Opinion


Finance

There Was No ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ Lawsuit

Depending on what you read, you might get the real story, or ... not.

Actor Adrian Grenier and Chief Scientist at nChain Dr. Craig Wright attend CoinGeek Cocktail Party at Gustavino's on October 4, 2021, in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

Tech

Bitcoin’s Lost Coins Are Worth the Price

And the network’s core principles are invaluable.

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Finance

DAOs and the Next Crowdfunding Gold Rush

Fundraiser DAOs are essentially informal, unregulated Kickstarters. Is that why people are buying in?

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Policy

Miami’s Multiple Money Visions

This week’s big NFT event showed an innovation moment in full swing (even if many of the ideas on show are unlikely to make it).

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Finance

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht, Who Proved the Case for Bitcoin, Can Do So for NFTs

Ulbricht’s NFT project could be a sea change for credibly neutral charity efforts.

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Policy

The Big Miss in the Biden Administration’s Stablecoin Report

We know that banks will not continue to rule the payments landscape. So why give them control over stablecoins?

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Tech

Capitalism Misallocates Resources. Web 3 Tech Can Help

Money was on the road to nowhere before programability.

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Tech

The Radical Pluralism of Money

Money must not always be a unit of account, store of value and medium of exchange.

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Tech

Aligning Social and Financial Capital to Create Better Money

Would money be better if it was aligned with our reputations?

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