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How the Metaverse May Revolutionize the Creator Economy
6.6.2023
Consensus 2023 attendees unpack the future of Web3 and its implications for creator-first digital economies in an excerpt from CoinDesk’s first-ever Consensus @ Consensus Report
If Crypto Wants Institutional Dollars, It Needs an ESG Game Plan: Consensus 2023 Attendees
6.6.2023
Attendees at Consensus 2023 argue that the crypto industry should embrace ESG and not hide from it in an excerpt from CoinDesk’s first-ever Consensus @ Consensus Report
The Lightning Network Doesn’t Fix Everything Wrong With Bitcoin
5.6.2023
And that’s okay
Privacy Concerns Dominate CBDC Discussion at Consensus 2023
5.6.2023
Some Consensus 2023 participants argue that the economic benefits of CBDCs are not worth the threats to privacy in an excerpt from CoinDesk’s first-ever Consensus @ Consensus Report
Introducing CoinDesk’s First-Ever ‘Consensus @ Consensus’ Report
5.6.2023
Based on intimate, curated group discussions that took place at Consensus 2023, it covers a wide range of pressing issues for the digital assets industry
Bridge Exploits Cost $2B in 2022, Here’s How They Could Have Been Averted
2.6.2023
The bridges that are essential to our multi-chain cryptoverse are vulnerable to hacks. But an analysis of some of the biggest exploits of the past year reveals that applying multiple security measures in combination could have blocked the attacks, writes Gnosis co-founder Martin Koppelmann
What AI Governance Can Learn From Crypto’s Decentralization Ethos
2.6.2023
Prominent critics of AI development are calling for government intervention to stave off the threat of human extinction. But we need more than centralized regulation of this industry, argues Michael J. Casey
Apple and Goldman Sachs Don’t Trust Their New Banking Customers
2.6.2023
“Security Reviews” are locking up Apple Savings accounts for weeks on end, as a blunt-force anti-money laundering system turns customers into suspects
CoinDesk Turns 10: 2015 – Vitalik Buterin and the Birth of Ethereum
2.6.2023
The most used blockchain is supposed to be immutable. So why has it changed so much from its founding?
Quantum Computing Meets Blockchain: Scientists Propose New Version of Proof of Work Consensus – Future of Crypto?
2.6.2023
A newly published research paper from a team of researchers from Australian and American universities, in collaboration with quantum technology company BTQ, has proposed a new approach to the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism based on boson sampling.
The proposed proof-of-work system, known...
Scientists propose quantum proof-of-work consensus for blockchain
1.6.2023
Boson sampling was once considered a problem looking for a solution. Now, it might be the bridge that brings quantum computing to the blockchain
Why Elizabeth Warren Is Wrong About Crypto and the Fentanyl Epidemic
1.6.2023
CoinDesk Turns 10: The ICO Era – What Went Right?
1.6.2023
The ICO boom is remembered as an orgy of fraud and scammy behavior. But ICOs funded many crypto success stories - and might still have benefits, says David Z. Morris. This story is part of our series looking back at the biggest stories from the last decade. The ICO boom is our choice for 2018
CoinDesk Turns 10: 2022 - How Crypto Gods Turn Into Monsters
1.6.2023
The PulseChain Sideshow Tent Is Collapsing
31.5.2023
Welcome to Bizarro Crypto, where actually launching a project is the worst possible plan
A House Bill Would Make It Harder for the SEC to Argue Crypto Tokens Are Securities
31.5.2023
The five-page, bipartisan Securities Clarity Act by Representatives Tom Emmer and Darren Soto would significantly reduce uncertainty for both crypto investors and issuers, write Bain Capital Crypto’s Tuongvy Le and Khurram Dara
CoinDesk Turns 10: 2021 – The Year Bitcoin Became Salvadoran
30.5.2023
Should Russia Bolster or Ban Bitcoin?
30.5.2023
The country reportedly backed out of plans to build a "national crypto exchange," its latest sign of indecision
Striving for the Impossible: Reasonable Crypto Debate
26.5.2023
Debates in crypto are increasingly polarized and politicized, as a recent CoinDesk story about a controversial mining plant in New York shows
Worldcoin and the Intellectual Decline of Venture Capital
26.5.2023