Opinion


Analyses

DAOs Need a Vibe Check

A recent token heist at Compound DAO revealed the weakness of current DAO governance voting. There is a better way, say Andrés Fábrega, Jay Yu, Amy Zhao, and Ari Juels.

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Analyses

U.S. Political Prediction Markets: Why Kalshi's Court Victory Matters

If it turns out that the judge's ruling preempts the CFTC’s proposed rulemaking, election event contracts may now be completely legal.

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Analyses

Building on Bitcoin in the Age of Web3

We need a cultural, philosophical, and technological movement that will return Bitcoin to its once prominent position in the decentralized finance landscape, says Willem Schroé, CEO Botanix Labs.

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Analyses

EToro Settles With the SEC: Industry Lawyers React

Under the agreement, the platform can list only BTC, BCH and ETH in the U.S. Is that a hint of which digital assets the SEC thinks are not securities?

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Tokenization of Real World Assets

Real World Assets could help stabilize crypto volatility impacts on performance while streamlining portfolio management.

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Analyses

Slowing Inflation Growth Points to More Upside in Crypto

Today's CPI data show inflation growth continued to ease in August. That could be good news for crypto, says Scott Garliss.

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Analyses

That Debate! How Crypto Reacted to Last Night's Showdown

Harris and Trump may not have mentioned crypto. But crypto folk had plenty to say about Tuesday night's presidential debate.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Marchés

Are Ethereum Staking Yields Too High?

As staking grows in popularity through liquid staking derivatives, there is a need to better quantify staking returns for different platforms and how they change over time, says Marcin Kazmierczak, co-founder and coo, RedStone.

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Finance

The Middleman’s Shadow in the Tokenization Complex

In the world of crypto, digital assets, and the dream of decentralization, the middleman is a figure of scorn. We speak of peer-to-peer networks with no need for gatekeepers. Yet, whether we like it or not, intermediaries haunt every corner of this landscape, says Fadi Aboualfa, head of research, Copper.co.

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Analyses

The Harris-Trump Debate Showed How Little Crypto Matters to Voters and Politicians

Trump and Harris didn’t mention crypto once last night because, despite the industry’s pretensions to relevance, most people don’t care about these issues, says Ryan Gorman.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris (Win McNamee/Getty Images)