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If Bitcoin Can’t Handle a Few JPEGs, How Can It Handle the World?

10.5.2023

Urbit, a Network Older and Weirder Than Bitcoin, Finally Turns Toward Growth

10.5.2023
The peer-to-peer network started in 2002 says it's taking on "MEGACORP," much in the same vein as many blockchain networks. A bit more fun are the "secret code names" that users are assigned

We Need Regulatory Clarity to Keep Crypto Exchanges Onshore and DeFi Permissionless

10.5.2023
The lack of clear crypto regulation risks sending companies overseas. Congress must bring regulatory clarity to crypto market structure, defining the bounds and appropriate legal treatment of crypto securities, commodities, and exchanges, say Jack Solowey and Jennifer J. Schulp

A Eulogy for a Day Trader's Exchange

9.5.2023
Bittrex, a popular exchange during the initial coin offering (ICO) boom, offered users and the crypto industry invaluable lessons in economics and regulatory affairs

There's No Such Thing as High Fees on Bitcoin

9.5.2023
Bitcoin’s BRC-20 debate is a re-run of the 2015-17 blocksize wars, except this time some of the combatants have changed sides, says Nic Carter

CoinDesk Turns 10: How The DAO Hack Changed Ethereum and Crypto

9.5.2023
The $60 million hack in 2016 led to a controversial revision of the blockchain, and was a factor leading to the ICO boom starting the following year, argues David Z Morris. This feature is part of our “CoinDesk Turns 10” series

Why Author Brady Dale Is 'Drowning' in Sam Bankman-Fried

9.5.2023
Before his business collapsed, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried built one of the cryptocurrency industry's largest exchanges and personal brands by dazzling the media, public and politicians. Axios reporter Brady Dale argues SBF's addiction to fame led to his notoriety

Fractional Reserve Banking Is a Fraud (but It's Genius)

8.5.2023

The Need for Clarity in Washington – Not Just on Crypto

5.5.2023
The recent ambiguous messaging from the Federal Open Market Committee's meeting, which left markets struggling to interpret signals from the FOMC statement and Chair Jerome Powell's comments, is typical of the abstruse signals that can be found in central bank policy-setting. But new tools, such...

Pump the BRCs: The Promise and Peril of Bitcoin-backed Tokens

5.5.2023
A new way of issuing tokens on Bitcoin is growing fast. So why did their creator warn that they “will be worthless”?

The Next Big Web3 Trend Wasn't on Stage at Consensus

5.5.2023
If you want to know what's coming next in this industry, you need to listen to people still on the sidelines, says Leah Callon-Butler

Wrapping Up Consensus 2023

4.5.2023
Missed Consensus 2023? Catch up on some of the most important conversations here

The Reactionary Political Theater of CBDC Bans

4.5.2023
The jury is out on whether the benefits outweigh the risks of central bank digital currencies, but stymying research and passing premature legislation comes with its own harms

The Legacy of Mt. Gox: Why Bitcoin’s Greatest Hack Still Matters

4.5.2023
The fall of the Japanese exchange in 2014 saw 750,000 bitcoin go missing, putting crypto’s future in doubt. The event reverberates to this day

CoinDesk Turns 10: What We Learned From Reporting a Decade of Crypto History

4.5.2023
Our month-long series looking back at 10 years of CoinDesk features a lot of failures. But, in most cases, what seemed like disasters at the time have actually allowed the industry to grow, says CoinDesk’s Chief Content Officer Michael Casey