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How Contact Tracing Can Be Effective While Guarding Privacy
28.5.2020
A member of the Hyperledger Identity Working Group on how we can keep track of COVID-19 without giving up our digital rights
What Goldman Gets Wrong About Bitcoin (From Someone Who Used to Work There)
28.5.2020
Goldman's bitcoin research is wrong in key respects. But, as with J.K Rowling, the fault may lie with bitcoiners for not communicating clearly, says an ex-GS staffer
The $10B Stablecoin Industry Has a Fraud Problem It’s Not Addressing
27.5.2020
If stablecoins are used for apparently illegal activity, should issuers step in to stop it? So far, they've been reluctant to do so, says our columnist
Look to Design, Not Laws, to Protect Privacy in the Surveillance Age
26.5.2020
In the smart home era, we need to take privacy protection into our own hands, says the co-founder of IoTeX. Privacy laws won't help us
To See Libra’s Potential, Look at the Philippines, Not the US
26.5.2020
Some have written off Libra as a watered-down project. But you can see its potential in places where Facebook use is high and payment standards are low
Spiritual Reflections on the Bitcoin Halving
24.5.2020
The Bitcoin halving was like New Year's Eve with no time differences and everyone committed to a nonviolent revolution against financial tyranny
Central Bank Digital Currencies Need Decentralization
23.5.2020
To reap the full benefits of digital currencies, central bankers need to consider decentralizing some authority, say the authors of a new report
Finance and the Real Economy Can’t Stay Out of Sync Forever
21.5.2020
While Main Street is shut down, the financial world keeps moving as quickly as ever. That's not a sustainable situation, says our columnist
What I Learned the First Time I Lost a Million Dollars
21.5.2020
It doesn't take long to learn how to trade, but it takes a lifetime to learn how to manage risk, says Jeff Dorman, CIO at Arca
Facebook’s Toothless Oversight Board Has Lessons for Blockchain
20.5.2020
Facebook's new "oversight" board includes impressive names, but its formal powers are necessarily limited. There are learnings for blockchain governance
Staking Will Turn Ethereum Into a Functional Store of Value
20.5.2020
With staking and a surge of demand for stablecoins, Ethereum has everything it needs to become a viable store-of-value network
Bitcoin’s Halving Is Nothing Like Quantitative Tightening
19.5.2020
The halving could both increase the rate at which bitcoin’s price rises and bring forward the point at which it crashes, says our columnist
PTJ on BTC: Bitcoin Is Now the Macro Big Bet
19.5.2020
When a famed macro investor like Paul Tudor Jones invests in Bitcoin, you know it's a serious play. Next step: central banks buying crypto too
The Last Word on Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption
19.5.2020
What people fail to consider when they criticize Bitcoin's electricity footprint, according to our columnist
The American Empire Is in Decline. Time for a New Economic System
18.5.2020
From debt to inequality, the U.S. economy looks like a 1930s disaster waiting to happen. No wonder gold-bugs and Bitcoiners are feeling vindicated
Winners and Losers in the US’s $1,200 Check Blitz
18.5.2020
Wealth and age determine when and how 250 million Americans get their stimulus payments, says our columnist J.P. Koning
Telegram’s TON Was Built on Sand. Its Failure Isn’t All Bad For Crypto
14.5.2020
Telegram's Pavel Durov rails against the SEC's "ossification." But his TON project was always on shaky ground legally-speaking, says Preston Byrne
Decentraland’s Sights and Sounds With Barry Silbert
13.5.2020
Join us on a walking tour of the sights and sounds of Decentraland led by noted LAND lovers DCL Blogger and DCG’s Barry Silbert. We start at the Centre Genesis Plaza (0,0) then we go on check out some art, pop by the convention center, visit a museum, and wrap up with a chat at […]
Popular Hedge Fund Manager Paul Tudor Jones: ‘Bitcoin Reminds Me of Gold Back in 1976’
8.5.2020
Hedge fund manager and investor, Paul Tudor Jones, discussed his opinion in regard to the crypto asset bitcoin on Thursday, saying that it reminds him of the part gold played back in the ‘70s. Jones also disclosed that his fund Tudor BVI has a percentage of Bitcoin futures products as well...
4 Ways COVID-19 Will Bring Banks and Regulators to Crypto
5.5.2020
Consensus:Distributed speaker and CoinDesk columnist Ajit Tripathi argues the pandemic will normalize the use of CBDCs and cryptocurrencies