It was amazing to spend time with CZ at WebX 2025 (Aug. 25-26) in Tokyo. CZ cofounded Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. In 2024, he went to prison for four months under a deal with U.S. authorities who said he had enabled money laundering. While he was inside, the

TLDR: liquidity explains the world … we’re nearing the end of the current “liquidity cycle” … sometime in h1 26… massive COVID era public debt needs refinancing .. are markets dictated more by liquidity than “real economy”? Do bond markets react to the fed, or vice versa?

Big moves announcement. We’re excited to share that @btschiller is joining the Miden team! Over the past decade at @CoinDesk, Ben’s work has shaped how the crypto industry understands itself Now he’s bringing that perspective to help us pioneer the next era of private,

1.19 in: watch @DCGco CEO @BarrySilbert @krakenfx co-CEO @arjunsethi defend financial privacy when the woman from the intelligence community wants access to your transactions

I believe Miden is well positioned to lead the next generation of ZK-powered blockchains and I’m looking forward to telling its story. HMU on X or reach out to ben@miden.team for a chat. I'll have more news to share shortly. See you out there!

What now? I recently joined @0xMiden, a ZK-powered blockchain project, as Communications Lead and Senior Advisor. I’ll be working closely with cofounders @azeemk_, the incredible @bobbinth and @schmiddominik1 as we build towards mainnet next year. (5/6)

... in a rigorous way that exposed wrongdoing and shined a light on what matters. Wishing @coindesk, and @bullish, and all the fantastic folks working on @consensus2026 the best in the future. I'll be cheering you on, as always. (4/6)

I've been covering crypto as a journalist for 11 years and it’s been an incredible journey to see this industry emerge, rise, and fall, and rise again. I’m proud that we covered all sides of the story @coindesk (markets, tech, regulatory, cultural, economic, etc) (3/6)

Particular thanks to @mikejcasey @KReyofCoinDesk @marchochstein and to immediate collaborators @DanielGKuhn and @davidzmorris. (I could name dozens more great people here.) Also: a big shoutout to all those who contributed to our Opinion section. (2/6)

Personal news: I recently left @CoinDesk to start exciting new projects! Thanks to everyone I’ve worked with during the last six years. It's been a pleasure and an honor to work with so many great people. (1/6)

“The bottom line is that the economic nationalism and disruptive diplomacy of Donald Trump’s America is giving China a huge diplomatic opportunity and it’s one Xi is seizing with open arms with his summit and parade.” BBC

I wanted to read Henry Kissinger’s 400 page undergraduate thesis (it has an incredible first page), but really didn’t feel like dealing with a scanned PDF that’s annoying to read on a phone without constantly zooming and panning. So I decided to convert it to a nice markdown

an arts collective in Kyiv was hit by a Russian drone. The name of the organization is Nahirna 22 NGO (Art Workshops of the Kyiv Institute of Automation) Instagram: @nahirna22

Great to talk about how the U.S. hit the reset button on crypto and now it’s game time 🕹️ @CFTC @SECGov @WebX_Asia @CoinDesk @btschiller

Mike Novogratz (@novogratz) and Oki Matsumoto (@okimatsumoto) have been friends for 35 years. Now they are leading two of the biggest companies in crypto: Galaxy and Monex. They brought stories to @WebX_Asia this week, and were super upbeat about the future.

w/ @cz_binance @WebX_Asia

@NoahBPerlman @AkihisaShiozaki

Heath Tarbert (@circle president), Carole House (author of Biden EO on digital assets), Akihisa Shiozaki (Member of House of Representatives of Japan), and Noah Perlman (Binance compliance chief) @WebX_Asia

Thanks @WebX_Asia

Pretty good get for @WebX_Asia !