Opinion
The GameStop Stop Is Not a Technology Problem
Robinhood didn't halt GameStop trading to punish retail players. It reacted to market risk. And, no, blockchain wouldn't have fixed this.
Money Reimagined: Narratives Wall Street Can't Control
It used to be that Wall Street dictated the big stories around finance. It’s unclear whether that’s still the case.
GameStop and the Real Market Manipulators
WallStreetBets traders coordinated buying of GameStop stock to squeeze short-selling hedge funds – but was that collusion?
Scarcity Gives Bitcoin Value, but Not the Way You Think
Bitcoin is "scarce" (and therefore valuable) when demand for it exceeds the available supply, not because of its 21 million hard cap, says our columnist.
'The Squeezening': How the GameStop Backlash Will Curtail Freedom
GameStop's "squeezening" is likely to increase calls for curbs on "memetic disturbances." That could be dangerous for free speech.
What DeFi Has in Common With Cubism
DeFi's innovation system is reminiscent of an art movement that passes ideas back and forth until lasting breakthroughs emerge.
The Bitcoin Paradox
Bitcoin may not be a financial bubble. But, when Bitcoiners reject inconvenient information, it is an epistemic bubble.
Bubbles Are Good for Bitcoin
Far from being damaging to bitcoin, bubbles help bring in new users and ultimately accelerate the project's growth.
4 Ways Blockchain Could Catapult Into the Mainstream
Blockchain technology adoption has largely been a top-down story. Here are some ideas that could get more bottom-up traction.
What Tether Means When It Says It's 'Regulated'
Representatives say the $25B stablecoin is "regulated" but the issuer doesn't look like a financial institution bound by norms and laws.
