Opinion


Markets

DeFi Is Just Like the ICO Boom and Regulators Are Circling

DeFi needs to self-regulate or, as happened with ICOs, regulators will punish irrational exuberance in the crypto markets.

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Tech

Ethereum’s Fees Mean Choosing Between a World Computer and a Financial Network

Large public blockchains are destined to privilege the largest, most fee-tolerant transactions at the expense of non-financial uses.

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Markets

Money Reimagined: DeFi-ing History

For clues to the future of decentralized finance, it's useful to look at waves of financial innovation past.

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Tech

Bitcoin Has Lost Its Way: Here’s How to Return to Crypto’s Subversive Roots

Bitcoin has traded its radical potential for the prospect of mainstream adoption. It's not worth it, writes Rachel-Rose O'Leary.

Projects like Darkwallet extend the ideological reach of what should remain private. (Rachel-Rose O'Leary)

Tech

Why the Decentralized Web's Development Is Unstoppable

The time to hone in on the “New Internet” is now.

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Markets

An Open Letter to Our Dear Bankers: Be Brave

It's time to have a conversation about crypto, dear banker.

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Policy

APIs Will Decentralize CBDCs

Central banks must create API access for CBDC experiments if they're serious about full inclusion, market resilience and system efficiency.

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Finance

Enterprises Would Use DeFi, if It Weren't so Public

For DeFi to go mainstream, it needs to adopt the privacy large enterprises require.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: How a Dangerous Idea Could Work

Modern Monetary Theory, which says deficits don't matter, has some truth to it. But putting it into practice would be risky without modern controls.

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Tech

Masternodes in Legal Limbo as Regulators Fail to Act

U.S. regulators have yet to issue clear guidance about whether masternode operators are breaking securities laws.

Tumbleweed on highway. (Shutterstock/Maciej Bledowski)