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Bitcoin, Uncertainty and the Ultimate Narrative
2.3.2020
Noelle Acheson looks at how the market turmoil could spill over into politics and what that could mean for bitcoin
Why Enterprise Blockchains Fail: No Economic Incentives
2.3.2020
In developing blockchain projects, companies often lack an understanding of the economics of networks, and the path to creating long-term monetization
The States Can’t Blockchain
2.3.2020
If states want to promote the use of blockchain tech, they need advisors with solid technical understanding of what they're trying to legislate
The DeFi ‘Flash Loan’ Attack That Changed Everything
27.2.2020
Flash loan attacks are here to stay and are likely to get more serious. DeFi needs to adapt, says a leading crypto VC
Cut the Consensus: You Can’t Run a Business Like a Blockchain
27.2.2020
What works for the technical realm of blockchains does not automatically translate to the running of businesses or social organizations
Software Ate the World, Here’s How It Eats Finance
26.2.2020
Real disruption in financial services means creating new plumbing for transactions, not nicer apps on top of existing rails, says CoinDesk columnist Lex Sokolin
Securities Law Helped Build Modern Capitalism. Crypto Should Embrace It
25.2.2020
Crypto should work within the existing regulatory structure around securities, rather than reinvent a whole new system
Lightning Solves Bitcoin’s Speed Problem, But Watch Out for Fraudsters
25.2.2020
Lightning-based fiat-bitcoin systems could popularize crypto payments, as long as fraud and bitcoin's non-reversibility don't get in the way
Crypto Exchanges Need Common Messaging to Comply With Travel Rule
25.2.2020
From ATMs to cargo containers, standards make global commerce work. The same goes for crypto, which needs standards to comply with anti-money laundering rules
China Has Many Strategic Reasons To Invest in Blockchain
24.2.2020
From stopping double-lending in its credit industry to an escape from dollar hegemony, China has every reason in the world to invest in blockchain
In Defense of Justin Sun
24.2.2020
People mock Justin Sun and TRON. But, by several metrics, it's a successful business. Time to get over the snobbery, says VC Alexander Blum
When Money Becomes Programmable – Part 1
22.2.2020
We may be moving us toward a model of programmable money that incorporates an automated internal governance of common resources and encourages collaboration among communities
You Are the Product: A Three-Step Plan to Take Back Control of Personal Data
20.2.2020
Personal data is monetized, giving us, the providers, nothing of the pie. Entrepreneur Jennifer Zhu Scott has a three-step plan for taking back control
Never Mind Hodlers, Crypto Needs More Opportunist Investors
20.2.2020
The crypto markets need more investors who come and go and who aren't solely crypto investors, says CoinDesk columnist Jeff Dorman
No, Concentration Among Miners Isn’t Going to Break Bitcoin
20.2.2020
Bitcoin's resilience doesn't depend on widely distributed mining power. It just requires self-interested miners, says CoinDesk columnist Hasu
CoinDesk’s New Opinion Section: The Future of the Financial System Is Up for Debate
18.2.2020
Announcing CoinDesk’s new opinion section, a place for discussion on the future of money and all the interesting questions that surround crypto and blockchain as ideas
When Corporations Violate Privacy, They Do Concrete Harm
15.2.2020
There are concrete safety implications to consumer privacy violations, says Lindsey Barrett of Georgetown Law
International Safer Internet Day: Using Blockchain Tech to Secure the Internet
11.2.2020
An Unsafe Internet The Safer Internet Day (February 11) only reminds us that the internet can be a dangerous place: it has little in terms of security features designed to protect the privacy of user data or address the needs of today’s rapidly growing e-commerce industry. Since the internet...
Crypto and the Latency Arms Race: Market Microstructures
25.1.2020
Max Boonen, CEO of market maker B2C2, looks at recent trends in crypto market infrastructure
Crypto and the Latency Arms Race: Market Microstructures
25.1.2020
Max Boonen, CEO of market maker B2C2, looks at recent trends in crypto market infrastructure