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Bitcoin Is the Biggest Big Short
20.11.2020
Short-sellers help identify weaknesses in capital markets. Bitcoin helps us see what's wrong with the financial system
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
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
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.”
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
Money Reimagined: How Ethereum 2.0’s ‘Lock Up’ Will Drive DeFi Innovation
16.10.2020
As Ethereum's 2.0 upgrade locks up serious ether volume, we're likely to see financial ideas that unlock value without undermining mission
Money Reimagined: Fixing the Internet’s Big Flaw
9.10.2020
In an age when data leads to economic domination, shifting control is a really impactful way to empower individuals
Money Reimagined: Trump, Crypto and Fairer Taxes
2.10.2020
Trump's tax returns show the unfairness of the tax system and the need for reform. Blockchain governance offers some ideas
Money Reimagined: Memes Mean Money
25.9.2020
Sushi. Yams. Hot dogs. DeFi memes may be a joke, but they point to how money is always created: community storytelling
Money Reimagined: Climate-Friendlier Crypto
18.9.2020
How Bitcoin can improve its energy efficiency, reduce its climate impact and help manage the electricity grid
Money Reimagined: Ending Money’s Distance Trap
11.9.2020
The internet made location irrelevant for information. Can it do the same for money?
Money Reimagined: Defanging FAANG
4.9.2020
With the internet more monopolized than ever, can Web 3.0 help produce an economy that's fairer to innovation and startups?
Money Reimagined: From COVID Generation to Crypto Generation
28.8.2020
Millennials and Generation Zers have many reasons to embrace crypto and reform the financial system in their own interests
Money Reimagined: DeFi-ing History
21.8.2020
For clues to the future of decentralized finance, it's useful to look at waves of financial innovation past
Money Reimagined: How a Dangerous Idea Could Work
14.8.2020
Modern Monetary Theory, which says deficits don't matter, has some truth to it. But putting it into practice would be risky without modern controls
Money Reimagined: Warnings From an Argentine Tragedy
7.8.2020
Programmable money can protect against politicians debasing currencies to satisfy their own interests
Money Reimagined: Let’s Be Privacy Scolds
31.7.2020
Technical solutions to protect financial privacy may not suffice. Stronger cultural norms around minding one’s own business are needed as well
Money Reimagined: China’s ‘Cold War’ Blockchain Strategy
24.7.2020
China's new digital currency and Blockchain Services Network are part of a national plan to escape U.S. financial hegemony
Money Reimagined: This Isn’t Good for Bitcoin
17.7.2020
This week's Twitter hack won't make it easier for the crypto industry to win friends in Washington D.C., with possible implications for DeFi and more. How we talk about events like this matters
Money Reimagined: COVID-19’s Crash Course in Exponential Math
10.7.2020
Money requires a network effect, helped by the self-reinforcing idea that “everyone’s using it because everyone’s using it.”