New York City

What Could Sam Bankman-Fried’s Jury Possibly Look Like?
What Could Sam Bankman-Fried’s Jury Possibly Look Like?
As Sam Bankman-Fried's trial approaches on Oct. 3, CoinDesk TV producers asked people in New York City what they know about about FTX collapse and the exchange's founder. Bank...
What Could Sam Bankman-Fried’s Jury Possibly Look Like?

Eric Adams (NYC Gov) and John Lee (Creative Commons)
What New York Can Learn From Hong Kong in Regulating Crypto
A small number of unelected individuals in Washington D.C. are exercising alarming authoritarian power as regulators, counter to the Big Apple’s stated desire to move from ant...
Eric Adams (NYC Gov) and John Lee (Creative Commons)

NYC Mayor Eric Adams (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
New York City: A Crypto Sandbox in a Big Business Playground
The Big Apple is big everything. The world’s financial center, it also has a huge population not only of talented developers to hire, but consumers to sell to. In such a huge...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Attendees gather on the dance floor at the Goblintown party. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)
‘We’re Poor Again, but We’re Still Here’: Why NFT.NYC Won’t Die
It was fun, it was cringe – in short, the premier NFT conference was again itself.
Attendees gather on the dance floor at the Goblintown party. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Expensive NYC Building Listed on NFT Marketplace OpenSea
Expensive NYC Building Listed on NFT Marketplace OpenSea
A New York City office building went on sale for $29 million, with the rights to purchase the property listed as a non-fungible token (NFT) on OpenSea. The listing’s price, ho...
Expensive NYC Building Listed on NFT Marketplace OpenSea

Act now? This building, priced in ETH, may be on sale. (OpenSea)
A Manhattan Landlord Listed His Office Building in ETH as an NFT. Then Its Price Dropped $12M
The owner, Chris Okada, says the building will be relisted in the coming days to adjust for ether’s 40% price drop.
Act now? This building, priced in ETH, may be on sale. (OpenSea)

The Manhattan District Attorney announced charges in a bitcoin money laundering scheme. (Unsplash)
Former Party Organizer Indicted for Laundering $2.7M in Bitcoin and Cash
Thomas Spieker was indicted for operating a global bitcoin laundering scheme that helped multiple clients hide profits earned from illegal activities.
The Manhattan District Attorney announced charges in a bitcoin money laundering scheme. (Unsplash)

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (CoinDesk archives)
Bitcoin-Friendly Mayors View Blockchain as a Way to Boost Equality, Diversity
New York City’s Eric Adams and Miami’s Francis Suarez also discussed how the U.S. can embrace blockchain technology to defy authoritarian regimes.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (CoinDesk archives)

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EmpireDAO Is Building a WeWork for Web 3
EmpireDAO’s organizers will be leasing 36,000 square feet in Manhattan for what they hope will be NYC’s most desired coworking space for crypto builders.
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Biden Administration to Release Executive Order on Crypto as Early as February
Biden Administration to Release Executive Order on Crypto as Early as February
The White House is reportedly readying an executive order for release as soon as next month that will outline a comprehensive government strategy on cryptocurrencies, asking f...
Biden Administration to Release Executive Order on Crypto as Early as February