Opinion


Regulación

US Wants to Regulate Stablecoins First

Signs point to stablecoin issuers being more integrated into the banking sector. That could be a good thing.

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Regulación

What Iceland’s Spectacular Banking Collapse Teaches Us About Tether

Iceland’s surreal banking bubble led to one of the biggest blowups of the 2008 financial crisis. The story holds important lessons – including a possible scenario for Tether’s collapse.

Iceland's famed Fagradalsfjall Volcano. The small nation's banks are also well known for their tendency to explode. (Sophia Groves/Getty Images)

Mercados

How Advisors Can Add Value to Clients With Crypto

Being a crypto-competent advisor can help to differentiate yourself from other financial professionals and add value to your client relationships and practice.

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Regulación

How to Talk to Your Legislator About the Crypto Safe Harbor

The Peirce/McHenry proposal is a healthy middle ground for regulation.

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Regulación

Sorry, Blockchains Aren’t Going to Fix the Internet’s Privacy Problem

The economics aren’t good for a consumer privacy revolution, but technology is already helping people who want absolute anonymity.

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Finanzas

The Pandora Papers Show Why People Love Crypto: You Can’t Trust the Powerful

The same offshore fig leafs helping elites to dodge taxes have underpinned decades of rampant state-backed abuse.

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Tecnología

Web 3 Is Where the Young People Are

The massive Facebook outage caused major disruptions yesterday, but also showed how attention is shifting away from gated, centralized platforms.

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Regulación

Higher Education Needs a Michael Saylor

Rather than vainly trying to reinvent themselves, colleges could take a simpler route to modernity and buy bitcoin.

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Regulación

You Can’t Use a Trillion-Dollar Coin

It isn’t just a cute but faulty idea. It’s worthless.

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Finanzas

Who Really Wants Corporate NFTs?

The reaction to TikTok’s new crypto collectibles suggests NFTs still have a publicity problem.

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