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As this Crisis Worsens, Bitcoin Will Become a Safe Haven Again

21.3.2020
This liquidity crunch and ensuing government intervention is laying the foundation for bitcoin’s adoption as a safe haven asset

4 Reasons Central Banks Should Launch Retail Digital Currencies

21.3.2020
Central banks have four good reasons to adopt digital currency: financial stability, identity management, inclusion and consumer protection

Think a Privacy Law Will Stop Surveillance Capitalism? You Don’t Know Google

20.3.2020
Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious

How to Escape Contracts That Are Killing Your Company During Coronavirus

20.3.2020
Our “Not Legal Advice” columnist reviews options for changing or terminating business contracts during this crisis

Crypto Progressives Become Conservative With Their Own Chains

19.3.2020
Those who style themselves as crypto-progressives when rejecting the orthodoxy almost inevitably become crypto-conservatives as they settle on a system they like, says Nic Carter

Banks Have to Embrace Distributed Ledger Tech, Even if It Kills Them

18.3.2020
To secure their futures, banks have to confront their fear of change and embrace innovation, says consultant Chuck Fried

How to Create a “Skip to Content” Link

17.3.2020
Skip links are little internal navigation links that help users move around a page. It’s possible you’ve never actually seen one before because they’re often hidden from view and used as an accessibility enhancement that lets keyboard users and screen readers jump from the top of the page to...

MakerDAO’s Problems Are a Textbook Case of Governance Failure

17.3.2020
MakerDAO could have planned for its "Black Swan" event last week

Why Bitcoin’s Safe-Haven Narrative Has Flown Out the Window

16.3.2020
After the past week, bitcoin will never again be considered a safe haven investment, argues Noelle Acheson. And that’s not a bad thing…

Extreme Social Distancing: Self-Quarantine Diary, Day 1

16.3.2020
How did we get in this mess? How do we get out of it? What will the post-coronavirus world look like? First in an occasional series

Bitcoin’s Ransomware Problem Won’t Go Away

16.3.2020
By the end of 2019, at least $128 million in bitcoin had been paid to ransomware hackers. That's not good optics for a payment system

Defining Cryptocurrency Is the Best Way to Kill It

13.3.2020
We should stop trying to classify cryptocurrency as a beast from another planet. Rather, we just need to accept it as the future of money

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

12.3.2020
Brent Jackson says CSS utility libraries failed somewhat: Eventually, you'll need to add one-off styles that just aren't covered by the library you're using, and there isn't always a clear way to extend what you're working with. Without a clear way to handle things like this, developers tend...

Mass Surveillance Threatens Personal Privacy Amid Coronavirus

12.3.2020
The extreme surveillance measures taken to address COVID-19 are not normal or inevitable

In Defense of Blockchain Voting

12.3.2020
Recent election tech foul-ups have people scrambling for paper ballots. But they're not really the future of voting, says Intercoin's Greg Magarshak

Coronavirus Is a Catalyst for Work-From-Home Tech

12.3.2020
Coronavirus could coerce us into a new era of productivity, where we finally leverage digital collaboration tools to their full potential

The US Needs Hester Peirce’s Safe Harbor, or It Risks Falling Behind

11.3.2020
A Beijing lawyer calls on the SEC to consider Hester Peirce's Safe Harbor proposal, which exempts startups from securities law while starting up. Without greater certainty around token sales, the US risks falling behind other jurisdictions in blockchain commerce