https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌅" title="Sunrise" aria-label="Emoji: Sunrise">Because this is definitely the right time to do it, I&
#39;m going to list out my best work for
@CoinDesk from 2019.
#notlateatall 1/18
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐳" title="Spouting whale" aria-label="Emoji: Spouting whale">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😱" title="Face screaming in fear" aria-label="Emoji: Face screaming in fear">My best story of 2019 was definitely the deep dive I took into
$EOS. As far as I can tell, time and tide has just born out more and more of the concerns highlighted therein. YMMV! 2/18
https://www.coindesk.com/everyones-worst-fears-about-eos-are-proving-true">https://www.coindesk.com/everyones...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏦" title="Bank" aria-label="Emoji: Bank">2019 was the year of decentralized finance (DeFi) and
@makerdao is the giant in that sector. I did a number of stories about its growing pains last year, but I think this was the most important.
Is space money ready to back real stuff? It&
#39;s dicey. 3/18
https://www.coindesk.com/a-loan-shark-situation-makerdao-is-leaving-crypto-borrowers-with-rising-bills-and-theyre-crying-foul">https://www.coindesk.com/a-loan-sh...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤽♀️" title="Woman playing water polo" aria-label="Emoji: Woman playing water polo">I like to write explainers. This one about how
@PoolTogether_ and the original
@Libra_ token model illustrate each other was my best of 2019, imho 4/18
https://www.coindesk.com/this-ethereum-lottery-perfectly-explains-how-facebooks-corporate-backers-will-profit-from-libra">https://www.coindesk.com/this-ethe...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤼" title="People wrestling" aria-label="Emoji: People wrestling">I also noted that
@UniswapExchange was effectively doing as much work as
@bancor without a new token or giant ICO. I feel like time has settled any controversy on this one as well but, again, YMMV. 5/18
https://www.coindesk.com/bancor-uniswap-dex-competition">https://www.coindesk.com/bancor-un...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🪓" title="Axe" aria-label="Emoji: Axe">I spent a lot of time in early 2019 covering companies shedding staff, with lots of little layoff scoops. But this is the story that put the crypto winter narrative together. 6/18
https://www.coindesk.com/we-asked-66-startups-just-how-bad-this-crypto-winter-has-been">https://www.coindesk.com/we-asked-...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗒️" title="Spiral note pad" aria-label="Emoji: Spiral note pad">So those are the five that I will log forever on my website&
#39;s portfolio page. To be updated presently. But let&
#39;s highlight some narratives and little scoops too
#overkill #QuarantineLife 7/18
https://bradydale.com/portfolio.html ">https://bradydale.com/portfolio...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📈" title="Chart with upwards trend" aria-label="Emoji: Chart with upwards trend">NARRATIVE: DeFi. I covered the hell out of ethereum&
#39;s potentially best feature. This post inspired by
@twobitidiot was one I have kept coming back to 8/18
https://www.coindesk.com/the-big-question-at-ethereal-summit-ny-is-defi-enough-for-ethereum">https://www.coindesk.com/the-big-q...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👋" title="Waving hand" aria-label="Emoji: Waving hand">NARRATIVE: Facebook&
#39;s Libra. I was on that story long before any ink got spilled anywhere, but I couldn&
#39;t land anything about it. This was the one piece of news I ever managed to squeeze out. Dangit. 9/18
https://www.coindesk.com/mit-economist-christian-catalini-said-to-be-working-on-facebooks-crypto-push">https://www.coindesk.com/mit-econo...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👨⚖️" title="Man judge" aria-label="Emoji: Man judge">NARRATIVE:
@SEC_News and crypto. I was working that as soon as I started at CoinDesk but
@nikhileshde has ably taken it over. This was one of my two big contributions to it in 2019
along with one more 10/18
https://www.coindesk.com/secs-first-crypto-no-action-letter-took-11-months-to-secure">https://www.coindesk.com/secs-firs...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎶" title="Multiple musical notes" aria-label="Emoji: Multiple musical notes">NARRATIVE: Kik and the SEC. A subnarrative I helped with tracking because I&
#39;ve covered Kik since it first got into the crypto game. This
@SEC_News lawsuit explainer was fun to do, but the hed should have been "7"
@zackseward https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😤" title="Face with look of triumph" aria-label="Emoji: Face with look of triumph">11/18
https://www.coindesk.com/the-8-biggest-bombshells-from-the-secs-kik-ico-lawsuit">https://www.coindesk.com/the-8-big...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👛" title="Purse" aria-label="Emoji: Purse">NARRATIVE: ICOs later on. This story is all wrapped now, but
@wsfoxley brought it home in the end. I also did one about
@brave delivering that I think was a good contribution here. 12/18
https://www.coindesk.com/this-token-project-offered-to-shut-down-its-market-cap-shot-up-10m">https://www.coindesk.com/this-toke...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎈" title="Balloon" aria-label="Emoji: Balloon">NARRATIVE: Airdrops and their discontents.
@keybaseio explained why these were easier said than done, with laudable candor. It probably helps explain the next item... 13/18
https://www.coindesk.com/stellar-tried-to-give-away-2b-xlm-tokens-on-keybase-then-the-spammers-came">https://www.coindesk.com/stellar-t...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩🚒" title="Woman firefighter" aria-label="Emoji: Woman firefighter">Little scoop:
@stellarorg burning its
$XLM stash, live from Mexico 14/18
https://www.coindesk.com/stellars-foundation-just-destroyed-half-the-supply-of-its-lumens-cryptocurrency">https://www.coindesk.com/stellars-...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇰🇵" title="Flag of North Korea" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of North Korea">Little scoop: Did Virgil really talk about sanctions in North Korea? 15/18
https://www.coindesk.com/sanctions-werent-discussed-at-north-korea-crypto-conference-attendee-says">https://www.coindesk.com/sanctions...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇸" title="Flag of Iceland" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Iceland"> Little scoop: Iceland and e-money 16/18
https://www.coindesk.com/icelandic-regulators-approve-startups-plan-for-fiat-payments-on-ethereum">https://www.coindesk.com/icelandic...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💀" title="Skull" aria-label="Emoji: Skull"> Little scoop: the fate of Token Foundry (it was
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☠️" title="Skull and crossbones" aria-label="Emoji: Skull and crossbones">) 17/18
https://www.coindesk.com/is-consensys-startup-token-foundry-dead-or-doing-something-different">https://www.coindesk.com/is-consen...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎆" title="Fireworks" aria-label="Emoji: Fireworks">Full scoop: Foundations invest in crypto via Morgan Creek, courtesy of
@APompliano 18/18
https://www.coindesk.com/two-public-pensions-anchor-morgan-creeks-new-40-million-venture-fund">https://www.coindesk.com/two-publi...
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