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Stablecoins Are Not New. So Why Are Regulators Attacking Paxos?
14.2.2023
Policymakers Need to Focus on Tokenization, Not Just Tokens
13.2.2023
Representing real-world assets on a blockchain could allow everyday Americans to buy into durable prosperity, says John Rizzo
Coins of War: How Crypto Keeps Feeding Russia's War Despite Sanctions
13.2.2023
Russian troops in Ukraine receive millions in crypto donations, despite international sanctions. CoinDesk investigates how these funds are flowing and talks to fundraisers
I’m Glad There Are No Crypto Super Bowl Ads: Here’s Why
12.2.2023
Sportswashing and crypto company hubris are no longer in play in Super Bowl commercials this year. And that's a good thing
An Ode to LocalBitcoins (and a Lesson About Maintaining Bitcoin's Public Goods)
10.2.2023
Policymakers Should Embrace DAOs in the New Future of Abundance
10.2.2023
Whereas corporations accumulate capital, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) accumulate engagement and focus on returning benefits to all participants
Regulating Crypto by Enforcement and Stealth Will Set the US Back
10.2.2023
Moves to outlaw staking and stop banks from servicing crypto companies will harm the industry and send it overseas, says CoinDesk's chief content officer Michael Casey
Stablecoins Are Not Worth the Risk
10.2.2023
Bitzlato Co-Founder Released After Arrest in Moscow, Pledges Relaunch of Seized Exchange
10.2.2023
Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin says no chance ETH is classed as security
9.2.2023
The ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-founder said it’s as unlikely as ride-sharing service Uber becoming illegal
Setting the Record Straight
9.2.2023
In a CoinDesk exclusive, the co-founder of Yuga Labs, Wylie Aronow, shares a frank letter touching on his recent diagnosis of heart failure and responding to accusations of racist and nazi imagery embedded within the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT project
How to Avoid the Death of DeFi in the Wake of FTX
9.2.2023
FTX’s collapse is an inevitable outcome for an industry yet to find its use case. For crypto to survive, it needs to learn from the very financial sector it set out to replace, says Brent Xu, the CEO of Umee
Blockchain Privacy Is at Risk in the EU
9.2.2023
The EU's comprehensive Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation is ambitious and sets a high standard globally. Article 68, however, goes too far and poses a risk to innovation, privacy and security
Crypto Would Survive an SEC Crackdown on Crypto Staking
9.2.2023
Darknet Revenues Fell After Hydra’s Shutdown: Chainalysis
9.2.2023
Crypto AI Needs a Showcase to Know What's Real
8.2.2023
As Microsoft and Google go head-to-head on artificial intelligence, crypto needs to prove it's recent rally is worth anything
Bitcoin, Markets and the Symmetry of Information
8.2.2023
In almost all markets, the seller knows more than the buyer. With Bitcoin, that’s not the case. What does that mean for markets, regulation and even economics? Noelle Acheson digs in
A Pragmatic View of ChatGPT in a Web3 World
8.2.2023
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing every aspect of our daily lives. What will it mean for Web3? IntoTheBlock's Jesus Rodriquez learns from the machine
Aspiring Crypto Bank’s Plight Shows Binance’s Issues Are Just Part of the Story
8.2.2023
Custodia Bank’s membership rejection by the Federal Reserve Board is more alarming for crypto banking than the recent troubles of Binance, Juno and Signature Bank combined
‘It’s Time for Crypto to Put on Big Boy Pants’: 5 Ways TradFi Investors Are Rethinking Crypto in the Wake of FTX
7.2.2023
Pension funds, endowments, foundations and large family offices are key to crypto’s future. How do they look at the industry now? Angelo Calvello checks in with 15 asset-owners