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Opinion
From DeFi to DeOps: How Public Blockchains Could Supplement ERP Systems
As DeFi does away with middlemen in finance, "DeOps" could reduce the need for intermediaries in large-scale supply systems.
The Big Choices When Designing Central Bank Digital Currencies
A retail CBDC or an indirect one? Synthetic? An API approach? How central banks implement digital currencies will have seismic implications.
DeFi Still Needs a Silk Road Moment
Adoption by criminal enterprises is evidence of the product/market fit for censorship-resistant tech and an indicator of whether innovation will see usage in the non-criminal world.
What It Means if Companies Like Twitter Are 'Systemically Important' to Financial Regulators
NYDFS proposals following the Twitter hack are a warning to everyone using centrally controlled "designated" platforms.
Money Reimagined: 'They Starve': The Ugly Side of the US' KYC-AML Obsession
Laws like the Bank Secrecy Act, which turns 50 this week, have helped stop money laundering and terrorism. But KYC and AML requirements have served to harm the world's neediest through higher costs and reduced services.
Three Trends Killing Web Privacy and Decentralization
The decentralized design of the web gives it the potential to be more privacy-preserving than any other system. Yet, there are long-range threats at play.
We Still Lack a Rational Way to Value Tokens
Tokens continue to show little correlation between usage and value, confounding efforts to build better valuation methods.
Forget Ethereum, DeFi Is Being Built on Bitcoin
Edan Yago looks to reclaim "decentralized finance" as Bitcoin's, not Ethereum's, turf.
What the History of Headphones Says About the Internet's Future
What does the historical development of headphones tell us about the future of the internet?
Ban All Ransomware Payments, in Bitcoin or Otherwise
The U.S. Treasury Department has outlawed certain ransomware payments. If it was serious, it would go further, says our columnist.
