Opinion


Policy

4 Myths About CBDCs Debunked

As central bank digital currencies have risen up the policy agenda, myths have emerged to confuse what they can and can't deliver.

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Markets

What Bitcoin Can Learn From Gold About Staying 'Clean'

A proposal to adapt gold's "good delivery" system to bitcoin, with the aim of bringing more investors into the market and boosting liquidity.

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Markets

What Today's Robinhood Rally Has in Common With the Last Crypto Boom

The pandemic's "Robinhood Rally" has echoes of the 2017 crypto boom and could presage new investment trends in digital asset and traditional markets.

Robinhood has been a retail trading darling of the pandemic era.

Markets

10 Reasons Quant Strategies for Crypto Fail

The terms "crypto" and "quant" go together perfectly. The reality is more complicated.

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Markets

Blockchain Bites: Inside Cosmos, Bitcoin at $200B, DeFi Surges

Traders are expecting bitcoin to go higher. DeFi is surging in web traffic. And Cosmos is alive and well, despite internal feuding.

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Policy

The Fourth Era of Blockchain Governance

Blockchain systems have clear business advantages, but systemic governance design is key to building enterprise involvement.

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Tech

Bitcoin's Stolen Revolution

We wanted a permissionless system where users set the rules. We got a new financial toy for a small handful of wealthy companies and individuals.

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Tech

Decentralized Tech Will Be Ready for Humanity's Next Crisis

Decentralized tools were not the default solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the protocols being built today will be ready for whatever comes next.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: Warnings From an Argentine Tragedy

Programmable money can protect against politicians debasing currencies to satisfy their own interests.

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Policy

Free Speech vs. Cancel Culture: Reasons for Optimism

From social media to controversial statues, the free speech debate is more alive than ever. New tech can help safeguard history while letting us live our values.

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