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Deplatformed by PayPal, Antiwar Journalists Speak Out
23.5.2022
“If they can do this to us, they can do it to you,” says a writer whose outlet has challenged the neat narratives around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Layer-2 adoption could spur the next crypto turning point
23.5.2022
A mysterious Redditor may turn out to be clairvoyant with predictions that layer-2 scaling solutions on Ethereum will take center stage in the coming months
China Can’t Seem to Stop Bitcoin Mining
22.5.2022
Reported hashrate fell to zero for two months in China last year, but it has since returned rather abruptly
Justin Sun Still Thinks Algorithmic Stablecoins Are a Good Idea
21.5.2022
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Dai Creator Rune Christensen on Terra's Collapse
20.5.2022
The MakerDAO founder wasn’t in the mood to say “I told you so,” following Terra’s stablecoin collapse, on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”
There Was No Terra ‘Attack’
20.5.2022
Conspiracy theories won’t save you from financial reality, says CoinDesk's chief insights columnist
BIP 119: Unpacking CTV and How It Would Change Bitcoin
20.5.2022
Right now, we can only use Bitcoin scripts to designate when or why a bitcoin is spent. But what if we could use it to designate how a bitcoin is spent?
Ryder Ripps, Bored Apes and 'Owning' an NFT
19.5.2022
Matt Prewitt: Let’s Use New Forms of Money to Commit to Our Communities
19.5.2022
More local money could lessen the incentive to “exit” the people who need the resources, says Matt Prewitt, president of the RadicalxChange Foundation
What to Watch for in Tether's Upcoming Attestation Report
18.5.2022
The leading stablecoin project still hasn’t published its March report attesting to its reserves. Following Terra, investors have a right to more timely information, says our columnist
Let Terra Die
18.5.2022
Do Kwon's proposal to fork the failed stablecoin network isn't what LUNA holders want, nor will it help them
Will a Proof-of-Stake Ethereum Lead to More Centralization?
18.5.2022
Lido’s staking protocol now holds 33% of all staked ether
What Web 3 Means to Andreessen Horowitz
17.5.2022
Ransomware Gang Extorted 725 BTC in One Attack, On-Chain Sleuths Find
17.5.2022
The infamous Conti ring’s internal messages, leaked in February, served as a jumping-off point for a new transaction analysis by Crystal Blockchain
Breaking Barriers to the Web 3 Creator Economy
17.5.2022
The latest innovations in blockchain technology are enabling creators to earn more from their work and achieve an unprecedented level of autonomy
How Not to Run a Cryptocurrency Exchange
17.5.2022
At Japan’s Liquid exchange, recently acquired by FTX, warnings were ignored, breaches unreported and employees berated and cursed at, insiders say
UST Won't Be the End of Algorithmic Stablecoins
16.5.2022
David Marcus Launches Bitcoin Payments Startup Lightspark
16.5.2022
David Marcus, former cryptocurrency head at Meta, is launching Lightspark, another payments company that will use crypto as its central payment tool. The startup, which will have Marcus at the helm as CEO, also features some of Meta’s former employees and will explore the possibilities...
2022, the Year Layer 2 Takes Off
15.5.2022
Will Harborne is the Founder and CEO of non-custodial exchange DeversiFi.
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This is a pivotal year for Ethereum layer 2 (L2) solutions. What happens over the coming months will be critical in making decentralized finance (DeFi) work better, faster, and more reliably for a far greater...
Satoshi's Mission, LUNA, UST and Where Crypto Went Wrong
14.5.2022