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In the CBDC Race, It’s Better to Be Last
2.11.2020
As countries like China and Sweden rush to develop digital currencies, the U.S. can afford to take its time
Crypto Is Less Scary Than Halloween
31.10.2020
The great Twitter hack of 2020 highlighted the scariest thing about crypto: being tricked by scams. Here is how to avoid being a victim
Money Reimagined: Who Are the Real Monsters?
30.10.2020
Next to the frightening creatures of the legacy financial system, bitcoin is the normal, wholesome outlier, like the niece from TV’s “The Munsters.”
Crypto and Fintech Share Goals: They Should Talk
29.10.2020
The missions of programmable money and autonomous finance overlap, so it's surprising people from crypto and fintech don't collaborate more
All in on DeFi: Why the Days of Centralized Exchanges Are Numbered
29.10.2020
The CEO of Binance on why DeFi will come to dominate CeFi
Ethereum, Dark Forests and the Limits of Transparency
28.10.2020
The crypto world eschewed trust in favor of transparency. But transparency doesn’t solve the problem of untrustworthiness in financial markets
An Internet for Humans: Proof-of-Personhood Explained
27.10.2020
Identity is one of our most fundamental human rights. In the age of surveillance, commodification and centralization, it is under threat
How a Decentralized Internet Can Power Latin America’s Economy
27.10.2020
Bitcoin, fintech and DeFi can help Latin America become an interconnected and inclusive regional economy
From DeFi to DeOps: How Public Blockchains Could Replace ERP Systems
26.10.2020
As DeFi does away with middlemen in finance, "DeOps" could reduce the need for intermediaries in large-scale supply systems
The Big Choices When Designing Central Bank Digital Currencies
26.10.2020
A retail CBDC or an indirect one? Synthetic? An API approach? How central banks implement digital currencies will have seismic implications
DeFi Still Needs a Silk Road Moment
25.10.2020
Adoption by criminal enterprises is evidence of the product/market fit for censorship-resistant tech and an indicator of whether innovation will see usage in the non-criminal world
What It Means if Companies Like Twitter Are ‘Systemically Important’ to Financial Regulators
23.10.2020
NYDFS proposals following the Twitter hack are a warning to everyone using centrally-controlled "designated" platforms
Money Reimagined: ‘They Starve.’ The Ugly Side to the US’s KYC-AML Obsession
23.10.2020
Laws like the Bank Secrecy Act, which turns 50 this week, have helped stop money laundering and terrorism. But KYC and AML requirements have served to harm the world's neediest through higher costs and reduced services
Three Trends Killing Web Privacy and Decentralization
22.10.2020
The decentralized design of the web gives it the potential to be more privacy-preserving than any other system. Yet, there are long range threats at play
We Still Lack a Rational Way to Value Tokens
22.10.2020
Tokens continue to show little correlation between usage and value, confounding efforts to build better valuation methods
Forget Ethereum, DeFi Is Being Built on Bitcoin
22.10.2020
Edan Yago looks to reclaim "decentralized finance" as Bitcoin's, not Ethereum's, turf
What the History of Headphones Says About the Internet’s Future
21.10.2020
What does the historical development of headphones tell us about the future of the internet?
Ban All Ransomware Payments, in Bitcoin or Otherwise
21.10.2020
The U.S. Treasury Department has outlawed certain ransomware payments. If it was serious, it would go further, says our columnist
Announcing the 2020 State of CSS Survey
20.10.2020
Last year’s State of CSS Survey yielded interesting results. There’s the quick adoption of features, like calc() and CSS custom properties. There’s also the overwhelming opinion that CSS is fun to write even as we see a growing reliance on CSS-in JS. We also saw some predictable...
The US Risks Getting Left Behind on CBDCs
20.10.2020
The Federal Reserve's “wait and see” approach to digital currency could deprive the U.S. of important fiscal and monetary tools as its rivals move ahead