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Why Hardnosed Bitcoiners Can Learn to Love DeFi

Stacking sats and decentralized finance are more similar economic modes than most realize.

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'Great Artists Steal' – What Enterprise Blockchain Can Learn From the Past

Enterprise blockchain doesn't need to reinvent the wheel: Communications standards in use for decades are built for machine-to-machine commerce.

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Markets

Better Broadband Will Pave the Way for a 'Brand New World'

Self-help guru James Altucher sees a world where we can jump between virtual realities. Will it be a better world? Time will tell.

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Markets

Crypto Co-ops and Game Theory: Why the Internet Must Learn to Collaborate to Survive

As the internet shifts to the open, decentralized standards of Web 3.0, can we find a balance between competition and cooperation?

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Policy

How the Crypto Industry Seesaws Between Assets and Infrastructure

Bitcoin invented a new asset as well as new infrastructure. Often, we confuse the two roles it plays.

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Markets

Coinbase Has Drawn a Line in the Sand for Its Activist Employees

Is Brian Armstrong right to eschew corporate activism for a focus on the "mission"?

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Policy

The Standard About to Revolutionize Payments

Changing the standard way financial institutions communicate changes everything.

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Policy

Crypto Is Too Dependent on Dollars

With most stablecoins pegged to dollars, the crypto industry is wedded to a single currency with uncertain prospects. Time to diversify.

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The Biggest Story in Crypto: The Stablecoin Surge and Power Politics

Nic Carter appears on our new Opinionated podcast to discuss the $20 billion stablecoin phenomenon and its implications for the global financial system.

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