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Finance

How the NFT Boom Explains Square's Tidal Buy

Why on earth would a payments company buy a music streaming service?

Jay-Z

Finance

How Coinbase Is Worth $100B

Poised for a public offering, Coinbase has built an incredibly profitable business. But Binance is probably worth a lot more.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Tech

Robinhood Can't Democratize Finance Using Old Tools

Robinhood saw the ire of traders last week because it promised to be different. It turned out to be fancy app on top of an antiquated system.

The Robinhood app in 2018

Finance

What DeFi Has in Common With Cubism

DeFi's innovation system is reminiscent of an art movement that passes ideas back and forth until lasting breakthroughs emerge.

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Policy

How the OCC Is Building Crypto America (and Saving Banks From Extinction)

Three interpretative letters from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency lay the groundwork for banks to become crypto custodians, payment companies and miners in blockchain networks.

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Markets

Valuing Open Source: Principles for Acquiring DeFi Projects

As DeFi sees its first M&A, we’re left with a big question: How do you value an open-source project in a very new industry?

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Finance

The Smart Money Economy

Digital money in a crypto wallet is only the first step. The bigger shift is a new software economy anchored in programmable blockchains.

Workers from Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com

Policy

How DeFi Can Avoid the Irrelevance of P2P Lending and Crowdfunding

To avoid the fate of other p2p projects, DeFi protocols need incentives and feedback loops so users choose open-source over closed systems.

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Markets

The Revolution You've Been Awaiting: Fintech + DeFi

Fintech and DeFi are showing new ways forward for finance. When they combine, outdated intermediaries will really be in trouble.

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