Crypto 2023


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Examining the Social Movement of Crypto

Matt Stoller, director of research at the American Economic Liberties Project, wrote an opinion piece on CoinDesk titled "Cryptocurrencies: A Necessary Scam?" He compares crypto to the anti-monopoly movement. Stoller joins "First Mover" to discuss his thesis.

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Analyses

The Year Crypto Yields Blew Up

Centralized interest-bearing accounts stayed artificially high after DeFi yields programmatically went dry. Crypto can be competitive with TradFi, but it needs to remain transparent and composable.

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Analyses

I, Trading Bot

Algorithms are being unleashed on the crypto markets.

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Analyses

Why Hong Kong Is Pushing for Its Own Central Bank Digital Currency

As a global financial hub, Hong Kong has a vested interest in shaping the development of CBDCs and especially the systems in which they will transact across borders. But the U.S. should be concerned by its lack of full independence from mainland China.

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Analyses

2023: The Year Blockchain Becomes a Sustainability Solution

Blockchain's role in helping the environment can go far beyond energy footprints and carbon credits.

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Analyses

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)

Analyses

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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Analyses

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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Analyses

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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