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We Have Entered the Age of Anonymous Crypto
25.1.2021
Spurred by an information crisis and compounding global unrest, privacy has entered public consciousness
The Future of Money in the Multiverse
25.1.2021
It's 2028 and central banks, Big Tech companies and the "deplatformed" are establishing their own worlds of digital money
Money Reimagined: Letter to President Biden
22.1.2021
President Biden needs to reform the global financial system and avoid a 1930s-style depression. Digital currencies can help
Social Networks Are the Next Big Decentralization Opportunity
22.1.2021
We have the core tech to enable radically more ethical and beneficial social media networks. Here's what we'll need
How Cultural Differences Drive User Adoption in DeFi
21.1.2021
Despite being virtually identical products at launch, SushiSwap and Uniswap have taken divergent paths as they respond to users, says Multicoin's principal
Dear Crypto Derivatives Industry, Let’s Not Repeat 2008
20.1.2021
As the crypto derivatives industry begins to take off, it needs to avoid the lack of transparency that plagued the industry in the 2000s, when the financial system collapsed
Bitcoin Is Aiding the Ransomware Industry
19.1.2021
We are living in a world where the second-order effects of permissionless money – like the greater use of ransomware – are already evident
The US Can Make Bitcoin Mining Greener
19.1.2021
With companies like Square announcing environment-focused mining initiatives, the U.S. can take the lead in reducing bitcoin's carbon impact
Fixing Crypto’s Silos
15.1.2021
Our fragmented status quo - thousands of tokens, hundreds of dapps - will not work indefinitely without interoperability
Money Reimagined: Bitcoin’s Warning for Central Banks
15.1.2021
Bitcoin's rising price reflects declining faith in the existing financial system. Will central bankers like Christine Lagarde take notice?
What Crypto Can Expect From Gary Gensler at the SEC
14.1.2021
A ex-CFTC official on how Biden's putative pick for SEC head might approach the office and the crypto-related issues before it
Twitter, Trump and the ‘Private Company’ Fallacy
14.1.2021
Defending deplatforming as the right of private companies assumes that truly private companies are possible. They may not be
The Downside of Crypto Donations
13.1.2021
Nonprofits and their supporters are turning to crypto to avoid taxmen, middlemen and restrictive lawmakers. Unless they do their homework, nonprofits face restrictions of a different kind
FinCEN’s Crypto Surveillance Rule Violates the US Constitution
13.1.2021
Proposals requiring crypto companies to report transactions amount to "mass surveillance" and flout the Fourth Amendment
How the OCC Is Building Crypto America (and Saving Banks From Extinction)
12.1.2021
Three interpretative letters from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency lay the groundwork for banks to become crypto custodians, payment companies and miners in blockchain networks
FinCEN’s Crypto Rules Aren’t as Unfair as Jack Dorsey Says
12.1.2021
Crypto companies complain about FinCEN's new "unhosted wallets" proposal. But the rules aren't unreasonable, says our columnist
Now Is the Time to Advance the Decentralized Web
11.1.2021
After the U.S. Capitol insurrection and Twitter's unilateral ban of President Trump, decentralizing the web has never been more necessary
Money Reimagined: Bitcoin’s Road to Gold
8.1.2021
Bitcoin may not be "digital gold" just yet. But, with institutions accepting the business case and the price rising, it's well on the way
Bull Run Democracy, Revisited
7.1.2021
In 2017, high-flying bitcoiners attempted to foment democracy in Venezuela by airdropping crypto and paper wallets. What did we learn from these experiments?
Institutional Custody Will Challenge Retail-Oriented Crypto
7.1.2021
The bearer nature of digital assets presents challenges to institutions getting into crypto. The need for greater security will likely impact the whole industry