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Designer Drug Markets Get Boost From Crypto
2.9.2022
Novel psychoactive chemicals with names like 2C-B, AMT and 5-MeO-DMT are freely available at online marketplaces and digital currencies help facilitate global trade
Why Crypto Winter Hasn’t Dulled the Passion for Web3 Sex Work
2.9.2022
After experiencing skyrocketing growth during the crypto bull run last year, many players are down and out. What survives now that it has popped, mainly believers, will be stronger, some say
Web3 Is Still Censoring Sex Workers
1.9.2022
Internet decentralization has stopped the shadow-banning of sexual images, adult performers say
Beyond the Silk Road: Crypto Needs a Regulatory Course Correction
1.9.2022
ACAMS’ crypto and illicit finance expert says the industry needs to be more than reluctant good citizens
'I Would Never Date a Crypto Guy Again.' What Women Say About Dating in Crypto
1.9.2022
Three women share how greed, gluttony and pride have turned them off from dating crypto bros
Can Crypto Save the Cannabis Industry?
31.8.2022
The legal cannabis industry’s problems go much deeper than a lack of access to banking. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Sin Week, which sheds lights on how illicit industries are using crypto and adapting to Web3
When White Hat Hackers Go Bad
31.8.2022
Even the most ethical hacker can be lured in by the temptation of potential rewards
As the Gun Market Moves to Crypto, Deeply Private Owners Reveal More Than They May Know
31.8.2022
While lobbyists don’t want the government to track guns with a registry, the blockchains driving crypto act like one. This piece is part of CoinDesk’s Sin Week
Binance Froze Russian Gun Maker's Crypto Assets, Likely at Ukraine’s Request
31.8.2022
Vladislav Lobaev, a Russian gun manufacturer, raised $21,000 in crypto for the war in Ukraine before the world’s largest crypto exchange locked down the funds
The Perverse Impacts of the Anti-Money-Laundering System
31.8.2022
Betting Platform BetDEX Labs Likes the Odds for Its Decentralized Sports Exchange
30.8.2022
The decentralized sports betting exchange based on Solana is looking to build a global clearinghouse “where people can put up the bets they will take … and the bets they will meet…,” BetDEX Co-Founder Nigel Eccles said, on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”
The Sex Club, Tokenized
30.8.2022
Daniel Saynt’s Manhattan sex club has plans for NFT membership and its own $NSFW token
Criminal Crypto Use Is Growing, but That’s Just Half the Story
30.8.2022
Data suggests that while authorities are getting better at sniffing out dark web markets, dark web markets are getting better at not being sniffed
Digital Liberation: How Blockchain Can Be Sexy (and Safe)
30.8.2022
Tech is changing the way individuals live and innovate. How can this shift affect the trajectory of sex workers?
Introducing Sin Week: Sex, Drugs, Guns and Web3
29.8.2022
Private lives, public ledgers
In Defense of Crime
29.8.2022
Crime can be an important signal that something in society needs reforming, writes David Z Morris. Financial surveillance that attempts to completely prevent crime could just make things worse in the long run. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Sin Week
The Truth About Crypto and Sex Work
29.8.2022
The Metaverse Casino That Wasn’t
29.8.2022
ICE Poker drives 60% of the Decentraland metaverse’s traffic. Is it a casino? More like a casino-that’s-not-a-casino
Why It Can Feel Good to Be Bad in the Metaverse
29.8.2022
Virtual reality is fun. It’s a release. But when does it become a little too real?
Blade Runner Remake Mess Continues With Shopfront Switcheroo
1.7.2022
The drama and weirdness around the disastrous Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition remake continues this week. Last time we checked in, buyers were very unhappy at the state of the game, and the creators of a popular and long-running fan version had been stiffed by the release of this newer edition.Read...