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Editorial: It Sure Looks Like the U.S. Is Trying to Kill Crypto

The federal government’s recent actions against crypto are – rightly or wrongly – widely perceived as a coordinated attempt to maim digital assets. This risks sending a vital industry overseas without actually protecting investors.

(Ian Suarez/CoinDesk)

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How Advisors Can Prepare for Ethereum’s Unlock

Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade will unlock ether that has been staked since the Merge, potentially leading to selling pressure that market participants could ride out or take advantage of.

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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)

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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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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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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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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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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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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)

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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)