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'Preying on Human Weakness': Why Investors Are Nervous About Robinhood

Regulatory fears have been a major headwind for Robinhood's IPO. Here's why authorities might crack down.

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Policy

Congress, Don't Rush Regulating Crypto

A sprawling infrastructure bill is the wrong venue for regulating an industry as complex and systemically important as crypto.

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Markets

The Node: The First Step to Making Sense of the Token Economy

Founders can build open-source platforms without fees and still get rich. Here's how.

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Fundamentally Incompatible: How the Proposed Crypto Tax Rules Miss the Mark

A late addition to the infrastructure bill moving through Congress would impose impossible reporting requirements on miners and wallets.

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Markets

Money Reimagined: Can DeFi Stay Decentralized?

Uniswap’s move to restrict investor access to certain tokens, apparently from regulatory pressure, raises questions about DeFi's decentralization.

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Did Laozi Dream of Blockchain?

The ancient Daoist philosopher has lessons for the crypto age, in the latest essay for Crypto Questioned.

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Markets

US Stablecoin Regulation Could Lead to Geopolitical Competition

Recent regulatory developments could push stablecoins closer to the existing fiat system, unleashing competition for control over a lifeblood of the crypto industry, says our columnist.

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A Play-to-Earn Account Beats a Bank Account

NFT games are doing more to deliver financial inclusion than a bank account ever has or will, says the co-founder of Yield Guild Games.

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Markets

Parsing 3 Types of Risk in Digital Assets

In digital assets, high yields are ubiquitous, but it’s not always clear what risks are actually taken to generate these yields, says our columnist.

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The Metaverse's Emerging Economics

The coming media-internet – aka the metaverse – will change how economic value is created and distributed, says our columnist.

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