Opinion


Opinion

The Questions That Linger After Do Kwon’s Arrest

CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris suggests that the Terra founder's attempts to avoid prosecution may have added to his troubles.

Do Kwon (April 2021)  (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

The Short-Sightedness of Run-Amok Regulators

Ric Edelman, founder of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, talks about a key reason why crypto’s future looks bleaker: an apparent effort to cut it off from U.S. banks.

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Opinion

Why Crypto Philanthropy Continues to Outperform the Market

Crypto donations boomed in 2022, with stablecoin and NFT-based giving increasingly popular, says Pat Duffy of The Giving Block.

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Markets

Cryptos Gained in Q1 Despite Weakened Asset Class Perceptions

Glenn Williams Jr. discusses the confounding first quarter, which delivered massive gains to crypto investors even as the industry’s prospects appeared to worsen.

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Opinion

The Next ChatGPT Won’t Be in Web3 Unless Some Things Change

Web3 infrastructures do not possess the compute, data or data science framework foundations to embrace generative AI. But it’s possible to build them, says Jesus Rodriguez, CEO of IntoTheBlock.

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Opinion

The EU’s Smart Contract ‘Kill Switch’ Mandate Won't Kill Crypto

The European Union is moving forward with regulation that will fundamentally change how crypto projects can operate. But decentralization is still possible.

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Opinion

Why Bitcoin Is Your Best Bet Against Inflation

Angel investor Tatiana Koffman discusses decades of Federal Reserve monetary policy, and why billionaire Paul Tudor Jones once predicted that bitcoin would become a workable inflation hedge.

Fed Chair Paul Volcker (Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

How Bad Is the Binance Suit?

If the commodities cops are taken at their word, Binance sacrificed regulatory compliance for the sake of growth.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Opinion

Macro Is Back to Moving the Digital Asset Markets

Extra-crypto factors retake center stage as digital assets thrive amid a banking crisis, policy response, and credibility loss for the Fed and Treasury.

U.S. Federal Reserve Board in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

US Crypto Firms Eye Overseas Move Amid Regulatory Uncertainty

Citing an ongoing regulatory crackdown, crypto companies are considering shifting to more favorable jurisdictions. Jeff Wilser reports.

Dubai is one of the jurisdictions that could benefit if crypto companies leave the U.S. (shutterlk/Shutterstock)