Opinion


Finance

Can Crypto Match the Internet and Hit 5B Users?

While early growth in both spaces has been eerily similar, don’t get too excited about crypto’s future.

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Opinion

EthCC and Crypto's Latent Biases

A major Ethereum conference set for Paris is not drawing the race-tinged criticism of last year's DevCon in Bogota, Colombia.

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Opinion

The Big Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Bitcoin Nothingburger

The candidate isn’t necessarily biased just because he owns BTC.

US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Opinion

Why Threads Got 100 Million Users When Other Twitter Rivals Could Not

Network effects and ease-of-use rule the day. And, a lot of people clearly don’t care about decentralization and privacy all that much, says CoinDesk’s Emily Parker.

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Opinion

What Mastodon’s Critical Bug Fixes Say About Crypto’s Security Vulnerabilities

Crypto protocols are often multi-billion dollar bug bounties, for better or worse.

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Consensus Magazine

CoinDesk Market Index Q2 Review: Quiet Appreciation, Regulatory Uncertainty

On the positive side, the SEC started approving crypto ETF products, buoying markets for bitcoin and ether. On the other: major crypto exchanges were sued by regulators, increasing regulatory uncertainty around the sector.

DACS sector performance Q2 2023 (CoinDesk Indices)

Opinion

Why Edinburgh Is Zumo's Crypto Hub

A conversation with Nick Jones, the co-founder and CEO of digital-assets infrastructure platform Zumo, on how being accepted to a blockchain accelerator and COVID-19 workplace changes influenced their choice to establish and remain in Scotland.

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Opinion

The Real Use Case for CBDCs: Dethroning the Dollar

Central bank digital currencies will revolutionize how companies settle international trade and reduce the need for greenbacks in the world economy, says Michael Casey.

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Opinion

Threads Is Libra and Meta All Over Again

With his Twitter clone’s decentralized architecture, Mark Zuckerberg is yet again borrowing from crypto’s best ideas. Third time’s the charm?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies about the Libra (Diem) project before the House Financial Services Committee on October 23, 2019. The hearings helped expose just how shallow Facebook's first claims of "decentralization" were. Now, with Threads, they're trying again. (Getty Images)

Finance

Welcome to the NEW Crypto for Advisors Newsletter

Digital assets and crypto are rapidly changing the investing landscape. We’re here to help financial advisors find their way.

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