Crypto 2023

After FTX, Where Does the Industry Go From Here? A Series Exploring What Could, and Should, Happen in the Year To Come. Presented by Bitstamp.

Crypto 2023

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Opinion

Starlink, Verizon 5G and Crypto: What the New ‘War of the Currents’ Means for Decentralization

A modern-day “War of the Currents” is silently unfolding across blockchain, broadband, existing power lines and even outer space.

Inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla in his lab while his magnifying transmitter high voltage generator produces bolts of electricity. December 1899. (Getty Images)

Opinion

Blockchain vs. Crypto: Not What It Seems

“Blockchain not bitcoin” emerged in 2018 as an attempt by enterprise projects to capitalize on the market’s performance woes – the new version does the same but swaps in “crypto” to reflect the ecosystem’s spread.

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Consensus Magazine

CoinDesk Holiday Crossword

To celebrate the end of a tumultuous year, we present a special edition crossword inspired by recent events. How much can you fill in?

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Opinion

Japan Was the Safest Place to Be an FTX Customer

As regulators look to regulate exchanges in light of the FTX's collapse, they would do well to look to Japan, which has some of the most mature rules in the world.

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Opinion

How Crypto Can Avoid the Next FTX

Blockchain technology and cryptographic standards like ZK-proofs can help crypto companies and protocols prove they are solvent – even in times of crisis.

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Opinion

Cryptocurrencies: A Necessary Scam?

Web3 is a bunch of bull hockey, Matt Stoller, author of "Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy," writes.

Is your retirement nest egg the place for crypto? (Douglas Rissing/Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

Birth of the Network Nations

Balaji Srinivasan says "network states" – Web3 communities with the capacity for collective actions – can replace traditional geographically-bounded states. His thesis, laid out in a new book, is one of the BIG IDEAs of the last year.

Digital Composite, Gear Wheels, Europe, Africa (Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

Adoption of DeFi, ZK Tech, NFTs and More Will Continue to Increase in 2023

The crises of the past year obscured genuine advancement in promising crypto industries, writes Pantera Capital General Partner Paul Veradittakit. Here's where a leading investor sees growth in the coming year.

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Opinion

Crypto 2023: It's Sanctions Season

With state governments increasing financial sanctions in 2022, crypto services might become as cautious about "risky" users as banks have been traditionally, says Anna Baydakova.

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Opinion

What the IMF Can Teach Binance About Crypto Bailouts

In the aftermath of the FTX fiasco, the world’s largest crypto exchange is rushing to backstop failing firms and protocols. Should it?

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

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