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Updated April 16, 2026 · 4:00 PM UTC

Discover the people shaping crypto, from founders and executives to developers, investors, and influential voices across Web3.

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Slate Sunday

Michael Burry’s big short: Is the AI bubble bigger than Bitcoin?

Michael Burry, famed investor in “The Big Short,” is betting big on an AI bubble, launching $1.1 billion in puts against Nvidia and Palantir.

5 months ago

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Analysis

Will Elon Musk beat Ethereum to a $1 trillion valuation now?

Elon Musk net worth to hit $1 trillion by 2035 surpassing the current market cap of Ethereum, USDT, XRP, and BNB combined.

6 months ago

Zohran Mamdani in dramatic daylight with a soft glow, framed by the New York skyline featuring the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings rising behind him.

Politics

How Zohran Mamdani’s victory impacts New York’s crypto future

With Mamdani at the helm, New York's crypto future faces a crossroads between regulatory evolution and economic migration.

6 months ago

Brian Armstrong at a podium with a glowing teleprompter full of crypto icons as a prediction-gauge arc flips beside a luminous Coinbase backdrop.

People

When the CEO reads the script: Did Coinbase Brian Armstrong manipulate a market?

Armstrong said words at the end of Coinbase's earnings call to settle nearly $90,000 in prediction markets bets. Some called it a harmless troll. Others called it market manipulation by a regulated CEO.

6 months ago

Bankruptcy

Shocking prison report flouts claim FTX could have repaid customers from $25B in assets

Bankman-Fried challenges insolvency narrative by arguing FTX's potential recovery was thwarted by legal intervention.

6 months ago

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Technology

How this conflict sets up Bitcoin to undergo another major fork in 2026

The Luke Dashr-backed BIP-444 proposal raises tough questions about Bitcoin’s long-standing principles of neutrality and transparency.

6 months ago

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Slate Sunday

Jeff Booth wants you to move more of your time into Bitcoin

Jeff Booth, author of The Price of Tomorrow and founder of Ego Death Capital, explains why technology and debt are fundamentally incompatible, and why Bitcoin is the world’s first true free market.

6 months ago