Keeping Crypto Niche With Daniel Kuhn

“Ethereum’s whole purpose is to create this hive mind” — Dan Kuhn

Daniel Kuhn is a senior journalist and editor at The Block. He was previously the op-ed overlord at CoinDesk. Before journalism, he studied philosophy as an undergrad, English literature in graduate school, and business and economic reporting at an NYU professional program.

Episode chapters:

0:00 intro
1:36 From working at a wine store to reporting at CoinDesk
5:03 Working at a leading crypto media outlet - CoinDesk
09:58 Is Trump pro-crypto voters or pro-crypto donors?
12:59 New stories are born on Twitter
15:46 Sourcing news as a reporter
16:53 Is the crypto media too self-serving and too centralized?
19:22 Breaking news vs in-depth analysis
22:40 Crypto media should fix these
26:28 Newsrooms need Bitcoin-dedicated reporters
29:13 Media publications are funded by VCs
33:15 You can not report on crypto without owning crypto
35:57 Traditional media covering crypto skeptically
38:09 Tribalism in crypto
41:36 Book recommendations

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