Opinion


Analyses

What Do the EU Election Results Mean for Digital Assets?

Centrist parties hold power, but a right-wing majority is active on polarizing issues. The crypto industry needs to choose what it stands for, and with whom it wants to work, says Dea Markova.

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Analyses

Maybe Old-Fashioned Venture Capital Wasn't So Bad After All

It often seems crypto investors aren’t in alignment with the projects they invest in. Maybe it’s because tokens are changing how venture capital works.

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Analyses

In Defense of Meme Coins

The only thing worse than meme coins is complaining about the financialization of memes.

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Analyses

Why Zoomers Should Embrace Bitcoin: An Open Letter to Gen Z

A high school junior makes the case to her peers.

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Rune Christensen Explains Why He Wants to Remake Maker and Kill DAI

The MakerDAO creator discusses the motivation behind the ambitious Endgame proposal in a wide-ranging interview.

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

Analyses

Crypto for Advisors: Layer 2s and the Evolution of Bitcoin

The Bitcoin community has developed various layer-2 blockchains that enhance the network's efficiency and functionality without altering its core software.

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Analyses

Crypto’s Latest Privacy Battle

The SEC's 'CAT' is out of the bag. What will be the the largest database of securities transactions ever represents a massive step towards unchecked government surveillance, crypto law experts Marisa Coppel and Amanda Tuminelli write.

The Consolidated Audit Trail should not be allowed to quietly become law, Marisa Coppel and Amanda Tuminelli argue. (Horatio Henry Couldery/Wikimedia Commons)

Analyses

A More Than $1T Bitcoin DeFi Opportunity

Decentralized finance is coming to Bitcoin – and it could be huge.

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Analyses

The Blockspace Singularity

One of crypto's biggest flaws – a lack of mainstream use – could be going away.

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Analyses

The Promises and Perils of Private Asset Tokenization

Moody's digital economy expert Cristiano Ventricelli argues alternative assets could benefit from going on-chain, but technical challenges persist.

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