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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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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)

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Why Devcon 7 Should Be in Istanbul

Hosting Ethereum’s biggest event in Turkey can build on what is already strong interest in blockchain and crypto technology.

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Imparare

3 Ways Traditional Investors Can Gain Crypto Exposure

Direct investment into cryptocurrency is just one way clients of financial advisors can participate in the new asset class.

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The Merge Doesn’t Solve Ethereum’s 'Atomic Composability'

What that is and why "cross-pollination" between decentralized applications matters.

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Privacy-Enabled Crypto Applications Are Coming for Enterprise, but Not Overnight

Corporate-friendly blockchain efforts face several hurdles, including scale, compute capacity and the management of data privacy.

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A Call to the SEC: Treat Crypto Assets as if Clients Matter

Asset managers may be breaching their fiduciary duty by following the SEC's "custody rule" that requires an overcautious approach to crypto.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,  testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

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Amazon and Wanda Sykes Think Spying on You Is Hilarious

“Ring Nation” wants to normalize surveillance. But more than 40 civil rights groups and a U.S. senator call it dystopian corporate propaganda.

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What Are Solarpunk and Lunarpunk Anyway?

Two environmentally focused fictional microgenres have become cornerstones of the Web3 aesthetic. Here’s how that happened.

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Lessons From a DeFi DAO Divorce

The marriage between the FEI and RARI token communities was an early experiment in sharing economic incentives. Now TribeDAO is splitting up, after a bitter period of governance disputes.

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