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Crypto for Advisors: Crypto Market - A Week in Review
29.8.2024
A recap of the crypto market from August 11th to 17th
Art Is Not a Security
29.8.2024
NFTs “expose the incoherence of the SEC’s understanding of what it’s authorized to regulate,” says law professor Brian L. Frye, following news yesterday that the SEC has issued a Wells notice against OpenSea, claiming the NFT platform has violated securities law
OpenSea Gets SEC 'Wells Notice' – Industry Reaction
28.8.2024
Rounding up commentary on the SEC's latest enforcement action. Will all NFTs be treated as securities?
Crypto Is Now a Non-negotiable for Traditional Banks
28.8.2024
Simple “engagement” isn’t enough. Banks need to start experimenting with tokenization and blockchain-powered settlement, or risk getting left behind, says Sygnum Bank’s Lucas Schweiger
Narrow Boom: The Mismatch of Token Supply and Demand in the Current Cycle
28.8.2024
While BTC and Ethereum have made strong comebacks in the last year, much of the rest of the market is still catching up, say Kevin Kelly and Jason Pagoulatos, of Delphi Digital
Bloomberg and Better Markets Are Wrong About Crypto
28.8.2024
Crypto is far from the currency of choice for financial predators, says former CFTC Commissioner Fred Hatfield. That’s really the U.S. dollar
Pavel Durov: The Imperfect Free Speech Hero
27.8.2024
Pavel Durov is a free speech hero, but Telegram is far from a perfect free speech platform, writes CoinDesk's Ben Schiller
It’s Time to Build a Sustainable Blockchain Ecosystem
26.8.2024
For years, the industry has created and lost value without establishing real business models. It’s time to demonstrate that we’re on the path to turning blockchains and the applications built on them into real businesses, says Azeem Khan
Accelerating Innovation in the DePIN Sector
26.8.2024
Everyone agrees the real-world utility of DePINs is what makes them so interesting, but it’s also what makes them so difficult to build. Companies and investment firms like IoTeX, Hotspotty, EV3, and DePIN Pulse are building tools to lower the barrier to entry for DePIN founders and increase...
The Fed’s Rate Cut Cushion Is Good News for Crypto
26.8.2024
A key metric by which officials set rates shows the potential to cut rates by 175 basis points over the next nine months. If so, that’s likely to drive the prices of bitcoin and ethereum higher, says Scott Garliss
Okay, Bloomer!
23.8.2024
Bloomberg’s editorial board says Harris and Trump shouldn’t “pander” to crypto. The piece itself panders to stereotypes about the digital assets industry
R.I.P. Unhosted Wallet Rule
23.8.2024
In 2020, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network proposed imposing know-your-customer requirements on unhosted wallets, drawing immense backlash from the crypto industry. This week, the Treasury Department formally withdrew the proposal
From Chaos to Crypto: The Crecimiento Movement Igniting Argentina
22.8.2024
A month-long pop-up in Buenos Aires is showing how crypto can potentially transform an economy from the bottom-up
Meeting Binance CEO Richard Teng
22.8.2024
Four takeaways from CoinDesk’s interview in New York yesterday
Crypto for Advisors: Are Crypto SMAs Right for Institutions?
22.8.2024
Separately Managed Accounts, or SMAs, offer significant advantages over ETFs for institutional investors who want to invest in crypto via actively managed accounts
If Men Were Angels: Decentralization’s Silent Comeback
21.8.2024
MoonPay’s Keith A. Grossman argues that we are facing a new and insidious form of centralization that’s threatening core civil liberties. But, just as this threat is fueled by emerging technology, it can also be stopped by it
After 2022’s Bust, Scars Are Healing In Crypto Lending
21.8.2024
Innovative structures, attractive yields, and stronger risk management capabilities are driving a recovery in institutional crypto lending markets, says Craig Birchall, head of product at Membrane, an institutional loan management software provider for digital asset markets
Can Crypto Sway the U.S. Election?
21.8.2024
With the political environment so finely poised, candidates would be wise to attract crypto voters, says Nonco’s Jeffrey Howard
Blockchain vs. Transfer Agents: A Call for Genuine Market Innovation
21.8.2024
Faster Computers and Better Algorithms Will Fully Decentralize Blockchains
20.8.2024
The next iteration of blockchain improvements may give us a new opportunity to achieve genuine decentralization, delivering resilient networks with innovative services, says Paul Brody, head of blockchain at EY