Opinion


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How DeFi 'Degens' Are Funding the Next Wave of Open-Source Development

Gitcoin's Kevin Owocki coins the phrase "regenerative finance" to describe the future of funding open-source development.

Gitcoin founder Kevin Owocki has been a long-time advocate for public goods funding in crypto.

Regulación

CBDCs: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Almost 50 monetary authorities and central banks are researching and developing wholesale or retail CBDCs. What does 2021 hold in store?

raphael-auer

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Blockchain Developers Are Focused on the Wrong Problem

If it's to reach its full potential, the decentralized economy needs to scale censorship resistance, say Solana's CEO and COO.

Solana COO Raj Gokal, left, and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko

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16 Ethereum Predictions From a Crypto Oracle

Andrew Keys has 16 reasons why crypto will take center stage economically, politically and socially in 2021.

Andrew Keys

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The Fight for Consumer Adoption Is Just Beginning

In the next phase, blockchain networks have to find use cases beyond censorship resistance and permissionless access, says TRON's founder.

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Tecnología

The Year the Narrative Became the Truth

Bitcoin proved it could change how people think. But will the new system it enables be "better" or just "a system that better serves me"?

Taylor Monahan

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Charting Asia’s Dominant Fintech Frontier

Asia looks poised to continue its trajectory towards digital dominance, says the co-founder of Zilliqa.

amrit kumar

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That Decoupling Sound: China, the US and a Year of CBDCs

This year China and the U.S. faced off over trade and technology bans. But the battle for monetary hegemony has just begun.

President Xi and President Trump

Mercados

The Rise of the Bitcoin Class

How a VC working in China finally convinced her Dad to buy into Bitcoin. The winning argument: Protection against government seizure.

From "Attack on Titan"

Regulación

DLT Regulation in 2020: Backwards or Sideways?

Regulators are no longer standing on the sidelines of distributed ledger innovation, says Gibraltar’s Minister for Digital and Financial Services.

Albert Isola, Gibraltar’s Minister for Digital and Financial Services