CoinDesk
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https://www.coindesk.com/
I haven't been as active on Warpcast the last few months because I've been busy at work + finally beginning work on /fieldway in the evenings when I'm not working on our house. I'll try to start sharing more here.
For instance, did you know we now have push notifications available on coindesk.com? If you visit and see a pop-up asking if you want a notification, right now you'll get one a day. We're just testing atm, but I want to turn that off soon and set up more interesting ones like, "send notification when a story enters the 'hero' position of our leaderboard" and "send notification for breaking news," and maybe do some more targeted ones like, "send election-related story notifications to people who have clicked on election-related story notifications in the past."
For instance, did you know we now have push notifications available on coindesk.com? If you visit and see a pop-up asking if you want a notification, right now you'll get one a day. We're just testing atm, but I want to turn that off soon and set up more interesting ones like, "send notification when a story enters the 'hero' position of our leaderboard" and "send notification for breaking news," and maybe do some more targeted ones like, "send election-related story notifications to people who have clicked on election-related story notifications in the past."
I'm excited to announce that our new Price Page design is live. Some of the benefits you'll see on https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin and similar pages include:
* Simplified + full feature chart options
* More asset info than we had before
* A mobile-first design that loads faster than our old pages
A nice benefit for us is improved SEO that, in testing, resulted in a significant increase in search impressions.
More improvements will be coming in the form of additional data on these pages. I'm also evaluating a charting vendor that could provide us with some cool features.
* Simplified + full feature chart options
* More asset info than we had before
* A mobile-first design that loads faster than our old pages
A nice benefit for us is improved SEO that, in testing, resulted in a significant increase in search impressions.
More improvements will be coming in the form of additional data on these pages. I'm also evaluating a charting vendor that could provide us with some cool features.
I just wrote release notes for the last two weeks to share with Bullish and CoinDesk folks on Slack. I can't put the full set here, but I wanted to share a few:
* Ad algorithm improvement to reduce ad density with the aim of having only 1 ad in view at a time, and on mobile, let people have a screen full of content with no ads.
* The new price page template should launch in the next 1-2 weeks. Our initial tests show an increase in search impressions of 50%! Plus, they're sexier with more features.
* We built some new geotargeting features that I'm pretty excited about.
* We're testing some new solutions for translating content.
* We're wrapping up design work for a new home page layout 🤘
* Ad algorithm improvement to reduce ad density with the aim of having only 1 ad in view at a time, and on mobile, let people have a screen full of content with no ads.
* The new price page template should launch in the next 1-2 weeks. Our initial tests show an increase in search impressions of 50%! Plus, they're sexier with more features.
* We built some new geotargeting features that I'm pretty excited about.
* We're testing some new solutions for translating content.
* We're wrapping up design work for a new home page layout 🤘
Waiting for CoinDesk to start up the Wallet Connect so I can read the news...
There's some interesting nuance to Germany's sell-off of BTC that I wasn't aware of: https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/07/09/its-not-germany-thats-selling-bitcoin-its-one-of-its-states-and-it-has-no-choice/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines
* It's not the country of Germany that's been selling millions of dollars worth of bitcoin, but a small German state called Saxony.
* The state confiscated almost 50,000 BTC in January and has been selling its holdings as per standard practice for assets seized during criminal investigations, an expert said.
* It's not the country of Germany that's been selling millions of dollars worth of bitcoin, but a small German state called Saxony.
* The state confiscated almost 50,000 BTC in January and has been selling its holdings as per standard practice for assets seized during criminal investigations, an expert said.
From the bird site (click into thread to see the list of our top 25 stories!).
I always work on CoinDesk during business hours and Fieldway outside of business hours, but I had hoped to take a bit of my lunch break and record a quick video for /fieldway to put on /drakula.
Instead, I think I will be working through lunch because I've just got too much that needs to be delivered ASAP.
Instead, I think I will be working through lunch because I've just got too much that needs to be delivered ASAP.
We're soft-launching a new Price Page template and a bug means that candles are always green.
Stonks go up 💹
Stonks go up 💹
Our editor-in-chief has asked me to list RWAs on our site as part of our Price Pages. Is that something in which you are interested?
Currently attending a panel on RWAs at /consensus-2024
Currently attending a panel on RWAs at /consensus-2024
Just sent an email to 1900 people about the next steps for the Flash Waitlist.
Is this the type of thing you'd be interested in seeing?
https://edge.coindesk.com/flash-waitlist
I'm working on a survey and a snapshot of that waitlist. Get in now if you're interested.
https://edge.coindesk.com/flash-waitlist
I'm working on a survey and a snapshot of that waitlist. Get in now if you're interested.
If I created free Zora mints for CoinDesk things, like our roadmap or early product designs, is that something in which you would be interested?
I've seen some publications offer mints of every story, and that seems a bit nonsensical to me. But if they're tied to future engagement opportunities, might be cool.
I've seen some publications offer mints of every story, and that seems a bit nonsensical to me. But if they're tied to future engagement opportunities, might be cool.
I’m going to try a thing.
Thanks to @followethrabbit for creating a channel for Consensus 2024! Join
/consensus-2024 if you will be there.
/consensus-2024 if you will be there.
I'm about to present my product roadmap for the rest of the year in a CoinDesk Town Hall. This is the first big CoinDesk call we've had since Feb when the last round of layoffs happened.
My focus is on creating experiences that encourage a direct relationship with our readers. I want you to choose to visit our sites.
My focus is on creating experiences that encourage a direct relationship with our readers. I want you to choose to visit our sites.
The cost for all Consensus tickets goes up in just 6 hours, but you can always get a 20% discount off your ticket with my code: STUBLEFIELDEGNNV
https://consensus2024.coindesk.com/
https://consensus2024.coindesk.com/
Bullish, which acquired CoinDesk in November 2023, just published an interesting technical deep dive into their custody solutions. More posts to follow.
https://bullish.com/news-insights/engineering/bullish-custody-navigating-the-future-of-digital-asset-security/
https://bullish.com/news-insights/engineering/bullish-custody-navigating-the-future-of-digital-asset-security/
Over the next couple of weeks, you'll see me post a bunch of speaker pages for Consensus 2024 along with my personal discount code so you can get 20% off my ticket. Or you will if you follow me. Maybe you should try following me?
PS it's STUBLEFIELDEGNNV at https://consensus2024.coindesk.com/register/
PS it's STUBLEFIELDEGNNV at https://consensus2024.coindesk.com/register/
Are you going to Consensus? https://consensus2024.coindesk.com/
Do you want to?
20% off your ticket courtesy of yours-truly: STUBLEFIELDEGNNV
And pass this discount code along if you know someone who still needs or wants to register.
Do you want to?
20% off your ticket courtesy of yours-truly: STUBLEFIELDEGNNV
And pass this discount code along if you know someone who still needs or wants to register.
I booked my travel for https://consensus2024.coindesk.com/
Will you be there?
Do you want to be? HMU if you need a discount code.
Will you be there?
Do you want to be? HMU if you need a discount code.
Back at the airport, flying to NYC to kick-off work on <redacted>, which is something I pitched 3 times last year and I'm stoked we're finally building it. Feeling pretty Bullish.
Inquiring minds want to know. There are arguments to be made for quick and continuous scrolling, demonstrating breadth of coverage, size of images, etc. But at a high level, what do you really just LIKE?
https://www.weponder.io/surveys/1021
https://www.weponder.io/surveys/1021
Marc Hochstein writes a "Best of" for us at the end of each week. I wanted to share these two paragraphs with you all because I enjoyed them so much.
Links 👇 because they won't fit.
Links 👇 because they won't fit.