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In Search of the Elusive Crypto Voter
14.12.2023
On Monday, a New Hampshire state representative asked a mostly-filled room at an industry campaign event to raise their hands if they were visiting from another state. More than half the people in the room raised their hands. These visitors had come to hear from industry representatives, state...
Code Is Not (Always) Law
7.12.2023
Sometimes, the law is the law, industry experts say
The Most Influential Folks in Crypto Regulations
6.12.2023
CoinDesk published its annual Most Influential list (it's not a ranking, except for the top 10 being maybe more influential than the other 40). I wrote a few pieces (I had nothing to do with the art and didn't know about it when I wrote the pieces), as did my CoinDesk reg team colleagues, but...
Paying for Use Slows Down Crypto's Search for a Use Case
30.11.2023
CoinDesk's Danny Nelson reported that Polygon paid DraftKings to be on the network, a furtive deal that only misrepresents consumer choice
‘A Politician Masquerading as a Regulator’ – 3 Takeaways From Fortune's Gary Gensler Profile
29.11.2023
An in-depth magazine story about the SEC chair reveals the breadth of the man’s ambition and the limitations of his record
Binance's Future and Other Questions Post-Settlement
29.11.2023
Binance is paying literally billions of dollars and giving the U.S. government unfettered access to its books, while its founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao is looking at maybe a year and a half in federal prison. But Binance the exchange is still operating, while federal prosecutors...
Everyone Needs a Manifesto
28.11.2023
Vitalik Buterin thoughtful musings on techno-optimism contrast with VC Marc Andreessen’s recent writings
Breaking Down the Bankless Backlash
27.11.2023
David Hoffman, cofounder, responds to criticism surrounding the media brand’s DAO. Should he have been more hands-on?
Binance's Busy Day, Kraken's Second SEC Fight
22.11.2023
Binance is paying one of the largest fines in corporate history to the U.S. Department of Justice, while its founder and CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, stepped down from his role running the platform as part of a settlement with multiple federal agencies. Meanwhile, Kraken is facing a lawsuit from...
‘They’re Playing a Game’: What New Yorkers Think of the SEC’s War Against Crypto
21.11.2023
After the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Kraken, a small but trusted exchange, CoinDesk asked passersby for their views on crypto and regulation
Does Worldcoin Need a Reevaluation? Understanding Sam Altman’s Crypto-AI-UBI Experiment
20.11.2023
Does Crypto Finance Hamas and Other Terrorists?
15.11.2023
The Protocol: Ethereum Layer-2s Keep Coming as OKX Apes In
15.11.2023
In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we share a few trends stand out to close 2023: the proliferation of Ethereum layer-2 networks, the ascendancy of zero-knowledge cryptography and the appearance of tokens, smart contracts and now file hosting on the Bitcoin blockchain
Delaware, We Need to Talk
14.11.2023
Some sectors of the crypto industry were excited (and/or confused) by an apparent BlackRock XRP Trust filing in the state of Delaware, suggesting the massive asset manager may try to launch an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) after applying to launch bitcoin and ether ETFs. But, this filing...
CME, Where Institutions Trade Bitcoin Futures, Flipped Binance. Is That as Bullish as It Sounds?
10.11.2023
2 Years Ago, Bitcoin Hit an All-Time High. Is Another Rally on the Way?
9.11.2023
We were full of “irrational exuberance” in November 2021
SBF Trial: The Last Day of Summer Camp
9.11.2023
We weren't really sure if it was the last day or not. The jury determining Sam Bankman-Fried's fate had begun deliberating the charges just a few hours before, after Judge Lewis Kaplan had spent much of the morning and some time after lunch reading out a 60-page charging document. Surely a case...
The Protocol: Kraken Awakens – as Ethereum L2 Candidate
8.11.2023
In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we explain how Kraken is reportedly considering launching its own layer-2 blockchain, following Coinbase's recent launch of a similar network, amidst a broader trend of companies creating Ethereum-based transaction solutions
Sam Bankman-Fried's Wildest, Craziest, Dumbest Trades
7.11.2023
The Crypto Industry Responded to the IRS Proposed Broker Rule
7.11.2023
The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS are poised to bring fresh crypto tax reporting rules into effect. The crypto industry largely seems opposed – the majority of comments I read urged caution or raised concerns about the proposal as written while only a relative few seemed to support it