Opinion


Analyses

What Is a Crypto Exchange Token and How Did It Help Blow up FTX?

Exchange tokens do not represent a claim on a centralized crypto businesses, but they can have utility.

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Analyses

Let's Stop Regulating Crypto Exchanges Like Western Union

It's time for U.S. crypto exchanges to face the same rules as non-crypto marketplaces and brokers, says our columnist.

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Analyses

The Gaming Industry Doesn’t Need Web3, but Gamers Might

Web3 gaming isn’t conceptually misaligned with what gamers want, but gameplay must be prioritized above all else before gamers will even begin to consider the upside.

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Analyses

Steps to Crypto Recovery: Where ‘We’ Go From Here

The FTX crash is a wake-up call for everyone in the industry. And, no, regulation isn't going to save us next time, any more than it would have this time.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Analyses

What Do You Really Own in the Ownership Economy?

The ownership economy is a promising space. But right now those promises are not being fulfilled.

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Analyses

Crypto Didn’t Fail FTX; People Did

Decentralization was, and still is, the answer, says the co-founder of Near Protocol.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Analyses

Taking Crypto Back to Nature

The crypto community has taken a keen interest in the long-term environmental and societal implications of utilizing decentralized protocols at scale. With a focus on public goods, energy usage and environmental regeneration, we are seeing trends emerge around how to best support those efforts in the industry.

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Analyses

Decentralized Social Media – Has the Moment Come?

With Elon Musk's Twitter seeing a backlash, users are flocking to Web3 alternatives like Lens, Minds and Mastodon. Will the trend last?

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Analyses

The Machine Learning Powering Generative Art NFTs

Generative art has been one of the quintessential machine-learning use cases, but only recently has the space achieved mainstream prominence.

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Finance

Crypto Markets Are Suffering – but Is It Really ‘Contagion’?

Sure, this crypto credit contagion is bad, but it’s unlikely to spread to other markets.

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