Opinion


Opinion

Crypto Marketing Needs to Change. Let’s Make 2023 the Year for Influencer Accountability

FTX was just like the ill-fated Fyre Festival: a hollow project fueled by mendacious influencer marketing, says Oxygen's Nemo Yang.

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Finance

President Herbert Hoover Saves the Day for a Crypto Bank? Yeah, That’s Weird

Silvergate got propped up by the Federal Home Loan Bank system created in 1932.

President Herbert Hoover as an NFT (Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Opinion

There Will Be No Lessons Learned From FTX

There’s so much more to blockchain than crypto and we’re just not getting there fast enough, says EY's blockchain innovation leader.

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Opinion

Worldwide Grassroots Projects Can Lead Crypto Recovery

Crypto is not hurting lower income and marginalized communities, but instead providing them with new tools - through innovative governance models and tokenomics - to regain control from historically oppressive financial systems.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Is Sam Bankman-Fried Losing His Mind?

The alleged fraudster's latest blog post shows a man completely divorced from reality.

Sam Bankman-Fried's reality has been irrevocably shattered. But he's still desperately trying to hold it together. (Getty Images)

Opinion

Bitcoin Mining Companies Need to Better Manage Risk

The energy and gold mining industries have historically accounted for price volatility with structured financial products. Do crypto miners need similar hedges?

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Remembering Hal Finney on the 14th Anniversary of the First Bitcoin Transaction

The legendary cypherpunk was the first to download and receive bitcoin – helping to prove the system worked.

(Hal Finney)

Finance

Two Advisor Credentialing Organizations Have Their Say on Crypto

Advisors are warned by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) and the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA Institute) to look before they leap.

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Opinion

Why Blockchains Are as Important as ERP for the Future of Companies

The next stage of blockchain technology may not have whizz-bang of the crypto bull run, but as real use cases are developed it can revolutionize how enterprises are run, says EY's Paul Brody.

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Opinion

What’s the Relationship Between Crypto and AI? Is There Any?

Distributed AI projects such as SingularityNET want composable artificial intelligence managed through public blockchains. That's far preferable to Silicon Valley's corporate authoritarianism.

Silicon Valley's AI road map implies a future authoritarian dystopia. Distributed AI projects managed by blockchains suggest an alternative path forward. (Getty Images)