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Money Reimagined: Warnings From an Argentine Tragedy
7.8.2020
Programmable money can protect against politicians debasing currencies to satisfy their own interests
JavaScript Fatigue
6.8.2020
From Nicholas Zakas’ newsletter, on how he avoids JavaScript fatigue:
 I don’t try to learn about every new thing that comes out. There’s a limited number of hours in the day and a limited amount of energy you can devote to any topic, so I choose not to learn about anything...
Crypto Long & Short: Does Decentralization Create Value or Destroy It?
2.8.2020
This week, bitcoin rallied past $11,000 and value in DeFi climbed toward $4 billion. But what's the point of crypto if regular markets are just as volatile?
Money Reimagined: Let’s Be Privacy Scolds
31.7.2020
Technical solutions to protect financial privacy may not suffice. Stronger cultural norms around minding one’s own business are needed as well
First Mover: The Dollar Drop May Have Helped Push Bitcoin Past $11K
28.7.2020
As the U.S. dollar’s value slides, prices are suddenly rising for just about everything priced in dollars.  That includes bitcoin, which shot up some 13% on Monday for its biggest gain in almost three months. Prices soared past levels reached in February, prior to...
Money Reimagined: China’s ‘Cold War’ Blockchain Strategy
24.7.2020
China's new digital currency and Blockchain Services Network are part of a national plan to escape U.S. financial hegemony
Crypto Long & Short: Why the Twitter Hack Was Good for Bitcoin (and It’s Not the Media Attention)
19.7.2020
Yes, the Twitter hack was basically a giant bitcoin scam. But the fallout is showing the world the strengths of cryptocurrency and decentralization
Money Reimagined: This Isn’t Good for Bitcoin
17.7.2020
This week's Twitter hack won't make it easier for the crypto industry to win friends in Washington D.C., with possible implications for DeFi and more. How we talk about events like this matters
First Mover: Why Bitcoin Traders Couldn’t Give a Sat About the Twitter Hack
17.7.2020
Bitcoin barely moved on this week’s Twitter hack. Here's what analysts said about why the attack had such little effect on prices
First Mover: Twelve-Fold Gains for Aave’s LEND Token Might Be More Than DeFi Hype
13.7.2020
Collateral deposits in Aave are up nearly $160 million over the past six months, suggesting actual usage rather than speculation
Crypto Long & Short: Dogecoin, Market Manipulation and the Downside of a Coinbase IPO
12.7.2020
Noelle Acheson explains how the dogecoin rise exemplifies the creative destruction underway in markets, and what a potential Coinbase listing could mean for the development of crypto
Money Reimagined: COVID-19’s Crash Course in Exponential Math
10.7.2020
Money requires a network effect, helped by the self-reinforcing idea that “everyone’s using it because everyone’s using it.”
Collective #613
9.7.2020
1-Line Layouts * Accordion Rows in CSS Grid * viewBox Newsletter * Knopf.css * WordPress Static Site
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First Mover: Even Bank of America Acknowledges China Winning Digital-Currency Race
7.7.2020
BoA researchers anticipate that China's digital yuan might make a dent in the greenback’s global hegemony
Blockchain Bites: E-Gold Claims, Arca’s New Fund and Generation Z
6.7.2020
Arca, a Los Angeles money manager, has launched a new fund on Ethereum, E-Gold claims the government suppressed evidence in its case, and Expedia is taking bitcoin
Crypto Long & Short: Crypto Markets Are Maturing, but Gen Z Is Rewriting How Markets Work
5.7.2020
Noelle Acheson looks at the potential influence of Generation Z on how institutional crypto asset markets will evolve
Money Reimagined: Bitcoin and Ethereum Are a DeFi Double Act
3.7.2020
With bitcoin increasingly riding on Ethereum's rails, we're about to see greater complementarity between the top two blockchains
First Mover: Crypto.com Says User Growth Coming From Products Not Token Speculation
2.7.2020
Crypto.com saw the total number of users increase by 50% in the past few months, to 3 million people
First Mover: Bitwise Calls $50K Bitcoin Price When Market Calm Finally Breaks
30.6.2020
Bitwise suggests Bitcoin could be looking at territory well north of the previous $20,000 all-time high
Money Reimagined: Crypto’s Diversity Problem
26.6.2020
Technology on its own doesn't ensure inclusion. People do. There’s nothing intrinsically fair about a blockchain