Opinion


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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Finance

I’m an Artist. Should I Make an NFT?

You've heard that everyone is buying and selling NFTs. Should you dive in and start selling your work? An artist weighs the pros and cons.

Fire Castle, an AI-generated landscape available on SuperRare.

Markets

How Institutions Will Take Crypto Mainstream

If bitcoin is anti-establishment, what happens when the establishment joins the party?

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Finance

How Coinbase Is Worth $100B

Poised for a public offering, Coinbase has built an incredibly profitable business. But Binance is probably worth a lot more.

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Finance

Nigeria's Crypto Ban Fuels Mistrust in Government

A central bank ban on crypto transactions is at odds with the government's goal to build a digital economy around blockchain technology.

Protests in Lagos against a now-defunct police division (SARS) accused of abuse, extortion and extra-judicial killings. Protesters collected some donations in bitcoin.

Policy

How to Win a Bitcoin Street Fight (Without Mortal Combat)

In the gaming arcade of monetary narratives, Bitcoin's protagonists like to play all games, even mixing up the games a little, says monetary activist Brett Scott.

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