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Why the Current Inflation Wave Could Fizzle Out

Jerome Powell sees inflation as strong but short-lived. Why do some expect prices for cars, chips, and other key goods to stop rising?

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell

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DeFi Is the Next Frontier of High-Frequency Trading

The world of high frequency trading is characterized by heavy competition and short-term opportunities. Could DeFi be a new way to get ahead?

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Bukele’s Bitcoin Blunder for El Salvador

Preached as a way to support an underbanked population, bitcoin will increase fees and risks for Salvadorans.

A construction worker, who is paid in bitcoin, works on a building outside the Bitcoin Beach office in El Zonte, El Salvador.

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Why Bitcoin Could Be Good for El Salvador

Adopting Bitcoin as legal tender could help the El Salvador economy grow, says our columnist, but there are risks if the government over-indulges new borrowing.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele

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China's Anti-Crypto Crackdown Is Different This Time

Miners leaving China show the seriousness of new enforcement. But constrained trading and investment are more likely to really matter.

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Why Ethereum's Price Is Built on Firmer Ground Than Bitcoin

Bitcoin's thesis rests on a theory of money and power. Ethereum has a more durable footing: creative computation.

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Digital Ownership Is Getting Heated

Remote-controlled thermostats in Texas might serve as a reminder to what we give up when we go digital.

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Go West, Bitcoin! Unpacking the Great Hashrate Migration

All signals indicate the greatest shakeup in the geographic makeup of bitcoin mining since the start of the industrial mining era.

Chinese Communist Party delegates, 2020.

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Money Reimagined: DC's Digital Dollar Choice

As Washington faces up to the implications of digital currency, it has to decide what it prizes more: surveillance or soft power.

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The Infinite Tomato Economy

A satirical tweet about the compounding return on planting tomatoes reveals a lot about contemporary tech culture.

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