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‘Innovation Continues to Occur in Siloes’: DTCC Digital Head Nadine Chakar on Responsible Blockchain Building

One of the most powerful women in finance talks to CoinDesk ahead of her Consensus appearance.

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The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act Is a Watershed Moment for Our Industry

For too long, the regulatory landscape for digital assets in the United States has been an untenable. FIT21 represents a notable step in the right direction, Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith writes.

Sheila Warren writes Sam Bankman-Fried's case is a "tale as old as fraud." (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Audrey Tang: Learning From Taiwan’s Digital Civic Experimentation

The island-country’s digital minister has radical ideas for using open-source technology to provide public goods. Her approach is called Plurality and it’s gaining attention across the world. Daniel Kuhn meets her.

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How Blockchains Can Help Solve AI’s Deepfake Problem

AI-generated content creates a huge online disinformation threat. Blockchain can help verify and authenticate that what is being said is true, says William Ogden Moore, Research Analyst at Grayscale Investments.

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How Blockchain is Reshaping Supply Chains Beyond Finance

The benefits of transparency, security, and efficiency could be useful in dozens of industries when sourcing and managing supply chains, says Julie Lamb, Head of Events at Crypto Mondays.

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Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day

Laszlo Hanyecz is famous for spending 10,000 bitcoin on two pizzas. But his involvement with Bitcoin development goes much deeper than food purchases.

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On-Chain Ads Are Finally Here, in a Win for Privacy and User Experience

Cookies, pop-ups, and sketchy device fingerprinting are on their way out. Web3 users will control their online identities and be served relevant ads.

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Consensus Magazine

How a Liquidity Protocol Marketer Mines Web3’s ‘Most Sacred Data’

Yakov Sychev is the CMO of cross-chain liquidity protocol Eywa. He is helping marketers understand user journeys between Web 2 and Web3.

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CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger on Overzealous Crypto Regulation and the Need for Legislative Action

The commodities regulator has been clear about the dangers of regulating a burgeoning industry through enforcement actions.

CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger (CoinDesk TV)

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The Biden Administration Is Easing Up on Crypto (a Vibes Analysis)

A wave of positive regulatory developments for crypto could be coincidence. Or they could be the Biden Administration reacting to Donald Trump’s recent embrace of the industry.

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