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An Ode to LocalBitcoins (and a Lesson About Maintaining Bitcoin's Public Goods)

Bitcoiners can take a leaf out of Ethereum's book when it comes to founding and funding open infrastructure needed for all.

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Policymakers Should Embrace DAOs in the New Future of Abundance

Whereas corporations accumulate capital, decentralized autonomous organizations accumulate engagement and focus on returning benefits to all participants.

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Analyses

Regulating Crypto by Enforcement and Stealth Will Set the US Back

Moves to outlaw staking and stop banks from servicing crypto companies will harm the industry and send it overseas, says CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey.

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Analyses

Stablecoins Are Not Worth the Risk

Stablecoin issuer Paxos is being investigated by a New York financial watchdog. Regulators should take more action, says Mark Hays of Americans for Financial Reform.

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Analyses

Setting the Record Straight

The co-founder of Yuga Labs, Wylie Aronow, shares a frank letter touching on his recent diagnosis of heart failure and responding to accusations of racist and Nazi imagery embedded within the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT project.

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Analyses

How to Avoid the Death of DeFi in the Wake of FTX

The crypto exchange’s collapse is an inevitable outcome for an industry yet to find its use case. For crypto to survive, it needs to learn from the very financial sector it set out to replace, says Brent Xu, the CEO of Umee.

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Analyses

Blockchain Privacy Is at Risk in the EU

The EU's comprehensive Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation is ambitious and sets a high standard globally. Article 68, however, goes too far and poses a risk to innovation, privacy and security.

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Crypto Would Survive an SEC Crackdown on Staking

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has heard rumors the securities watchdog may go after proof-of-stake services. That may hurt his bottom line but open protocols should survive.

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Marchés

The Future of Financial Planning Lies in AI and Blockchain

AI and blockchain could assist in decisions involving investments, taxes and insurance, and open new avenues for income. But financial advisors will still play a key role.

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Analyses

Crypto AI Needs a Showcase to Know What's Real

As Microsoft and Google go head to head on artificial intelligence, crypto needs to prove its recent AI-themed rally is worth anything.

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