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Excavating the Truth Around the Bitcoin Mining Discourse
24.5.2023
Last year, a group of CoinDesk reporters traveled to Seneca Lake to examine the effect Greenidge Generation – a resurrected power plant that now mines bitcoin – had on the surrounding communities. Though we expected to hear locals say they disliked the plant and its continued operation, we found...
Cathie Wood Thinks the U.S. Crypto Exodus Is Here. Is It?
24.5.2023
Strike, Coinbase and others have intimated they may leave the United States due to regulatory pressure. But those may be empty threats
AI Can Generate a Trading Edge in Crypto Markets
24.5.2023
Large language models like ChatGPT could supercharge sentiment analysis, a key aspect of trading
Crypto’s Quirky Automated Market Makers and How They Differ From TradFi Exchanges
24.5.2023
Crypto exchanges have order books just like the NYSE, but the digital asset realm also offers something very different known as automated market makers (AMMs)
Consensus Survey: TradFi Investors Remain Bullish on Crypto’s Long-Term Prospects
23.5.2023
Despite the market turmoil of the last six months, investment managers say they largely plan to keep putting capital into digital assets, our survey finds
Crypto's Open Source Ethos Yields Results
23.5.2023
It’s crypto winter and a time for building, as innovative new open-source projects on Polkadot and Cosmos can attest
U.S. Lawmakers Can Get Crypto Regulations Right if They Act Now
22.5.2023
Why the Biggest Emerging Markets Are Turning to Crypto
22.5.2023
Many large countries around the world, including Pakistan and Nigeria, suffer currency turmoil. And, despite official efforts to curb crypto activity, there are signs their citizens are turning to crypto assets as a hedge, says Noelle Acheson
Celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day: the Time a Bitcoin User Bought 2 Pizzas for 10,000 BTC
22.5.2023
Sen. Warren’s Bill Signals Crypto Is Headed for a Clash With National Security Interests
22.5.2023
The misguided Digital Asset Money Laundering Act sponsored by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Roger Marshall may be dead on arrival, but the crypto community should not ignore the conflict it represents between crypto and law enforcement, writes Chris Grieco
Ledger’s Hard Lesson: Being Right Isn't Good Enough
19.5.2023
Public communication doesn’t work like computer code. The French hardware wallet maker learned that the hard way
Why Web3 and the AI-Internet Belong Together
19.5.2023
Seeing crypto and AI as unrelated technologies is a mistake. They are complementary, each improving the other, says CoinDesk’s Chief Content Officer, Michael Casey
What Are the Stakes in the SEC vs. Ripple?
19.5.2023
Should We Worry About Tether’s Bitcoin-Buying Plan?
18.5.2023
Squint and you can see resemblances Do Kwon’s bitcoin buying during Terra/luna’s high days
Elizabeth Warren’s Bill Won’t Stop Money Laundering, But it Could Ban Crypto
18.5.2023
The Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act that Senators Elizabeth Warren and Roger Marshall are pushing through Congress is the legislative equivalent of a Trojan Horse, writes John Rizzo. It would effectively ban crypto in the guise of fighting money laundering
Where the SEC’s Proposed Custody Rule Comes Up Short for Crypto
18.5.2023
Financial advisors looking for clarity on crypto and digital assets from the SEC’s proposed changes to Custody Rule 206(4)-2 won’t get everything they want
Where the SEC’s Proposed Custody Rule Comes Up Short for Crypto
18.5.2023
Financial advisors looking for clarity on crypto and digital assets from the SEC’s proposed changes to Custody Rule 206(4)-2 won’t get everything they want
The Blocksize Wars Revisited: How Bitcoin’s Civil War Still Resonates Today
17.5.2023
Amid climbing transaction fees and increased development activity, bitcoiners are warring over the future of the network. Is this a replay or a result of the so-called Blocksize Wars
Regulators Should Not 'Front-Run' Congress on Stablecoins
17.5.2023
The House has made it clear that passing a stablecoin bill is a top priority. Regulators – like the SEC – shouldn’t get ahead of the legislative process, say Bain Capital’s Tuongvy Le and Khurram Dara
The Risks and Rewards of High-Frequency Crypto Trading
17.5.2023
High-frequency trading can be lucrative in newer markets like crypto, but HFT is not without its unique risks