Opinion


Analyses

Why the EU Has MiCA and the U.S. Has Securities Law Confusion

The European Parliament has passed a landmark set of crypto rules.

The European Union is set to become the first major economic region to pass comprehensive crypto rules. (Juliana Kozoski/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Analyses

Is Europe’s MiCA a Template for Global Crypto Regulation?

Formally enacted Thursday, the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation is the most comprehensive framework of its kind. How will it influence how non-EU states regulate digital assets?

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Finance

History Repeats: Applying What We Know About Tech Stocks to a New Market

Advisors can offer a balanced and rational investment strategy that counters the hype when bullishness sets in, Onramp Invest CEO Eric Ervin writes.

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Analyses

Imagining the Future AI and Web3 Can Build

While the full range of innovations driven by AI, Web3 and the metaverse remains uncertain, the potential is undeniably vast, Sandy Carter writes.

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Analyses

Blockchain Meets Bonds: How Crypto Can Solve Long-Standing Issues in Capital Markets

It's a new era for debt instruments and smart money, Arca’s Anthony Bufinsky writes.

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Finance

Valuations and M&A Show Things Aren’t So Bad for Crypto

Two aspects of the crypto world, blockchain tech companies and exchanges and crypto miners, reveal that M&A activity is strong and that crypto-related companies have converged with the rest of tech, a sign that the digital-asset industry is maturing.

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Consensus Magazine

Olaf Carlson-Wee: Crypto Is the Great Wealth-Redistribution Machine

In an interview ahead of Consensus, the early Coinbase employee turned investor-philosopher discusses crypto’s product-market fit, ideas no one gets and living the good life.

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Technologies

What ChatGPT Thinks About Digital Assets

Todd Groth of CoinDesk Indices quizzes ChatGPT about crypto and then explores how that might factor into an investment opinion.

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Analyses

The Big Issues of Stablecoin Issuance

Here are the key issues as the House Financial Services Committee hears testimony about stablecoin regulation.

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Analyses

If Crypto OGs Are Being Hacked, Where Does That Leave the Rest of Us?

Highly skilled crypto users have reportedly lost an estimated $10 million in stolen funds since December, MyCrypto founder Taylor Monahan said.

How valuable will crypto be, if crypto exploits keep happening? (Tim Scalzo/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)