Opinion


Opinion

Ethereum’s Merge Was a Public Policy Miracle, so When Is the Congressional Hearing?

The Merge is a great example of the benefits of blockchain technology and it deserves attention from Congress.

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Markets

Worried About a Financial Crisis? Enter – Self Custody.

Placing bitcoin in cold storage won't prevent losses, but it can eliminate counterparty risk.

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Opinion

The Problem Tornado Cash Raises About Base Layer Censorship on Ethereum

Requiring validators and others to censor blocks would be an unwarranted expansion of sanctions law.

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Opinion

Why Is the Dollar Crushing Global Currencies if Inflation Is so Bad?

The continued dominance of USD in global markets may come as a surprise to those who learned economics from crypto.

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Opinion

An Urbit Airdrop Highlights Promises and Problems of Permissionless Development

The offbeat and controversial computing platform goes through growing pains as it seeks wider adoption through crypto.

Urbit Foundation's Josh Lehman gives a farewell address at Urbit's Assembly conference in Miami, FL in September 2022. (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Opinion

The DeFi Financial Crime Arms Race

By taking a fresh approach to stamping out financial crime we can build a safer future for DeFi.

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Opinion

Does the US Government Have a Monopoly on Trust?

How crypto could become the next great system of mutual trust in financial services.

The White House in Washington D.C. (Tabrez Syed/Unsplash)

Opinion

Urbit Is Web3, Weird and Wonderful and I Don’t Care Who Made It

Software can have bugs, but it doesn’t have cooties.

An Urbit "galaxy" can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI)

Opinion

Is Powell 2022’s Paul Volcker? The Answer Matters to Bitcoin

Bitcoin's success depends on whether Powell, like Volcker, can successfully moderate inflation and restore trust in the fiat system.

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Opinion

The Most Important Bear Market in Crypto History

This down cycle poses a question some crypto longtimers have never seriously considered before: What must be done to ensure there actually is another bull market?

En el mundo de las criptomonedas, los mercados bajistas siempre han sido para aprovechar a construir. Pero esta vez encontrar algún producto que encaje en el mercado también sería lindo. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)