Opinion


Analyses

Thank BlackRock’s Clients for Larry Fink’s Change of Heart

Blackrock's CEO once called Bitcoin an “index of money laundering.” Now he’s changed his tune.

Black rocks (Nick Nice/Unsplash)

Analyses

Towards a More Responsible AI

How to avoid a real-life Skynet.

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Analyses

Why Lisbon Is Immunefi's Crypto Hub

A frank conversation with founder and CEO Mitchell Amador about where he optimized his startup’s locations from the perspective of regulations, taxes and human health. This interview is part of Crypto Hubs 2023.

Immunefi founder and CEO Mitchell Amador speaking at VivaTech 2023.

Analyses

The Broke Ape Yacht Crash: Lessons for Justin Bieber and Other NFT Collectors

Why has Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape universe collapsed in value?

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT image (Yuga Labs, modified by CoinDesk))

Analyses

The Digital Euro and the P Word

A central bank digital currency doesn’t have to be a privacy nightmare, says Dea Markova. But privacy is a convenient attack vector for critics of CBDCs.

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Analyses

Elon, You Don’t Need Crypto to Do Twitter Payments

If Musk wants to build an instant cross-border network, he'll find central bank real-time systems have moved on quite a bit since his days at PayPal, says J.P. Koning.

Elon Musk (Daniel Oberhaus/Flickr)

Marchés

Bitcoin Prices Are Hot, but Here’s What Could Crush the Rally

BTC has proved incredibly resilient to the perils of the past year, including FTX’s demise. But there are some macroeconomic surprises that could erect obstacles to further gains.

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Marchés

A New Metric to Evaluate Crypto Ecosystem Fundamentals

The years-to-profitability ratio is a good way to evaluate a level-1 blockchain.

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Analyses

U.K. Blazes Trail With New Cryptocurrency Rules

The FCA’s regulations provide greater legal clarity for developers but place additional compliance burdens on companies marketing cryptocurrencies, says Preston Byrne, a partner at Brown Rudnick.

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Analyses

How Central Bankers Are Reshaping the Definition of Money

Central bankers acknowledge that the nature of money evolves with technology, shifting definitions of money with it. But they’re not ready to let innovation occur organically as technology emerges. They want to maintain control.

The headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel (Gianluca Colla/Getty Images).