Opinion


Opinion

The Perils of Crypto's Pseudonymous Economy

Let's pull the rug on "anonymous" crypto devs.

Groucho Marx in "A Day at the Races" (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Web 3 Needs Africa, Not the Other Way Around

The continent has shown a willingness to embrace new financial services technologies, and crypto addresses a pressing need in every country.

Africa holds great potential in the ongoing evolution of cryptocurrency technology. (Moussa Kalapo/Getty Images)

Opinion

Making MakerDAO Matter Again

Recent governance proposals aim to take DeFi’s once-dominant stablecoin issuer into the “real world.”

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Opinion

Why the Bitcoin Mining Debate Is So Dysfunctional

Specialization is necessary, but bitcoiners and miners need to learn to listen to each other, says Will Foxley, director of content at Compass Mining.

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Opinion

What’s at Stake as Josh Jarrett Sues the IRS

The Proof of Stake Alliance advocates for staking rewards to be treated as property, not income.

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Markets

What Does It Mean to Truly Adopt Bitcoin?

Bitcoin’s real adoption level is much lower than many people think – and that means its potential upside is much higher.

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Opinion

Bitcoin Is Far More Than a New Form of Money

Bitcoin is a complex financial ecosystem with its own currency, and independent of traditional financial platforms.

"Oracle" projects like Pyth and Chainlink help to feed real-world data – such as asset prices – onto blockchain-based protocols and applications. (Unsplash)

Opinion

Ray Dalio, Sigma Males and the New Grindset

Are we in a "post-narrative" age of institutional adoption of crypto?

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Opinion

Vitalik Buterin Should Let Ethereum Be Ethereum

The Ethereum co-founder has spoken about ensuring developers do what he considers the right things with their projects, but he would be better off accepting where the platform’s users lead, imperfections and all.

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, speaks during the 2022 ETHDenver conference in Colorado. (Chet Strange/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Opinion

The Ramps Killing Bitcoin's Dissident Thesis

Why does crypto work for Russian ransomware, but it wasn't useful for the Ottawa truckers?

Truckers in Central Alberta on their way to the Legislature Building in Edmonton (Naomi Mckinney/Unsplash)