Opinion


Layer 2

Do Kwon's Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy World

In his latest interview from nowhere, the Terra founder and international fugitive offers “a window into the mind of an unapologetic sociopath."

Terra Community AMA with Do Kwon (April 2021)  (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Web 3 Isn’t Dead, Despite What Critics Might Say

Web3 is designed for a future that will become increasingly distributed, and for this reason remains foundational to how some sectors will eventually operate.

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Opinion

Why Are So Many Crypto Execs Leaving?

A spate of high-profile resignations across the blockchain industry show the challenges of leading in such a chaotic industry.

Boy lying down in snow waving the white flag of surrender (Jackson Simmer/Unsplash)

Opinion

Inside a Social DAO: How an Online Community Becomes a Digital City

As Friends With Benefits DAO continues to scale, how will it incorporate decentralized governance principles and processes into its next phase of growth?

Idyllwild Park, Idyllwild, United States (Victor Baro/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin and Stocks Took a Gut Punch; the Builders Hardly Noticed

Instead of waxing poetic about why the price of bitcoin “doesn’t matter,” TABConf attendees got down to the business of trying to break bitcoin’s commerce layer.

Kickoff event of TABConf 2022 at NCR Corporation Headquarters. (George Kaloudis)

Opinion

Blockchain Bridges Keep Getting Attacked. Here's How to Prevent It

Crypto bridges are soft targets providing some of crypto's largest exploits this year.

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Opinion

Against CBDCs and the Politicization of Money

No one should understate the threat CBDCs pose to individual sovereignty, the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Paul H. Jossey writes.

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Opinion

Bitcoin Is Macro, but Not ‘Correlated’ in the Way You Think

We tend to use the two terms (macro and correlation) without understanding what they mean.

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Opinion

Why Did Crypto Surge After Bad Inflation News?

Thursday’s ludicrous price action across asset markets shows just how weird things can get when the Federal Reserve is driving the bus.

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Opinion

Ugly Bargains Between Banks and Regulators Are Rearing Their Head Again

The "know your customer" and anti-money laundering system imposes constraints on financial access and inhibits liberty and privacy, even though the original security intent was reasonable.

A scene from "Billions" (Jeff Neumann/Showtime)