Jacob Oliver

Jacob Oliver
Bentonville, AR

Jacob Oliver

U.S. Editor
Bentonville, AR
Jacob is a former college English instructor who first encountered the radical potential of blockchain technology in 2017. Since then, he has worked as a consultant for multiple startups in the space while simultaneously pursuing his Ph.D. in English at the University of Washington. He is the University of Chicago’s foremost authority on Elvis.
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  • Crypto Villains Chime In as SBF’s Empire Collapses. Nobody Wants to Hear It

    Opinion

    2022 has seen more than a few once-revered industry figures fall from grace, but none has blazed out more spectacularly than Sam Bankman-Fried. The sheer extent of his financial woes—and...

  • Binance Walking Away From FTX Deal After Seeing Books, Reports of Mishandling Funds

    News

    Binance is reportedly walking away from its deal to acquire FTX. Backout The world’s largest crypto exchange, which announced just yesterday that it would acquire the world’s second-largest exchange, is...

  • Election Day Is Here. Here’s What It Means for Crypto

    Analysis

    The United States is voting in critical midterm elections, and crypto fans are watching closely.  Decision 2022 Americans have hit the polls today for a critical midterm election.  The House,...

  • Binance to Acquire FTX.com

    News

    The world’s largest crypto exchange has struck a deal to acquire the world’s second-largest exchange. Buyout After days of butting heads on Twitter amid rumors of financial troubles at FTX...

  • Daily Briefing: Blood in the Water

    Daily Briefings

    On top of the midterm elections and forthcoming CPI numbers on Thursday, the crypto world is contending with additional drama this week in the form of two industry titans butting...

  • Daily Briefing: Don’t Expect a Free Pass

    Daily Briefings

    Among the most important debates regarding U.S. crypto regulation is the as-of-yet unsettled question of how cryptocurrencies should be classified. This line of reasoning typically comes down to thinking of...

  • Polkadot Chief Gavin Wood Resigns as CEO of Parity Technologies

    News

    Gavin Wood, the co-founder of Polkadot and its canary network Kusama, has stepped aside as CEO at Parity Technologies but remains its majority shareholder. And Another One’s Gone Polkadot co-founder...

  • NFT Briefing: Consummatum Est

    NFT Briefings

    It’s no secret that 2022 has been hard on every aspect of the industry, and NFTs have not been spared. DappRadar data shows that daily trading is still active, of...

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