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Policy

The Node: Regulating Intermediaries in a DeFi World

Leading DeFi lawyers ask: Why apply rules designed for centralized finance to a world where intermediaries are code?

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Markets

See Tom Brady Speak at the Last Day of Consensus

Also, go deep on DeFi, social tokens, crypto-native banks and more.

Quarterback Tom Brady in action.

Markets

Consensus 2021: 7 Questions for Bitcoin Anarchist Eric Voskuil

We asked a Bitcoin developer about the patronage model, on-chain privacy, lessons from Taproot and Bitcoin's energy consumption.

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Markets

Consensus Day 3, Recapped: The Battle Over Electronic Money

The future of CBDCs, stablecoins and untethered cryptocurrencies was all up for grabs on an action-packed day at CoinDesk's flagship event.

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Markets

Learn About BTC Privacy at Consensus Day 3

Workshops on privacy, an interview with Ripple's CEO and the latest on the world's first CBDC experiment, the Sand Dollar. Your guide to Consensus today.

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Markets

China, Mining, Chainlink: Day 2 at Consensus 2021

NFT all-stars, crypto best practices and the geopolitical significance of China's hot and cold relationship with crypto. Here's Day 2 at Consensus.

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Tech

Consensus 2021: 8 Questions for Ethereum's Andrew Keys

"Ethereum is the only blockchain on Earth capable of being the substrate of the digital economy."

Andrew Keys

Markets

5 Big Takeaways From Day 2 at Consensus

A first peak into the state-backed BSN, insights into the China bitcoin mining ban and more. Here's what you need to know from Consensus Day 2.

FTX Collapse: Breaking News & Analysis

Markets

Dalio, Brainard, Lummis: Your Guide to Day 1 at Consensus 2021

Bitcoin's energy use, ether as hard money, Ray Dalio on the future of inflation and bitcoin as a hedge asset. Here's your guide for Day 1 of Consensus.

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Markets

TFW No More Up Only

A sing-along to the tune of The Police's 1978 classic "So Lonely."

Sting, when he was with the Police