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Why Cisco Should Buy Bitcoin

Rather than putting spare cash into its own shares, the networking giant should invest in the future, says an ETF manager.

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Policy

For a Sense of Gensler's SEC, See His CFTC

How Gary Gensler approached the $400 trillion swaps market at the CFTC points to how he might approach crypto at the SEC.

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Policy

How Regulating GameStop's 'Market Manipulation' Could Harm Crypto

Calls to stop GameStop-type "market manipulation" could open the door to government regulation the crypto industry won't like.

"The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy" by Domenico Tiepolo (1773)

Policy

Lessons from CoinDesk's One-Day YouTube Shutdown

The helplessness we felt during the suspension points to a much bigger problem for everyone, writes Michael J. Casey.

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Markets

The Node: SEC Worried About Default Bitcoin ETFs

Gary Gensler could take charge of the SEC. Will he be open to more innovation, like bitcoin exchange-traded products?

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Tech

NFTs Aren't Art? OK, Boomer

Your grandpa probably didn't like rock. Your dad probably didn't like hip-hop. Dismissing NFT artworks out of hand reads roughly the same.

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Policy

Why Money Scarcity Means Someone Goes Hungry

We don’t want to create so much money that it becomes worthless. But it is better to risk inflation than to deny people the means to live.

Sheets of Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes move through a machine at the National Printing Bureau Tokyo.

Markets

Why $1 Million Bitcoin Is Coming

If purchases by MicroStrategy and Tesla can send bitcoin rocketing, what happens when bigger players start entering the market?

Bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal outside the BitCluster mining farm in Norilsk, Russia.

Finance

Where Value Is Going in Blockchain Networks

Will wealth flow to layer 1 or layer 2? It depends on the use case, says a long-time observer and investor.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: COVID Economy Shows Monetary Failure

The growing divide between financial and real worlds points to the need for a new form of money. Plus: a special podcast about NFTs.

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