Matthew Leising

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Matthew Leising

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Matthew Leising was one of the first mainstream journalists to understand the implications of blockchain technology for finance, culture and industry in general when he began covering it for Bloomberg News in 2015. He co-founded Decential Media in 2021 to focus exclusively on telling the stories of the founders, builders and visionaries who are creating a new decentralized economy and Internet experience.

His expertise lies in Ethereum, where his sources include the people who invented and then built the world’s most-used blockchain. His 2020 book Out of the Ether is the definitive history of how the Ethereum blockchain was created.

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Stolen Crypto Rose to $2.2 Billion in 2024 With an Intriguing Link to a June Russia-North Korean Summit, Chainalysis Says
News
Stolen Crypto Rose to $2.2 Billion in 2024 With an Intriguing Link to a June Russia-North Korean Summit, Chainalysis Says
News

Centralized exchanges were more popular targets this year than last

News
Delete That Text! How to Avoid 'Devastating' Account Takeover Scams
Web3
Delete That Text! How to Avoid 'Devastating' Account Takeover Scams
Web3

In honor of Fraud Awareness Week, Coinbase security guru Jeff Lunglhofer spoke to Decential about keeping your crypto safe

Web3
'Watershed Moment' for Crypto Adoption Spurs North American Dominance, Chainalysis Says
Crypto ETFs, Regulation
'Watershed Moment' for Crypto Adoption Spurs North American Dominance, Chainalysis Says
Crypto ETFs, Regulation

Institutional investors dominate crypto in the U.S. with 70 percent of transactions over $1 million

Crypto ETFs, Regulation
India Ranks First in Global Crypto Adoption as Total Market Activity Hit an All-Time High Earlier This Year, Chainalysis Says
News
India Ranks First in Global Crypto Adoption as Total Market Activity Hit an All-Time High Earlier This Year, Chainalysis Says
News

The blockchain forensics firm uses four categories to rank countries by their users' crypto habits

News
Emergence of Spot Ether ETFs Puts Spotlight on the Future of Ethereum
Ethereum, web3
Emergence of Spot Ether ETFs Puts Spotlight on the Future of Ethereum
Ethereum, web3

While Ethereum promises to be a global computing system, investors are still unsure how the protocol will mature

Ethereum, web3
Crypto Crime Continues to Fall Even as Ransomware and Thefts Rise from 2023, Chainalysis Says
News, web3
Crypto Crime Continues to Fall Even as Ransomware and Thefts Rise from 2023, Chainalysis Says
News, web3

“Legitimate activity is growing faster than illicit activity on-chain,” the firm said.

News, web3
Real World Crime Is Increasingly Coming On Chain to Launder Money, Chainalysis Says
News, Regulation
Real World Crime Is Increasingly Coming On Chain to Launder Money, Chainalysis Says
News, Regulation

Overall criminal use of blockchain remains under 1 percent

News, Regulation
Worldcoin Choses Alchemy to Help Create Its World Chain Ecosystem as "The Age of AI is Upon Us"
News
Worldcoin Choses Alchemy to Help Create Its World Chain Ecosystem as "The Age of AI is Upon Us"
News

World Chain to offer some Worldcoin holders priority blockspace and free transactions

News
Ethereum Name Service Plans Overhaul to Cut Fees and Improve User Experience
News, Ethereum
Ethereum Name Service Plans Overhaul to Cut Fees and Improve User Experience
News, Ethereum

The naming service wants to deploy on L2 blockchains

News, Ethereum
SukuPay Wants to Take Crypto Out of Payments for Everyone's Good
web3, payments
SukuPay Wants to Take Crypto Out of Payments for Everyone's Good
web3, payments

The startup has created an easy web2 version of setting up a digital wallet with only a cell phone number needed

web3, payments
The Early Take on How Blockchain Can Enhance AI, According to EY’s Paul Brody
News, Ethereum
The Early Take on How Blockchain Can Enhance AI, According to EY’s Paul Brody
News, Ethereum

More broadly, EY’s global blockchain leader is bullish on crypto in the long term

News, Ethereum
Dot.com Domain Names Can Now Link to Ethereum Wallets Using ENS and GoDaddy
News, web3
Dot.com Domain Names Can Now Link to Ethereum Wallets Using ENS and GoDaddy
News, web3

The partnership could help more users and organizations get easy access to digital wallets

News, web3
New Bitcoin ETFs Raise Questions About Disclosure Rules As They 'Open Up a New Market'
News, Bitcoin
New Bitcoin ETFs Raise Questions About Disclosure Rules As They 'Open Up a New Market'
News, Bitcoin

After a strong debut, investors should expect proper disclosure rules for Bitcoin ETFs

News, Bitcoin
Crypto Crime Fell to 0.34% of All Blockchain Use in 2023; FTX $8.7B Theft Counted as Fraud: Chainalysis
News
Crypto Crime Fell to 0.34% of All Blockchain Use in 2023; FTX $8.7B Theft Counted as Fraud: Chainalysis
News

How about them apples, Sen. Warren?

