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What the History of Airlines Tells Us About Blockchain Commerce
18.11.2020
The ability to represent all industrial capacity as tokens on a blockchain will have huge implications for resource use, says our columnist
The Smart Money Economy
17.11.2020
Digital money in a crypto wallet is only the first step. The bigger shift is a new software economy anchored in programmable blockchains
Why Bitcoin Thrives (and Why It Won’t Replace the Dollar)
16.11.2020
A world in which bitcoin becomes the global reserve currency is a world many of us would not want to live in
Crypto Execs Need Liability Insurance
16.11.2020
When crypto companies are denied liability insurance, they are disincentivized from innovating
Data Is Labor: Why We Need Data Unions
15.11.2020
It's time to unionize and take back the wealth created by personal data, says a leading activist
Money Reimagined: The US’s Kodak Moment
13.11.2020
China's moves on digital currency have potential to rock the global economy. The U.S. risks getting left behind, like Kodak and digital photos
Why DeFi Needs to Branch Out From Ethereum
12.11.2020
For its long-term viability, decentralized finance cannot be defined by a single blockchain network
Flash Loans Aren’t the Problem, Centralized Price Oracles Are
11.11.2020
Flash loans attacks have received a lot of press attention. But they're not DeFi's biggest vulnerability, says Chainlink's CMO
African Startups Should Tokenize to Break Biased Funding Cycles
11.11.2020
Startup capital in Africa still favors foreign founders at the expense of homegrown projects. A proposal to break the cycle
Digital Voting Is Coming. Let’s Do It Right.
10.11.2020
Cryptographic techniques, like zk-SNARKs and blockchains, could ensure online voting is secure and private
The Case for Bitcoin Banking (Despite Cred’s Bankruptcy)
10.11.2020
The failure of a Bitcoin bank reinforces the merit of a Bitcoin-based financial system, says our columnist
3 Ways Coinbase Could Lose Its Crypto Crown
10.11.2020
As Coinbase nears a possible IPO, the powerhouse exchange faces several big challenges, says Fortune senior writer Jeff Roberts
Why Bitcoin Needs Philosophy
9.11.2020
When should I CoinJoin? What is a Bitcoin transaction? Are forked cryptos new assets? These seemingly quotidian crypto questions are deeper than you think
The Terminators: A Short Story
8.11.2020
Sia co-founder David Vorick's short story takes the perspective of the decentralized web recounting its own, inevitable rise
Money Reimagined: Crypto-Informed Ideas for the Future of Government
6.11.2020
The latest column from CoinDesk's chief content officer features big ideas for rethinking government in the internet age
To Stake or No? That’s the Eth 2.0 Question
6.11.2020
Pioneers in staking face a tough choice between securing Ethereum 2.0 and the opportunity costs of freezing their assets
Financial Advisors, Bitcoin Is the Next Amazon
6.11.2020
Bitcoin still has its fair share of doubters. So did Amazon at one time
Why Crypto Is the Next Big Trend in Financial Planning
5.11.2020
If the robo-advising trend taught advisers anything, it's that millennial and Gen X investors will invest how they want. And right now, they want crypto
Bitcoin Is Good for PayPal, but Is PayPal Good for Bitcoin?
5.11.2020
PayPal's embrace of crypto brings a potential 345 million people into the ecosystem. But where banks go, regulators follow
4 Charts Showing Why Financial Advisers Should Care About Bitcoin
4.11.2020
From a hedge against inflation to its uncorrelated relationship with stocks, advisers have plenty of reasons to be interested in bitcoin