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Opinion

Crypto’s Banking Problem Is Not Ironic

Call it Choke Point 2.0, debanking or whatever, the crypto industry’s problems with the banking industry show why the banking industry needs reform.

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Opinion

ETHDenver Looks Cringey to You Because Ethereum Has an Actual Community

Like any good punk or hip hop show, this year's Colorado event for coders will feature events that will "scare away normies," CoinDesk Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris writes.

Uniswap booth at ETHDenver 2023 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Before Silvergate and After Silvergate

The once critically important part of the crypto economy disclosed ugly projections.

Silvergate CEO Alan Lane (Silvergate)

Opinion

Binance Can’t Keep Its Story Straight on Misplaced $1.8B USDC

The FUD is coming from inside the building, says David Z. Morris, CoinDesk's chief insights columnist.

Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Opinion

Gary Gensler’s Take on Crypto Doesn’t Matter

Labeling an asset a security changes nothing fundamental about the asset. We should stop pretending it does.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Opinion

Coinbase Joins the Ethereum Layer 2 Rat Race – Can It Grow?

The U.S. exchange, which has long looked for ways to diversify its revenue, will compete in and contribute to the crowded rollup sector.

Brian Armstrong in 2019  (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Opinion

Was OneCoin’s Missing Cryptoqueen Murdered by Mobsters?

New documents may reveal Ruja Ignatova’s grim fate, and stand as a bleak warning for other crypto scammers.

Ruja Ignatova (OneCoin Corporation)

Opinion

4 Huge Revelations in the SEC’s Charges Against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs

TerraUSD was a more overt and calculated fraud than was previously known – and Do Kwon is still cashing out.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Bankman-Fried’s Stanford-Connected Backers and the Decline of Tech Prestige

The traditional tech industry that the FTX founder was embedded in is losing its luster.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

An Ode to LocalBitcoins (and a Lesson About Maintaining Bitcoin's Public Goods)

Bitcoiners can take a leaf out of Ethereum's book when it comes to founding and funding open infrastructure needed for all.

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