Opinion


Opinión

SVB Collapse Shows the Rot in U.S. Banking and Dollars

Bank balances and money itself are effectively illusions. Reserve co-founder Nevin Freeman considers an alternative.

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Opinión

NBA vs NFL: What Dapper Labs’ Big-League Collectibles Say About Launching NFTs for Sports

Dapper’s NBA Top Shot experienced a wild price bubble during the NFT boom. The followup NFL All Day collection has had a more modest rollout - and collectors think that's good news.

A selection of NBA Top Shot NFT "Moments." The licensed collection experienced a huge price bubble in its early days - one that still leaves a bad taste in some collectors' mouths. (nbatopshot.com)

Opinión

U.S. Banking Collapse Doesn't Necessarily Make Crypto Trustworthy

The fall of Silicon Valley Bank had a convenient deus ex machina to fix collateral damage. Crypto cannot expect the same, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partners Jess Cheng and Amy Caiazza write.

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Consensus Magazine

Taking Photos and Minting NFTs at the Ends of the Earth, With FOTO’s John Knopf

The Emmy award-nominated photographer discusses the early days of Bored Apes, digital culture and turning an industry into a community using crypto.

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Opinión

The Banking Crisis Has Been Good for Stablecoin Experimentation

Sovryn, a Bitcoin DeFi protocol, announced a new dollar proxy as others look at alternative models for collateralizing stablecoins amid a banking system crisis.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Stop Blaming Crypto for Traditional Finance Failures

After the recent collapse of three banks – Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank – many pointed fingers at crypto as the cause. But crypto may actually be the solution, not the problem.

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Opinión

Don’t Get Your Hopes Up: SVB's Demise Won't Bring Interest Rates Down

The Federal Reserve’s new Bank Term Funding Program is a backstop for banks, and a license to let interest rates rip.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Mercados

Evaluating Bitcoin as a Store of Value

Two on-chain metrics, realized capitalization and holding trends, demonstrate belief in bitcoin as a store of value (SoV).

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Finanzas

Lesser-Known, Lesser-Capitalized AI Companies Present Opportunities in Crypto

Artificial Intelligence may be a theme worth exploring – potentially transformative in the way that cryptocurrencies have been.

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Opinión

When Will Crypto Learn From the Mistakes of Banks?

It’s time to bring the lessons of TradFi to crypto’s shadow banks, unregulated custodians and offshore exchanges before another FTX or Silvergate failure.

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