Lucas Matney

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Lucas Matney was a senior editor at TechCrunch based in San Francisco.

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TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022

Bitwise, Paradigm and Perkins Coie talk regs at TC Sessions: Crypto
Lucas Matney

Nov 5, 2022
Featured

BetterData taps the blockchain to help create better synthetic data
Lucas Matney

Oct 19, 2022

Featured

Kraken’s Jesse Powell on why he’s stepping down as CEO of the crypto exchange
Anita Ramaswamy

Lucas Matney

Oct 11, 2022 32 Min
Gaming

Meta announces legs
Lucas Matney

Oct 11, 2022
Hardware

Meta announces the $1,499 Quest Pro
Lucas Matney

Oct 11, 2022
Hardware

Meta’s Quest Store hits $1.5 billion in total revenue to date
Lucas Matney

Oct 11, 2022

Crypto

Did Kim Kardashian really deserve that crypto fine?
Lucas Matney

Anita Ramaswamy

Jacquelyn Melinek

Oct 6, 2022 24 Min
TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022

Binance founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao shares his vision of web3 opportunities at TC Sessions: Crypto
Lucas Matney

Oct 4, 2022
Gaming

Google’s GV backs SideQuest, an unofficial Meta Quest app store
Lucas Matney

Oct 3, 2022
TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022

Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022
Lucas Matney

Jacquelyn Melinek

Anita Ramaswamy

Richard Smith

Sep 27, 2022

Crypto

Can crypto make the world a better place?
Lucas Matney

Anita Ramaswamy

Sep 27, 2022 26 Min
Crypto

The Merge pregame is over, but where’s the party?
Anita Ramaswamy

Lucas Matney

Jacquelyn Melinek

Sep 22, 2022 21 Min
Crypto

CoinFund’s Seth Ginns on why the crypto downturn has spared early-stage startups
Anita Ramaswamy

Lucas Matney

Sep 21, 2022 24 Min
Crypto

Private equity’s gatekeepers get serious about tokens
Lucas Matney

Anita Ramaswamy

Jacquelyn Melinek

Sep 15, 2022

Startups

Arpeggi Labs banks a16z funding to build web3 music software
Lucas Matney

Sep 14, 2022
Crypto

Meltem Demirors on why society isn’t ready for a crypto-driven revolution yet
Anita Ramaswamy

Lucas Matney

Sep 14, 2022 27 Min
Crypto

Crypto’s biggest powerhouse flexes on its competition
Lucas Matney

Anita Ramaswamy

Jacquelyn Melinek

Sep 8, 2022 21 Min
Gaming

A video game industry veteran on making the art behind popular NFTs
Anita Ramaswamy

Lucas Matney

Sep 6, 2022 25 Min

Crypto

Magic Eden looks to challenge OpenSea’s NFT dominance
Lucas Matney

Anita Ramaswamy

Aug 30, 2022 25 Min
Crypto

How many Coinbases is FTX worth?
Lucas Matney

Anita Ramaswamy

Jacquelyn Melinek

Aug 25, 2022
Crypto

Crypto, where the fallen seek a fresh start
Anita Ramaswamy

Jacquelyn Melinek

Lucas Matney

Aug 21, 2022 20 Min
Crypto

Do Kwon’s Terra trauma and drama lives to see another day
Anita Ramaswamy

Jacquelyn Melinek

Lucas Matney

Aug 18, 2022 20 Min

Crypto

Uniswap Labs COO MC Lader on the incentives behind DeFi
Anita Ramaswamy

Lucas Matney

Aug 14, 2022
Crypto

Why Twitter anons are sending crypto to celebrities
Anita Ramaswamy

Lucas Matney

Jacquelyn Melinek

Aug 14, 2022 21 Min
TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022

FTX Ventures’ Amy Wu is bringing her blockchain investing expertise to TC Sessions: Crypto
Lucas Matney

Aug 12, 2022
Crypto

A Tornado (Cash) flew around my room
Jacquelyn Melinek

Anita Ramaswamy

Lucas Matney

Aug 11, 2022 21 Min

Crypto

Portal Ventures closes on $35 million debut fund for early-stage crypto startups
Lucas Matney

Aug 9, 2022
Crypto

There’s always another nightmarish crypto hack around the corner
Lucas Matney

Anita Ramaswamy

Aug 7, 2022 22 Min
Crypto

Sometimes, stealing crypto is the moral choice
Lucas Matney

Anita Ramaswamy

Jacquelyn Melinek

Aug 4, 2022 22 Min
Hardware

YC and a16z back virtual reality basketball app Gym Class
Lucas Matney

Aug 3, 2022