News
Scammers Who Trick Users Into Signing Malicious Transactions Have Netted At Least $1B Since 2021, Chainalysis Says
News
Scammers Who Trick Users Into Signing Malicious Transactions Have Netted At Least $1B Since 2021, Chainalysis Says
News

Romance butchering has a new facet to it — approval phishing

News
Crypto Investors Are Neglecting Key Metrics, Broadridge Survey Finds
News
Crypto Investors Are Neglecting Key Metrics, Broadridge Survey Finds
News

The technology and trading firm surveyed 2,000 crypto investors to find where they get their information and how they make decisions

News
Bitcoin Mining Operations Increasingly Used to Launder Ill-Gotten Crypto, Chainalysis Says
News
Bitcoin Mining Operations Increasingly Used to Launder Ill-Gotten Crypto, Chainalysis Says
News

Crypto gained via ransomware and sent to mining pools has risen 5,000-times since 2018, according to Chainalysis

News
Wasabi Protocol Is Bringing Options to the NFT Market to Improve Efficiency and Provide Investor Protections
NFT, News
Wasabi Protocol Is Bringing Options to the NFT Market to Improve Efficiency and Provide Investor Protections
NFT, News

A move by a startup to build out the trading infrastructure for the $21 billion NFT market

NFT, News
Crypto for Good: How Glo Dollar Plans to Use a Stablecoin to Help End Extreme Poverty
Feature
Crypto for Good: How Glo Dollar Plans to Use a Stablecoin to Help End Extreme Poverty
Feature

“Crypto allows us to to embed values within money.”

Feature
Blockchain Adoption is Real and Happening Now. Tech Giant Broadridge Has the Receipts
News, Enterprise blockchain
Blockchain Adoption is Real and Happening Now. Tech Giant Broadridge Has the Receipts
News, Enterprise blockchain

The necessary network effect has taken time to build but ‘laggards’ now realize they need to invest in the technology

News, Enterprise blockchain
Nat Sarkissian’s Generative Landscapes Light Up Bright Moments
NFT
Nat Sarkissian’s Generative Landscapes Light Up Bright Moments
NFT

A black cat on a leash, exquisite pizza and art unveiled on a chilly Venice night

NFT
The Founding Premise of Blockchain-based Games Is Still Solid, Pantera Capital Says
Gaming, web3
The Founding Premise of Blockchain-based Games Is Still Solid, Pantera Capital Says
Gaming, web3

The blockchain part of the gaming market is expected to grow to $65.7 billion by 2027 from $4.6 billion in 2022

Gaming, web3
Pantera's 2023 Crypto Outlook Mixes Work to Be Done With Optimism
News
Pantera's 2023 Crypto Outlook Mixes Work to Be Done With Optimism
News

A look ahead to 2023 and a look back at 2022 from Pantera Capital, one of the first crypto asset managers and fund providers

News
Ransomware Payments Declined in 2022 as Victims Get Tougher and Smarter, Chainalysis Report Shows
News
Ransomware Payments Declined in 2022 as Victims Get Tougher and Smarter, Chainalysis Report Shows
News

Is the tide turning on cybercriminals?

News
DeCential’s 2022 Year-End Web3 Rewind
DeCential’s 2022 Year-End Web3 Rewind

A look back at 2022 in the words of some of the best builders and smartest minds in web3

Investors Remain Cautious but Curious in Wake of FTX Disaster, Crypto Market Analysis with Cowen’s David Kroger
Market Analysis
Investors Remain Cautious but Curious in Wake of FTX Disaster, Crypto Market Analysis with Cowen’s David Kroger
Market Analysis

How are sophisticated investors reacting to the FTX implosion?

Market Analysis
Collab.Land Founder James Young On Being the ‘Water Pipes’ of the Web3 World
Article
Collab.Land Founder James Young On Being the ‘Water Pipes’ of the Web3 World
Article

The founder discusses the move to Reddit, Apple’s recent App Store rules and the economic incentives behind token-gated communities

Article
‘A Token-Picker’s Market for the First Time in a Long Time,’ Market Commentary With Arca’s Jeff Dorman
‘A Token-Picker’s Market for the First Time in a Long Time,’ Market Commentary With Arca’s Jeff Dorman

A dive into crypto market fundamentals with the chief investment officer of digital-asset investment firm Arca

Digital Asset Looks to Streamline Securities Settlement, Not Fight the Fed
News
Digital Asset Looks to Streamline Securities Settlement, Not Fight the Fed
News

Daml Finance is a way to tokenize securities to improve the certainty of settlement

News
Recent Regulatory Action Belies Government Confusion Over How to Oversee DeFi: Executives
Recent Regulatory Action Belies Government Confusion Over How to Oversee DeFi: Executives

Will regulators ever truly understand defi?