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A Closer Look at Market Cap-Weighted Crypto Portfolios
3.5.2023
Crypto investment products are commonly weighted by market cap. We examine how a small adjustment to market-cap weighting methodologies may better align digital asset portfolios with their intended objectives
Coinbase Grew Quickly by Working With U.S. Regulators. Will It Expand Even More by Disregarding the SEC?
2.5.2023
Bitcoin Set New Record of Daily Transactions the Same Day the U.S. Government Quietly Engineered a Bank Buyout
1.5.2023
5 Consensus 2023 Takeaways
28.4.2023
Members of our CoinDesk editorial team got together on Twitter Spaces today to assess the big picture at Consensus 2023 and share their takeaways on the critical issues that will shape how the industry continues to unfold
Web3 News From Consensus
28.4.2023
A special edition of The Airdrop on the ground in Austin at CoinDesk's festival
3 Giga-Brained Ideas From Consensus Day 2
28.4.2023
Crypto shows that ideas can be valuable, even if they’re not useful … yet
Seeing the Macro Forest for the Token Trees
27.4.2023
Todd Groth of CoinDesk Indices shares some thoughts on how macro analysis works in crypto
Bye-Bye Bitcoin Bear
27.4.2023
No investor or financial advisor has a crystal ball that can predict the movement of an asset, including bitcoin, with total certainty. But past bitcoin halvings can provide clues on what we could potentially expect
As Crypto Grows, so Does CoinDesk’s Commitment to Keeping Pace
26.4.2023
A new CoinDesk tool called the Bitcoin Trend Indicator can help traders spot where BTC is headed
How the Hunt for Yet-to-Exist Tokens Is Shaping Ethereum’s Layer 2 Landscape
26.4.2023
Token airdrops – and the prospect of them – have become a major customer acquisition strategy for Ethereum's layer 2 scaling projects. But is this strategy a sustainable one?
Unpacking Policy Issues at Consensus 2023
25.4.2023
We’ll hear discussions ranging from global regulatory policy around crypto to how industry and lawmakers alike are approaching the question of privacy and privacy tool usage in crypto at CoinDesk's Consensus 2023 conference
The Most Intense Consensus Ever Seeks Everyone’s Voice
21.4.2023
This year’s CoinDesk Consensus event, which will bring key policy and technical debates to the forefront, is especially important. While the withdrawal of a handful of previously agreed-upon speaking assignments undermines full representation on both sides of the issues, non-U.S. jurisdiction...
What Taylor Swift Can Teach You About Investing
21.4.2023
The megastar reportedly dodged a catastrophic deal with FTX by asking one simple question
Traders Are Tired of Trump NFTs
21.4.2023
The former U.S. president’s second collection isn’t as successful as his first drop was, while Sotheby’s plans to sell an impressive NFT collection seized from Three Arrows Capital
Why the EU Has MiCA and the U.S. Has Securities Law Confusion
20.4.2023
Advisors: Here’s What the Dot Com Bubble Can Teach Us About Crypto Investing
20.4.2023
Investors in the crypto markets may be prone to irrational thinking when bullishness sets in, but advisors can offer a balanced and rational investment strategy that counters the hype
Valuations and M&A Show Things Aren’t So Bad for Crypto
19.4.2023
Two aspects of the crypto word, blockchain tech companies and exchanges and crypto miners, reveal that M&A activity is strong and that crypto-related companies have converged with the rest of tech, a sign that the digital-asset industry is maturing
What ChatGPT Thinks About Digital Assets
19.4.2023
Todd Groth of CoinDesk Indices quizzes ChatGPT about crypto and then explores how that might factor into an investment opinion
The Big Issues of Stablecoin Issuance
19.4.2023
Here are the key issues as the House Financial Services Committee hears testimony about stablecoin regulation
CoinDesk Winds Down Ethereum Validator ‘Zelda,’ and We Now Wait for Money Back
19.4.2023
CoinDesk set up its own Ethereum validator, fondly nicknamed “Zelda,” in 2020 to witness firsthand the blockchain’s landmark shift to an energy-efficient proof-of-stake consensus mechanism from its original proof-of-work – the same one used by Bitcoin