Opinion


Analyses

DeFi: Building the Infrastructure for Future Economies

It's also building the infrastructure for existing economies.

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Analyses

Matt Taibbi, PayPal's Deplatforming and the Case for Crypto

The famed mag writer wrote a story about alt media financial censorship. Oh, how deep the story goes.

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Analyses

An Ape Ain’t Free: In Defense of Ethereum’s Fees

Pick your poison: low fees on a chain that could collapse when transaction demand outstrips blockspace (Solana), or unpredictable, sometimes very high fees on a stable chain (Ethereum).

(Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

Analyses

Why We Need Crypto Payments to Work

In a word: competition. This post is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.

(JP Koning)

Analyses

Wall Street’s Latest ‘Market Manipulation’ Scandal Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Crypto

Archegos levered a small basket of equities to the moon before it imploded - and took big stocks down with it. Similarly overlooked risks in crypto could leave traders holding the bag.

Archegos Capital management owner Bill Hwang was arrested for fraud and conspiracy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Layer 2

How Crypto Could Spearhead Retail Payments in 2022

Reduced fees, faster transactions and greater consumer choice mean retailers might, in time, prefer crypto payments. This article is part of CoinDesk's "Payments Week."

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Analyses

Crypto’s Diversity Problem: It’s Complicated

Permissionless innovation lowers barriers for disadvantaged groups but the industry is still dominated by white males in key ways, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

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Technologies

How to Build Decentralized Twitter

Crypto-based social media will be shaped by existing statutes, regulations and norms – and may be limited by its tech.

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Analyses

What Happens if Stablecoins Win?

A roundtable discussion about the future of money and financial markets – everything from bolstering the dollar's demand to outcompeting Visa. This article is part of CoinDesk’s "Payments Week" series.

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Analyses

How Human-Centered Design Can Fix Crypto Payments

Web 3 should steal design ideas from Web 2, Grace “Ori” Kwan says in a CoinDesk Payments Week op-ed.

Image of an iPhone. (Vojtech Bruzek/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)