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Moonbird NFTs Are a Bet on Kevin Rose's Rep

With a buzzy new NFT collection, the Digg co-founder looks to reward members of his VIP blockchain club.

Moonbirds, modified by CoinDesk

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The US and Europe Can't Regulate Crypto Alone

Global adoption makes regulating crypto inside national siloes futile.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

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Recapturing the 'Revolution' With a Beatles Muse's NFTs

Pattie Boyd will publish a set of her photos from the 60s and 70s as NFTs this Friday.

(Pattie Boyd, modified by CoinDesk)

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Elden Ring Has Outlasted Its Critics, and So Will Bitcoin

From Software never bowed to misguided attacks on its Souls games. That purity of vision has made them legends.

From Software's Elden Ring, which became a huge hit after the studio had labored over its systems in relative obscurity for more than a decade.

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Bitcoin and Today’s Wicked Inflation Share a Common Ancestor

In 2010, heterodox Fed member Thomas Hoenig spoke out against the central bank's experimental monetary policy.

Current and former Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Presidents Esther L. George and Thomas M. Hoenig (Wikimedia Commons)

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Elon Musk, Twitter and Running Things Like a DAO

Why the world's richest man may not have the lasting influence he craves.

(Photo by Christian Marquardt - Pool/Getty Images)

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The Meaning of Miami's Castrated Bitcoin Bull

"[In] Miami we have big balls," Mayor Suarez said on CoinDesk TV, referring to the Bitcoin 2022 statue that lacks that anatomical part.

(Nelson Wang/CoinDesk, modified)

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Don’t Expect Carefully Researched Crypto Regulations

A senior researcher at the American Institute for Economic Research dissects the Biden administration’s executive order on crypto.

Searching for signs of stability (Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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No, DeFi Is Not a Repeat of the 2008 Crisis

Decentralized finance does not equal shadow banking and "too big to fail."

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Analyses

Meme Coins, Gambling and Crypto Regulation

As the Biden administration develops a crypto regulation framework, one type of token could be due for particularly close scrutiny.

(Nikola Stojadinovic/Getty Images)