Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called on the Senate to pass the Clarity Act, following up on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s call in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed yesterday. Armstrong’s move, in a Thursday evening tweet, is particularly relevant as he was the prime mover in holding up progress on the Act, withdrawing support for an earlier version a day before it was scheduled for markup by the Senate Banking Committee. That move by the biggest U.S. exchange caused the committee’s leadership to delay markup, a necessary step before sending the bill to the full Senate. Armstrong’s opposition was based in large part on the earlier version’s ban on third…
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Modern Consensus 100 Most Influential: Who got it right and who got it wrong
The good guesses, the triumphs, the screw-ups and the downright disasters of 2020
In an industry as young and volatile as crypto, and especially with all the money sloshing around in it, the triumphs and tragedies—or at least successes and screw-up—can be be enlightening and sometimes funny. It’s also a good preview to The Modern Consensus 100 Most Influential People in Crypto 2021, which went live today.
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The Modern Consensus 100 Most Influential People in Crypto 2021
The individuals moving, shaking, and shaping cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology right now
Coming up with a list of the 100 most influential people in crypto and blockchain is hard in any year. But doing it in 2021 is particularly difficult as the industry advanced from moving into the mainstream to actually being in it. And that makes “influence” a moving target.
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Coinbase will go public with historic direct stock sale
The listing will make the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange the first firm in the industry to become a public company by selling stock
The leading U.S. cryptocurrency exchange intends to become a publicly traded company with a direct listing of its Class A shares rather than a traditional IPO.
