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A New SEC Definition for ‘Exchanges’ Has Big Implications for Crypto

The crypto community should seize the opportunity to be heard as the SEC looks to expand its remit.

Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Dontworry/Wikimedia Commons)

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Web 3 and the Rise of Small Media

Taking on Web 2's ad bot-infested business model with Sybil-resistant media.

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The Bigger Problem With Axie Infinity

The $620 million Ronin exploit isn't the half of it; play-to-earn ain't free.

Medieval illustration of men harvesting wheat with reaping-hooks, on a calendar page for August. Queen Mary's Psalter (Ms. Royal 2. B. VII/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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Why Bitcoin Mining Is a Matter of National Security

Buying and holding bitcoin (BTC), the asset, is not what gives people power over the Bitcoin network.

The ESG Debate of Bitcoin Mining

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NFTs Take Hollywood: My Week at NFT LA

The star-studded week brought out the good and bad of NFT mania. But who was it for?

Attendees gather outside NFT LA. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

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Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Praises 'Bitcoin Maximalism' (Maybe)

The blockchain mastermind also took shots at Ethereum in a richly ambiguous April Fools’ post.

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, speaks during ETHDenver in Denver, Colorado, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. (Chet Strange/Getty Images)

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NFT Punks With the FU Money

Michael Casey visits NFT.LA and finds permissionless innovation in the capital of storytelling.

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What Netflix’s QuadrigaCX Documentary Gets Right – and Wrong – About One of Crypto’s Worst Scandals

Is “Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King” worth watching? Two CoinDesk staffers watched the film and came away with different conclusions.

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Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum's 'Roads Not Taken'

The cryptocurrency's co-founder discussed the ETH premine, proof-of-stake and the development of the most-used blockchain in a recent blog.

Founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin during TechCrunch Disrupt London 2015 (John Phillips/Creative Commons/CC2.0, modified by CoinDesk)

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If Money Is Speech, CBDCs Should Be Tools for Freedom

Examining the concerns a digital dollar could be used for coercion and censorship.

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