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All in on DeFi: Why the Days of Centralized Exchanges Are Numbered

29.10.2020
The CEO of Binance on why DeFi will come to dominate CeFi

Ethereum, Dark Forests and the Limits of Transparency

28.10.2020
The crypto world eschewed trust in favor of transparency. But transparency doesn’t solve the problem of untrustworthiness in financial markets

An Internet for Humans: Proof-of-Personhood Explained

27.10.2020
Identity is one of our most fundamental human rights. In the age of surveillance, commodification and centralization, it is under threat

How a Decentralized Internet Can Power Latin America’s Economy

27.10.2020
Bitcoin, fintech and DeFi can help Latin America become an interconnected and inclusive regional economy

From DeFi to DeOps: How Public Blockchains Could Replace ERP Systems

26.10.2020
As DeFi does away with middlemen in finance, "DeOps" could reduce the need for intermediaries in large-scale supply systems

The Big Choices When Designing Central Bank Digital Currencies

26.10.2020
A retail CBDC or an indirect one? Synthetic? An API approach? How central banks implement digital currencies will have seismic implications

DeFi Still Needs a Silk Road Moment

25.10.2020
Adoption by criminal enterprises is evidence of the product/market fit for censorship-resistant tech and an indicator of whether innovation will see usage in the non-criminal world

What It Means if Companies Like Twitter Are ‘Systemically Important’ to Financial Regulators

23.10.2020
NYDFS proposals following the Twitter hack are a warning to everyone using centrally-controlled "designated" platforms

Money Reimagined: ‘They Starve.’ The Ugly Side to the US’s KYC-AML Obsession

23.10.2020
Laws like the Bank Secrecy Act, which turns 50 this week, have helped stop money laundering and terrorism. But KYC and AML requirements have served to harm the world's neediest through higher costs and reduced services

Three Trends Killing Web Privacy and Decentralization

22.10.2020
The decentralized design of the web gives it the potential to be more privacy-preserving than any other system. Yet, there are long range threats at play

We Still Lack a Rational Way to Value Tokens

22.10.2020
Tokens continue to show little correlation between usage and value, confounding efforts to build better valuation methods

Forget Ethereum, DeFi Is Being Built on Bitcoin

22.10.2020
Edan Yago looks to reclaim "decentralized finance" as Bitcoin's, not Ethereum's, turf

What the History of Headphones Says About the Internet’s Future

21.10.2020
What does the historical development of headphones tell us about the future of the internet?

Ban All Ransomware Payments, in Bitcoin or Otherwise

21.10.2020
The U.S. Treasury Department has outlawed certain ransomware payments. If it was serious, it would go further, says our columnist

Announcing the 2020 State of CSS Survey

20.10.2020
Last year’s State of CSS Survey yielded interesting results. There’s the quick adoption of features, like calc() and CSS custom properties. There’s also the overwhelming opinion that CSS is fun to write even as we see a growing reliance on CSS-in JS. We also saw some predictable...