po.et to return to the Washington Post.
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New Wordpress Publishing Platform Will Offer Blockchain Features
WordPress is launching a news publishing platform backed by Google and ConsenSys, with blockchain tools on offer from Civil.
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Civil-Backed News Site Stores Full Article on Ethereum Blockchain
Journalist-owned news site Popula has stored an entire U.S. news article on the ethereum blockchain, permanently archiving the story.
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Take 2: News Startup Civil Announces Rebooted Token Sale for February
After a failed token sale in October, ConsenSys startup Civil is launching an offering in February that incorporates lessons learned.
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Employees Say Startup Civil Hyped Crypto Returns, But Failed to Pay
Civil was supposed to create a more transparent and democratic model for journalism, but so far, journalists working on its platform have yet to receive all of the compensatio...
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