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Opinion

Not Everyone Can Afford to Be Satoshi

Some think crypto devs should work for gratis, like Bitcoin’s founder. But paying coders is essential and Web 3 finds a fairer way to do it.

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Opinion

Facebook, Walmart and How Companies Shouldn’t Set Up in the Metaverse

Facebook’s “pivot to video” destroyed businesses that went along. The metaverse could be a repeat act.

A WalMart demo of virtual-reality shopping, first produced in 2017, has been making the rounds again as an example of the Metaverse. (WalMart/YouTube)

Opinion

RIP Bogdanoffs, Inspiration for Crypto Memes

Igor and Grichka, the highly recognizable twin science TV double-act, passed away recently due to complications related to COVID-19.

Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were highly-recognizable figures among crypto traders. (Marc Piasecki/Getty Images)

Opinion

Ape Theft Is an Expensive Way to Learn About Crypto’s Security Philosophy

People are losing their valuable NFTs to scams. Should platforms be held responsible?

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Opinion

NFT Forgeries Aren’t Going Away

A rash of plagiarized NFTs suggests digital “ownership” doesn’t always amount to “digital property rights.”

Copycat! (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Should Crypto and Porn Get Intimate?

An industry known for leading on tech seems comparatively slow on crypto.

(Womanizer Toys/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Bitcoin Is Free and Fair but Not Progressive

A number of Democratic politicians have taken aim at the cryptocurrency when they might support it.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Layer 2

Rapper Latashá on NFTs and Inclusivity in Tech

The way the hip-hop artist and Zora community manager sees it, NFTs’ benefits are well worth the gas fees.

(Latasha/Latasha)

Finance

What Kickstarter Going Decentralized Means for Web 3

Will other Web 2.0 giants glom onto crypto, DAOs and next generation web technology?

(Austrian National Library/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

There Was No ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ Lawsuit

Depending on what you read, you might get the real story, or ... not.

Actor Adrian Grenier and Chief Scientist at nChain Dr. Craig Wright attend CoinGeek Cocktail Party at Gustavino's on October 4, 2021, in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)