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Latest from George Kaloudis
Step Aside ‘Blockchain Technology’, IMF and BIS Have a New Crypto Buzzword
Financial stewards including the International Monetary Fund and Bank for International Settlements say tokenization is the future. They’re wrong.

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Surge May 'Not Be the Beginning of the End of the Bear Market,' Analyst Says
ALSO: CoinDesk Senior Research Analyst George Kaloudis offers a straightforward explanation of why BlackRock and other financial services giants want to offer a spot bitcoin ETF.

A Straightforward Explanation for Why Financial Giants Want to Issue a Spot Bitcoin ETF
Hint: It likely has to do with making money.

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Would Be a Big Deal
And it doesn’t really matter if it’s technically a trust.

CoinDesk Turns 10: 2021 – The Year Bitcoin Became Salvadoran
El Salvador’s 2021 Bitcoin Law was a monumental moment, but there’s still much work to be done. This feature is part of our CoinDesk Turns 10 series looking at the biggest stories in crypto history.

Celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day: the Time a Bitcoin User Bought 2 Pizzas for 10,000 BTC
Laszlo Hanyecz did not spend $270 million buying Papa Johns, CoinDesk's George Kaloudis writes.

As Bitcoin Scales, We Need Better Custodial Solutions
If Bitcoin is going to scale through layer 2s, then we need more options and more clarity around the trade-offs between the different ways to use the cryptocurrency.

Fractional Reserve Banking Is a Fraud (but It's Genius)
The modern financial system is built on banks risking customer deposits – and the U.S. government has blocked safer alternatives.
