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Avery Ching: Aptos Led a Year of 'VC Chains'
4.12.2023
With hundreds of millions at stake, Avery Ching, co-founder of one of the year's most-talked-about new projects, has much to prove
Jesse Pollak Is Putting the Base in Coinbase
4.12.2023
Coinbase's layer-2 blockchain, which launched this year, helps the exchange to scale and reduce transaction fees. Rivals, like Kraken, are now said to be launching their own layer 2s
Cuy Sheffield: The Reason Visa Is 'Everywhere’ in Crypto
4.12.2023
Perhaps more than at any other TradFi firm, Visa's crypto unit under Sheffield has been running experiment after experiment. That's why he's one of CoinDesk's Most Influential of 2023
Stefan Berger: The Man Who Made MiCA
4.12.2023
Stefan Berger steered through the European Union's world-leading Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) this year in the aftermath of FTX and other scandals. He's now working on a digital euro
Jordi Baylina: Finding Solutions in Zero-Knowledge
4.12.2023
One of Ethereum's biggest scalability layers, Polygon, is at the forefront of a new tech trend with the launch of its zkEVM
Paying for Use Slows Down Crypto's Search for a Use Case
30.11.2023
CoinDesk's Danny Nelson reported that Polygon paid DraftKings to be on the network, a furtive deal that only misrepresents consumer choice
The Benefits of Building Apps On-Chain
30.11.2023
Blockchain networks are information networks, which can be leveraged to build new types of tools and experiences, Variant's Alana Levin writes
‘A Politician Masquerading as a Regulator’ – 3 Takeaways From Fortune's Gary Gensler Profile
29.11.2023
An in-depth magazine story about the SEC chair reveals the breadth of the man’s ambition and the limitations of his record
Big Tech Has Put Our Future at Risk. It’s Time to Fight Back
28.11.2023
The internet was supposed to make us more liberated and healthier. Instead, it stole our data, freedom and mental health, says Project Liberty Founder Frank McCourt, who’s advancing a new digital infrastructure to support a better web and better world
Everyone Needs a Manifesto
28.11.2023
Vitalik Buterin thoughtful musings on techno-optimism contrast with VC Marc Andreessen’s recent writings
COP28 and Bitcoin: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?
28.11.2023
COP28 kicks off in the UAE this week. While it is likely to deliver the usual ineffective hand-wringing, at significant cost, this year there is a twist: the presence of Bitcoin delegates shows just how far the industry has come, says Noelle Acheson
Breaking Down the Bankless Backlash
27.11.2023
David Hoffman, cofounder, responds to criticism surrounding the media brand’s DAO. Should he have been more hands-on?
1 Way to Revive Dead NFT Wallets
22.11.2023
Conceptual artist and legal scholar Brian Frye says inaccessible crypto tokens cannot be sold, but can be donated — with potentially significant tax benefits
Is Binance Big Enough to Survive a $4.3B Fine and Founder CZ’s Ousting?
22.11.2023
Binance's CZ and the End of the 'Borderless' Crypto Company
22.11.2023
We probably will never see another company quite like Binance. Crypto itself might be borderless, but crypto companies are not beyond the reach of US law
‘They’re Playing a Game’: What New Yorkers Think of the SEC’s War Against Crypto
21.11.2023
After the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Kraken, a small but trusted exchange, CoinDesk asked passersby for their views on crypto and regulation
Does Worldcoin Need a Reevaluation? Understanding Sam Altman’s Crypto-AI-UBI Experiment
20.11.2023
Ali Yahya, Andreessen Horowitz: 'Many Fair Weather VCs Have Pivoted'
20.11.2023
A16z’s general partner tells Jeff Wilser why the blue-chip venture fund is "100% committed on crypto as a space."
Argentina’s Election: What Bitcoiners Are Getting Wrong
20.11.2023
The victory of Javier Milei in Argentina’s general election is good news, but not in the way many crypto enthusiasts seem to think. Noelle Acheson looks at the pros and cons to the abrupt change the South American nation is about to undergo
Disney Does NOT ‘Partner’ With Crypto Companies
17.11.2023
Language matters and crypto continues to play fast-and-loose with it, to its long-term detriment