The Decential Digest

Illicit crypto uses I Pariah Carey part one I Approval phishing explained

Hello there! We’ve been busy as always here at Decential. Here’s a roundup of the stories and podcasts we published this week in case you missed them. Thank you for your support and interest in our work.

MON. DEC. 11

ConsenSys Director of Regulatory Affairs Bill Hughes Says the Illicit Uses of Crypto Are Dominating Policy Talk in Washington 

The former associate deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice gives us the lay of the land in terms of crypto regulation in Washington DC

TUE. DEC. 12

Pariah Carey Part One: Using Insights from Water & Music and Music Tomorrow’s Data Bootcamp to Go From Pariah to Mariah

Structuring data for musicians to better understand their audience can be daunting. Let us help you figure that out with the first in a four-part series.

THUR. DEC. 14

Scammers Who Trick Users Into Signing Malicious Transactions Have Netted At Least $1B Since 2021, Chainalysis Says

Romance butchering has a new facet to it — approval phishing

FRI. DEC. 15

The Beat: Pragmatism, alchemy and the beginning of the past

Decential’s weekly on-chain music newsletter by MacEagon Voyce

Decential podcasts

DeCent People With With CME Group's Tim McCourt

Tim is in charge of CME Group’s financial products including its cryptocurrency futures, which have recently been near record levels as Bitcoin, Ether and other crypto prices have been gaining.