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DeFi’s Decentralization Is an Illusion: BIS Quarterly Review

The BIS review dedicated a special feature to discussing decentralized finance and its implications for financial stability.

The headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is seen in Basel, Switzerland, on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Central banks can't expand loose monetary policy without exacerbating risks to world economies, the Bank for International Settlements said this week. Photographer: Gianluca Colla/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

DAOs and the Next Crowdfunding Gold Rush

Fundraiser DAOs are essentially informal, unregulated Kickstarters. Is that why people are buying in?

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Policy

Not All NFTs Are Securities

When non-fungible tokens should be regulated under securities laws, and when they shouldn’t.

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Finance

Rare ‘Dune’ Manuscript Bought on DAO’s Behalf for $3M, but It Only Raised $700K

DuneDAO is an attempt to preserve the manuscript for Alejandro Jodorowsky’s unfinished adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic novel – one of the most famous movies never made.

The Liwa Oasis is a cluster of villages and oasis in the United Arab Emirates. Liwa is at the edge of the UAE's most impressive desert region, when considering the size of the dunes.

Videos

ConstitutionDAO Fails to Buy US Constitution in Sotheby’s Auction

ConstitutionDAO tried and failed to purchase one of 13 copies of the U.S. Constitution at Thursday’s Sotheby’s auction. The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) ‘s $40+ million in ETH wasn’t enough to seal the deal and was ultimately outbid by another buyer for $43.2 million.

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Videos

ConstitutionDAO Outbid for First Printing of America’s Founding Document in Sotheby’s Auction

The group known as ConstitutionDAO was outbid by an unknown buyer who submitted a $43.17 million bid at Sotheby’s auction house Thursday. When the gavel banged, a first edition copy of the U.S. Constitution, one of only 13 left in existence, was in new hands.

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Finance

Binance Labs Invests $8M in Hackathon Organizer DoraHacks

As part of the funding, DoraHacks will co-host the latest round of Binance Labs’ startup incubator.

ROME, ITALY - OCTOBER 21: Details on the SS Lazio jersey showing the new sponsor Binance during the UEFA Europa League group E match between SS Lazio and Olympique Marseille at Olimpico Stadium on October 21, 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images)