Opinion


Tecnologia

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)

Tecnologia

Why the Decentralized Web's Development Is Unstoppable

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

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Mercados

An Open Letter to Our Dear Bankers: Be Brave

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

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Política

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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Finanças

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

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

(Stefan Steinbauer/Unsplash)

Política

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.

Money printer

Tecnologia

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)

Política

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.

The Royal Exchange. (QQ7/Shutterstock)

Mercados

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.

(Mr. Soraphan Menaphan/Shutterstock)

Mercados

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.