<![CDATA[Stories by Laura Shin on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@laurashin?source=rss-23cfbaf25c9a------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*YR0kZJAHw-ucSUmEgB5giA.jpeg Stories by Laura Shin on Medium https://medium.com/@laurashin?source=rss-23cfbaf25c9a------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 04:00:24 GMT <![CDATA[How Crypto Got So Caught Up in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict]]>

Crypto quickly became embroiled in the Russia/Ukraine conflict that broke out last week, a sign of how embroiled it has become in the…

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Ethereum, the second-largest crypto network, has achieved success well beyond what its creator, Vitalik Buterin, could have imagined when…

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On Tuesday, the federal government seized more than 94,000 Bitcoin ($3.6 billion) directly connected to the 2016 hack of a crypto exchange…

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From a young age, growing up in Ohio, Morgan Harper became aware that, in the United States, there wasn’t equal access to opportunity. She…

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]]> https://medium.com/@laurashin/why-these-two-congressional-candidates-say-democrats-should-be-pro-crypto-87d2b3009e09?source=rss-23cfbaf25c9a------2 https://medium.com/p/87d2b3009e09 Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:47:35 GMT 2022-02-04T12:47:35.502Z <![CDATA[How a Pro-Bitcoin Stance Has Helped Aarika Rhodes in Her Congressional Run]]>

Crypto is at a pivotal moment in the United States.

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Decentralized finance (DeFi) has taken off in the last couple years and now has more than $190 billion of value locked in it.

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This week, Electric Capital released its 2021 developer report on the developer ecosystems in crypto — and it shows that interest in Web3…

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]]> https://medium.com/@laurashin/how-many-new-developers-joined-web3-in-2021-more-than-34-000-1017f157ce20?source=rss-23cfbaf25c9a------2 https://medium.com/p/1017f157ce20 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:53:43 GMT 2022-01-07T12:53:43.848Z <![CDATA[Crypto Markets 2022: Why It Looks Like We Might Be in a Supercycle]]>

Traditionally, at the end of the calendar year following a Bitcoin halving, the crypto markets have reached new all-time highs. This…

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]]> https://medium.com/@laurashin/crypto-markets-2022-why-it-looks-like-we-might-be-in-a-supercycle-85a3dda18a80?source=rss-23cfbaf25c9a------2 https://medium.com/p/85a3dda18a80 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 12:33:05 GMT 2022-01-04T12:33:05.724Z <![CDATA[How Mitchell Chan Found the First Art NFTs Before NFTs Even Existed]]>

In 2017, Mitchell F. Chan had been an artist for over a decade, incorporating technology into his artwork in order to make commentary on…

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]]> https://medium.com/@laurashin/how-mitchell-chan-found-the-first-art-nfts-before-nfts-even-existed-c2509c25bfbe?source=rss-23cfbaf25c9a------2 https://medium.com/p/c2509c25bfbe Fri, 31 Dec 2021 12:02:50 GMT 2021-12-31T12:02:50.339Z <![CDATA[How Does This Noble Family Maintain 20,000 Cultural Objects? With NFTs, of Course]]>

William Lobkowicz is a would-be Czech prince, whose family has been patrons of the arts for more than 700 years.

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