All right, well the year is almost over and I'm not doing a top 10 list but here are some of the stories I wrote that I'm particularly proud of or enjoyed writing, for one reason or another.
First, this look into how FINRA was approaching broker-dealer applications (by not approving any): coindesk.com/stonewalled-by…
1(b)/ CoinDesk beat the Wall Street Journal to this story by a few days (after something like two months+ reaearching it) and the SEC/FINRA actually issued an explanation of their concerns sometime later: coindesk.com/sec-finra-expl…
2/ In May, a high-ranking CFTC official told CoinDesk that the agency was comfortable enough with ethereum that it would be willing to approve an ethereum futures product: coindesk.com/cftc-would-app…
2(b)/ Current CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert (who took office in the summer) later publicly endorsed this view: coindesk.com/cftc-chairman-…
3/ Before QuadrigaCX collapsed, I wrote this article about its users being unable to access their funds. This ultimately kicked off what has been one of the most insane stories I've followed to date: coindesk.com/quadrigacx-cry…
4/ Earlier this year, CoinDesk got a chance to sit down with former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo, who outlined how the US commodities regulator looked at new products, such as Bakkt's physically-settled bitcoin futures product: coindesk.com/cftc-giancarlo…
5/ This piece with @zackseward kicked off another interesting journey, when Facebook finally revealed what its secretive crypto wing was up to: coindesk.com/facebook-launc…
6/ I was lucky enough to travel a lot more this year, including to DC for various events. At one, the SEC flexed its muscles in holding a forum on crypto assets: coindesk.com/secs-crypto-sa…
7/ A few months later, Congress held a pair of hearings on Libra, where several members demonstrated a much deeper understanding of the space than I think a lot of us were willing to admit: coindesk.com/congress-drew-…
8/ Also with @zackseward, I got to take a look at the US government shutdown and how it's impacting the the crypto space. Which it did! Who'd have seen that happening a few years ago? coindesk.com/how-the-us-gov…
And on your end, here are the top 10 most-read stories I wrote or helped write this year: one-tab.com/page/DkU7k01hT…
As always, these are team efforts. Shout out to editors past and present at CD for making sure my writing made sense and the important information made it through. Happy new year ya'll!
