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Bitcoin Mining Is Good for the Energy Grid and Good for the Environment

6.3.2023
Bitcoin mining should be hailed as an effective tool for a lower emissions future, not demonized as monkey wrench in the works

Nigerians’ Rejection of Their CBDC Is a Cautionary Tale for Other Countries

6.3.2023
Nigerians are protesting their country's CBDC and demanding renewed access to paper money, despite government incentives to use the digital currency

Has Tokenization’s Moment Finally Come?

3.3.2023
Tokenization of real-world assets has been dismissed by many crypto purists for operating under a centralized framework, but new technological advances have migrated the process from closed, permissioned projects onto public, permissionless blockchain platforms. This could offset traditional...

ETHDenver Looks Cringey to You Because Ethereum Has an Actual Community

3.3.2023
Like any good punk or hip hop show, this year's Colorado event for coders will feature events that will "scare away normies," CoinDesk Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris writes

What Now for Crypto Banking?

3.3.2023
Regulators are leery of traditional banks offering services to crypto companies, and wary of specialist crypto banks, like Custodia, with new business models. Frances Coppola asks: Where do we go from here?

Regulators Are Bringing the Multichain Era to a Close

2.3.2023
The high cost of understanding multiple chain environments means enterprises are likely to stick to what they know, argues Paul Brody, head of blockchain at EY

Will DeFi Emerge From Crypto Winter Stronger?

2.3.2023

Keep Crypto in America

2.3.2023
If the SEC is serious about U.S. investor protection, it should want crypto to stay in the U.S., says CoinDesk's Emily Parker

Before Silvergate and After Silvergate

2.3.2023

Advisors: Learn Crypto, or Your Clients Will

2.3.2023
The disconnect between financial advisors and their clients around crypto has become increasingly apparent, given that 37% of advisors personally invested in crypto compared to 83% of their clients that have, according to one 2023 survey

Most blockchain advocates haven't even used Bitcoin

2.3.2023
Bitcoin, the original blockchain, struggles to gain traction among blockchain advocates; an opinion from one of Europe's largest blockchain conferences

Weekly Challenge: The Digital Asset Power Hour

1.3.2023
Financial professionals stand to benefit greatly from blocking off just one hour per week to learn about a digital asset, such as one of 500 included in CoinDesk's Digital Asset Classification Standard

Prosecutors’ Case Against FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Becomes Clearer

1.3.2023
Federal prosecutors have shared more information about their case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Between two new indictments and civil suits against another former FTX executive, we now have a much clearer picture about what the Department of Justice thinks it has

Ripple Lawyer Argues SEC Chair Gensler Has Prejudged Crypto Asset Cases

1.3.2023
Recently, Gary Gensler, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), expressed his opinion in a detailed interview with New York Magazine’s Intelligencer regarding why he believes crypto assets other than bitcoin are securities. However, Stuart Alderoty, Ripple’s...

CoinDesk and Art Blocks Release Microcosms to Supercharge IRL Events With NFTs

1.3.2023
The three-year NFT ticket offers widening rewards for holders, refashioning the typical live event ticket model

Binance Can’t Keep Its Story Straight on Misplaced $1.8B USDC

1.3.2023
The FUD is coming from inside the building

Crypto Long & Short: Decentralized Exchange Research Ramps up

1.3.2023
This week, Glenn Williams Jr. argues that decentralized exchanges (DEXes) have an intriguing road ahead amid the wreckage of FTX. Then, Kelly Chambers of THEIA8900 notes the digital-asset myopia among financial advisers focused on bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum’s ETH