Opinion


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.

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Policy

Off the Charts: Supply Chain Angst

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

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Finance

Tether, Bitcoin and Chinese Commercial Paper at Scale

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

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Policy

How Crypto Becomes Money

A new theory for a universal digital barter system.

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Finance

‘Probably Nothing’: Why People Still Hate Crypto

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

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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)

Opinion

Bitcoin Politics From Left to Right and Off the Map

Bitcoin has attracted intense interest from conservatives and right-wingers. But activists from across the political spectrum have found their own good reasons to embrace it.

A woman holds up a phone displaying a bitcoin wallet on June 16, 2021 in Chiltuipan, El Salvador. Though sometimes affiliated with the Western far right, Bitcoin has been embraced across a broad political spectrum. (Camilo Freedman/Getty Images)

Finance

The Trash Moat: When the Media Lies About Crypto

The preponderance of YouTube scams and tabloid reporting on crypto is bad for adoption.

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Policy

What FATF’s Latest Guidance Means for DeFi, Stablecoins and Self-Hosted Wallets

Launching a truly “global” stablecoin is likely to get more difficult in the coming year as a result of the guidance, which advises regulators to keep such projects on a short leash.

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