Opinion


Policy

Central Banks Are Privacy Providers of Last Resort

If central banks issue digital currencies, they'll be thrown into a debate about financial privacy in the modern era. Is that what they want?

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Tech

To Beat Online Censorship, We Need Anonymous Payments

Online censorship and surveillance will persist as long as local fiat currencies are the only way to pay for telecommunication services.

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Tech

Why Bitcoin Is Protected by the First Amendment

Bitcoin's role as a communications and associative network - not just a financial network - means it deserves constitutional protection.

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Policy

Why Bitcoin-Like Scarcity Would Be a Disaster for the Dollar

Calls to restrict the Fed's money printing powers fail to recognize the likely consequences, including price instability.

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Finance

How Millennials Are Shaping the Future of Money

The desire for autonomy, self-sufficiency and personalization is driving innovation in personal finance, including the shift to crypto.

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Policy

From Enron to Wirecard: How Blockchain Tech Could Have Helped

If blockchain technology is used within a regulated financial system, Wirecard-esque scandals can be a thing of the past, writes BRD CEO Adam Traidman.

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Policy

CoinDesk's Twitter Hack Proved the Media Can't Rely on Web 2.0

Last week's Twitter hack, which downed a key CoinDesk channel for seven days, showed how news groups are overly dependent on social media.

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Markets

Don't Expect Banks to Jump on the OCC Crypto Custody News

The OCC's ruling means nationally chartered banks can now custody crypto. But, given relatively low level of institutional interest, don't count on services appearing soon.

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Tech

Crypto Needn't Fear GPT-3. It Should Embrace It

Rather than being scared of the GPT-3 language processor, the crypto community should harness its advancements in deep learning.

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Markets

How Uniswap Became King of DEXs

Uniswap, an automated market maker (AMM), has torn it up in the last year, becoming the world’s largest “DEX” by volume. Here's why it won.

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