Opinion


Opinion

How Crypto Can Avoid the Next FTX

Blockchain technology and cryptographic standards like ZK-proofs can help crypto companies and protocols prove they are solvent – even in times of crisis.

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Opinion

Cryptocurrencies: A Necessary Scam?

Web3 is a bunch of bull hockey, Matt Stoller, author of "Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy," writes.

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Opinion

10 Questions for FTX CEO John J. Ray III From a Securities Lawyer

In his recent media tour, disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried claims he did not commit fraud. Someone that still has access to FTX and Alameda Research’s accounts could prove otherwise.

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Opinion

What the IMF Can Teach Binance About Crypto Bailouts

In the aftermath of the FTX fiasco, the world’s largest crypto exchange is rushing to backstop failing firms and protocols. Should it?

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

Opinion

Where Is the Ethereum Virtual Machine Headed in 2023? (Hint: Beyond Ethereum)

With apps like Uniswap exploring Layer 2s, dYdX building on Cosmos and the rise of appchains on Cosmos next year seems fit for an explosion of EVM experimentation.

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Opinion

How Crypto Can Repair Its Reputation in Washington

Trust in the industry is at an all-time low, but key stakeholders can still rebuild relationships with regulators and politicians by focusing on what makes crypto unique: trustlessness.

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Finance

Goldman Sachs Is Trying to Make Blockchain Bonds Happen

But it probably won't – for blockchain bonds, tomatoes or whatever.

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Opinion

ChatGPT Will Kill Search and Open a Path to Web3

The latest offering from OpenAI, with its ability to immediately answer questions, could end our dependence on Google and its advertising model and force companies to use NFTs to generate revenue.

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Opinion

Apple's New Encryption Policy Is a Huge Boon for Crypto

Opt-in end-to-end encryption tools are an immense win for digital privacy – and crypto.

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Opinion

Most Underreported Trend in 2022: Crypto Is Embracing Mobile

You can have your metaverse and VR headsets, writes Boyd Cohen, CEO and co-founder of Web3 startup Iomob. In 10 years he predicts the masses will still be in the real world using smartphones, so if you are a crypto evangelist, jump on the mobile bandwagon.

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