Opinion


Tech

Web 3 Social Media Needs Dedicated Blockchains

General-purpose blockchains are awesome at DeFi, but prohibitively expensive for decentralized social media.

(camilo jimenez/Unsplash)

Finance

Why Are We Still Debating Whether Craig Wright Is Satoshi?

A bold claim and a little financial backing can get you a lot of media mileage – even when nearly nobody believes you.

Saul Martinez/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Policy

A Few Unorthodox Thoughts on DeFi Regulation

Why not try a “scorecard” for protocols?

(Element5 Digital/Unsplash)

Policy

Why Blockchain Benefits the Supply Chain

Supply chains depend on clear communications, which is often missing from non-blockchain systems.

Businesses "usually have little to no knowledge of suppliers further up the [supply] chain,” wrote the WEF contributors. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

What Will a Metaverse Embassy Look Like?

Barbados’ plans to claim sovereignty over digital land remain inscrutable.

(Anthony Ingham/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Off the Charts: Supply Chain Angst

Is inflation in the U.S. the product of monetary policy or supply chain problems?

(Andy Li/Unsplash)

Finance

Tether, Bitcoin and Chinese Commercial Paper at Scale

A look at the leading stablecoin’s market cap and China’s real estate industry.

(Önder Örtel/Unsplash)

Policy

How Crypto Becomes Money

A new theory for a universal digital barter system.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Finance

‘Probably Nothing’: Why People Still Hate Crypto

Backlash to Discord potentially integrating an Ethereum wallet shows how skeptical the greater public really is.

(Maria Teneva/Unsplash)

Policy

Why Shouldn’t the Navajo Mine Bitcoin?

Bitcoin promises a sovereignty the Navajo and other First Nations have always been promised but have never received.

Navajo bitcoin miners (Compass Mining, modified by CoinDesk with permission)