digital assets

U.S.-based spot ether ETFs have entered the third day of trading with most of the products in the green for flows. The success of spot ether and bitcoin ETFs in the country shows growing interest from institutions in digital assets. In an exciting time like this, CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie takes a step back to reflect on what the institutional interest means for the overall crypto industry and its ethos of decentralization.

Jul 25, 2024

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023 recognizes the people, who, for better or worse, defined the year in digital assets and Web3. 10 top honorees made an outsized impact and 40 more people were only a little less influential. "CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie takes a closer look at five of the names from the top ten list, which is not a ranking.

Dec 28, 2023

Culture & Entertainment has some of the most exciting and popular applications in the realms of art, media, and gaming whereby digital assets are becoming an integral component of the rapidly expanding Metaverse.

Apr 5, 2023

The Computing Sector includes assets that serve as platforms to decentralize the traditional web services that have played a prominent role throughout Web2 computing.

Apr 5, 2023

Currency sector refers to any digital asset acting primarily as a medium of exchange and unit of account running on a blockchain network with the ability to complete cross-border transactions without restriction. Digital assets in the Currency sector do not necessarily act as a store of value.

Apr 5, 2023

Decentralized Finance, also known as DeFi, effectively lets people be their own bank by replacing traditional institutions with trustless, transparent, and immutable code in the form of smart contracts.

Apr 5, 2023

Digitization is the sector that enables real world documents to be digitized as the blockchain technology makes proof of ownership, identity and authenticity possible.

Apr 5, 2023

The Digital Assets ecosystem continues its march toward greater adoption and institutionalization. Today, the Smart Contract Platform (SCP) sector represents over a third of the digital asset market capitalization. The SCP sector has captured industry-wide interest as it has enabled software developers to build a range of applications over Ethereum.

Apr 5, 2023

A chart from Refinitiv Datastream on M2 and total crypto market cap shows how liquidity could affect the net demand for digital assets. If the current rally since March 11 can be trusted, crypto is predicting that central banks may have to keep printing more cash to avoid another financial crisis following recent bank failures. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down "The Chart of The Day."

Mar 22, 2023

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is considering whether to tax non-fungible tokens (NFT) on a par with other collectibles, such as stamps, works of art and fine wine, in a move likely to have an impact on those including the digital assets within their retirement plan, according to a document published Tuesday. "The Hash" panel discusses the proposal and the future of crypto taxes.

Mar 21, 2023