In a CoinDesk interview, Art Blocks’ Chief Marketing Officer Hannah Siegel-Gardner takes us behind-the-scenes at a leading startup in the emerging field of generative art. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/04/17/artblocks-generative-art/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

BTC dropped as low as $29,292 on Monday before slightly rebounding. The surge from $28,000 last week was “largely untested,” one analyst says. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/04/17/bitcoin-sinks-below-30k-amid-dollar-jump-mixed-q1-earnings/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

While the annual conference saw fewer attendees in a chilly NFT winter, the real “magic” – and drama – of the Web3 gathering happened outside the main convention. Source: …

Bitcoin-related products took the majority share, totalling $104 million of the $114 million inflow total. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/17/crypto-investments-see-positive-flows-for-fourth-consecutive-week-coinshares/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Greg Siourounis will lead efforts to promote Sui’s user base growth and development. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/17/sui-foundation-appoints-managing-director-to-increase-awareness-growth-of-the-blockchain/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The internet has a habit of producing companies that dominate their industry because of network effects. The answer is the decentralization and openness that only blockchain technology affords, says …

The “internet financial system” is a pro-compliance, but pro-privacy framework to build crypto protocols which satisfy regulators and consumers. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/04/17/what-defi-must-sacrifice-to-appease-regulators/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Kyber Network has advised liquidity providers on its Elastic product to withdraw funds after finding a potential vulnerability, it said in a tweet. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/17/kyber-network-advises-liquidity-providers-to-withdraw-funds-amid-vulnerability-token-drops-2/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The price of ID tokens has almost doubled in the past week. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/04/17/space-id-tokens-wow-investors-weeks-after-binance-launchpad-sale/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The price of ether (ETH) has been resilient following the Shanghai Fork (aka Shappela) last week, Coinbase (COIN) said in a research report Friday. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/04/17/ethers-strong-price-action-may-continue-until-the-end-of-the-month-coinbase/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines