Money Reimagined


Policy

Money Reimagined: How the Fed Could Fail

Mounting debts and inflation fears could leave central banks hamstrung in the years ahead, leading to the debasement of fiat currencies.

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What Do the Laser Eyes Mean, Anyway?

In this week’s “Money Reimagined,” Sheila Warren and Michael Casey address the confusing mixture of memes that drive the narratives around crypto. To do that, they’re joined by Nathaniel Whittemore, host of CoinDesk’s “Breakdown” podcast, and Coin Center’s Neeraj Agrawal to discuss the importance of all this to both the outside world and the strange but fascinating subculture that has formed around the crypto community.

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Finance

Money Reimagined: NFTs Can Help Create a New Internet

Facebook's Trump decision illustrates the web's over-centralization. But NFTs show the way to a new model of development.

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Nigeria: A Rebellious Hotbed of Crypto Innovation

This week’s “Money Reimagined” is focused on a crypto hot spot, Nigeria. Sheila Warren and Michael Casey talked to two Nigerian entrepreneurs, Yele Bademosi, the CEO of payments app Bundle Africa and Adia Sowho, a venture builder and operator, about the burgeoning crypto innovation ecosystem in their country. Some of their insights and revelations may be surprising.

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Markets

Iran's Bitcoin Bet and the Money Wars to Come

Iran's push to license bitcoin mining could help it evade U.S. sanctions. But the plan is likely to help some of its people more than others.

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Sudan and the Human Rights Case for Bitcoin

In this week’s episode of “Money Reimagined,” Sheila Warren and Michael Casey dive into the theme of human rights and the role bitcoin can play as a medium for saving and spending that is free from the confiscatory powers of government, including those of authoritarian regimes. Guests include Alex Gladstein, the chief strategy officer of the Human Rights Foundation and activist in Sudan, a person who goes by Mo and the podcaster pseudonym of @SudanHODL.

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Markets

Dogecoin and the New Meaning of Money

Dogecoin's popularity reflects big power shifts due to social media and twin financial crises. There's no more important story for the reimagination of money, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

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