Opinion


Política

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.

Política

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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Mercados

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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Política

El Salvador Doesn't Need a Bitcoin Mandate

The Bukele administration should consider not enforcing, or eliminating, Article 7 of its new law. Let Bitcoin flourish on its own merits.

National Palace of El Salvador

Mercados

The Left’s Bitcoin Dilemma

Politicians like Elizabeth Warren are pushing bitcoin policies that put the U.S.'s commitment to free speech at risk.

Elizabeth Warren at a campaign rally in California

Política

Paying the IRON Price: Fractional Reserve Banking on a Blockchain

Algorithmic stablecoins are recreating traditional banking. And Iron Finance is learning old lessons all over again.

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Mercados

The Supercycle: How Crypto Could Shape the Decade Ahead

The supercycle thesis is the bold but vague idea that crypto is on the verge of mass adoption. Here's how it works and what it means.

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Mercados

Curve DAO Contemplates Its Intellectual Property

A governance proposal to protect a DeFi project's IP prompts questions about a DAO's fiduciary duty and the open source ethos.

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Política

Biden’s New FTC Chair Could Be a Big Web 3.0 Ally

Lina Khan made her name fighting data-hoarding platform monopolies. She could help clear the ground for a better model.

Lina Khan, new head of the FTC.

Finanças

Andreessen Horowitz Has Its Own Media: So Far That's a Good Thing

So far, Future.com looks less like a news website than a dry, specialists-only academic journal. That's a net-plus for the tech industry.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen