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Stephen Stirling

Senior Reporter // TheStreet Crypto // My work has been featured in FiveThirtyEight, PBS FRONTLINE, USA TODAY and has been honored by IRE, ONA and the Scripps Howard Foundation. I’ve been low-key obsessed with the crypto space since 2017. I’m interested in regulation, policy, DeFi and NFTs

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DeFi

Investment in Blockchain Gaming Explodes

By Stephen StirlingNov 17, 2021 11:31 AM EST
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Mortgages Hit The Blockchain as NFTs

By Stephen StirlingNov 17, 2021 10:40 AM EST
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DeFi

As gaming companies pile into NFTs, EA may have an advantage

By Stephen StirlingNov 11, 2021 11:03 AM EST
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Faze Technologies Will Bring Cricket NFTs To FLOW

By Stephen StirlingNov 3, 2021 10:44 AM EDT
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Inside The Battle for MLB NFTs

By Stephen StirlingOct 27, 2021 10:09 AM EDT
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DeFi

Reddit Is Building an NFT Platform

By Stephen StirlingOct 22, 2021 10:39 AM EDT
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DeFi

Sotheby's Kicks Off NFT Marketplace

By Stephen StirlingOct 19, 2021 12:43 PM EDT
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Galaxy Digital Affiliate Raises $325m For Latest Crypto Venture Fund

By Stephen StirlingOct 19, 2021 11:23 AM EDT
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NFTs Not Fully Defined Yet, New Coinfund Partner Says

By Stephen StirlingOct 15, 2021 12:47 PM EDT
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DeFi

OpenSea Halts Trading On NFT Project, Leaving Worries Of Regulation

By Stephen StirlingOct 13, 2021 9:51 AM EDT
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DeFi

Sky Mavis' $152m Raise On Par With Major Game Companies

By Stephen StirlingOct 6, 2021 8:53 AM EDT
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OpenSea Active Users Surging Again as More Flock to NFTs

By Stephen StirlingSep 30, 2021 10:29 AM EDT
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Dapper Labs Nabs Execs from EA, Paxful

By Stephen StirlingSep 28, 2021 12:55 PM EDT
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Social Token Company Roll Raises $10m Series A

By Stephen StirlingSep 28, 2021 12:17 PM EDT
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After OpenSea Trading Scandal, Many Bristle at Calls For NFT Regulation

By Stephen StirlingSep 22, 2021 9:54 AM EDT
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DeFi

Dapper Labs Posts $7.6B Valuation, Partners With LaLiga

By Stephen StirlingSep 22, 2021 9:31 AM EDT
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FOX Hiring Community Manager For "Masked Singer" NFT Project

By Stephen StirlingSep 21, 2021 12:18 PM EDT
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DeFi

Blue Chip NFT Sales Fade After Summer Boom

By Stephen StirlingSep 21, 2021 10:36 AM EDT
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OpenSea Exec Resigns Amid Trading Scandal

By Stephen StirlingSep 16, 2021 2:11 PM EDT
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DeFi

Solo Launches Music NFT Service on Solana With Plans For Ticketing

By Stephen StirlingSep 16, 2021 11:00 AM EDT
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OpenSea Investigating Exec Over Potential Trading Scandal

By Stephen StirlingSep 15, 2021 9:23 AM EDT
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DeFi

RECUR Raises $50M, Will Launch NFT Collectibles With Pac-12

By Stephen StirlingSep 13, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
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DeFi

Moody's Making Crypto Hires

By Stephen StirlingSep 8, 2021 11:40 AM EDT
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Why Owners of $150,000 Images of Bored Apes Aren't Selling

By Stephen StirlingSep 1, 2021 9:05 AM EDT
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EA Sports Looking For 'Senior Director' to Explore Blockchain, NFTs

By Stephen StirlingAug 26, 2021 2:02 PM EDT
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Gary Vee on His Start in NFTs, What Non-fungible Future Holds

By Stephen StirlingAug 25, 2021 11:15 AM EDT
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DeFi

As Brands Hop into NFTs, RECUR Bets Big

By Stephen StirlingAug 25, 2021 10:51 AM EDT
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Ethereum

Big Money Managers Move into Grayscale's $ETHE

By Stephen StirlingAug 19, 2021 1:43 PM EDT
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DeFi

TV Networks Look to Hire For First NFT Strategies

By Stephen StirlingAug 18, 2021 12:20 PM EDT
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Ethereum

Cathie Wood's Ark Leads Pack Adding to Grayscale Ethereum Holdings

By Stephen StirlingAug 13, 2021 11:29 AM EDT
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DeFi

Rarible Founder On How Its New Toolkit Makes NFT Creation Less Tedious

By Stephen StirlingAug 12, 2021 12:39 PM EDT
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DeFi

NFT Boom: Top 15 Projects Pulled in More Than $100m In Single Day

By Stephen StirlingAug 10, 2021 11:02 AM EDT
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DeFi

Exclusive: Diamondhands On Bitclout Pioneering New NFT Uses

By Stephen StirlingAug 4, 2021 11:42 AM EDT
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The NFL Wants to Hire Exec to Explore Blockchain, NFTs for League

By Stephen StirlingAug 4, 2021 9:25 AM EDT
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Mastercard Looks To Hire Crypto VP

By Stephen StirlingAug 3, 2021 11:33 AM EDT
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DraftKings Looking to Make Crypto Exec Hire

By Stephen StirlingAug 2, 2021 12:39 PM EDT
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DeFi

NFTs: Still Not Dead As Market Roars Past Spring Heights

By Stephen StirlingJul 29, 2021 12:42 PM EDT
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Next In NFTs: Appraisals and proving provenance

By Stephen StirlingJul 28, 2021 11:58 AM EDT
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Saber Labs raises $7.7M led by Chamath Palihapitya’s Social Capital

By Stephen StirlingJul 28, 2021 9:29 AM EDT
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DeFi

NFT Creators Are Tiring of Ethereum Network Woes

By Stephen StirlingJul 21, 2021 8:45 AM EDT
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The American Cancer Society wants a crypto roadmap

By Stephen StirlingJul 15, 2021 11:20 AM EDT
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Budweiser Launching Major NFT Strategy With Gary Vee at Helm

By Stephen StirlingJul 14, 2021 9:00 AM EDT
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DeFi

Spencer Dinwiddie's Side Gig: Leading Pop Culture to Crypto

By Stephen StirlingJul 13, 2021 11:10 AM EDT
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Axie Infinity Nears $100m Weekly Sales in NFT Domination

By Stephen StirlingJul 6, 2021 11:30 AM EDT
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NFTs Have 'Unexpectedly Gone Mainstream': Rarible Founder Eyes Q4 Boom

By Stephen StirlingJul 1, 2021 11:00 AM EDT
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DeFi

Sotheby's Exec: 'Something significant is happening' with NFTs

By Stephen StirlingJun 29, 2021 12:56 PM EDT
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DeFi

'Bored Ape Yacht Club' Tops $70m Sales In Latest NFT Empire

By Stephen StirlingJun 29, 2021 9:58 AM EDT
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DeFi

55 Companies, Including $TSLA, $FB, to Trade as Tokenized Stocks Via Solana

By Stephen StirlingJun 24, 2021 9:30 AM EDT
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NFT Market Needs A Reset, NFTGenius CEO Says

By Stephen StirlingJun 23, 2021 11:47 AM EDT
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Coinme raises $10M led by Digital Currency Group

By Stephen StirlingJun 22, 2021 2:09 PM EDT
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