Opinion


Opinion

Why Blockchain Payments Are Misunderstood

Transaction costs are more than just moving money. Here’s where blockchain technology stands a chance of competing with existing payment systems.

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Opinion

What Happens if Bitcoin Reaches an All-Time High?

What’s different this time? ETFs, Wall Street and a lack of celebrity influencers — for now.

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Opinion

AI+Crypto: Trouble

Tokens like WLD (Worldcoin) and FET (FetchAI) have been surging on the back of investor interest in all things AI. But are these projects good bets to gain exposure to AI's potential?

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Opinion

How AI-Crypto Will Lead to a Hyper-Financialized Future

The convergence of the leading technologies of the age will allow us to create markets in more areas of daily lives, increasing resource efficiency and enhancing investment, says Upshot’s Nick Emmons.

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Opinion

The Catch-22 of U.S. Crypto Regulation

The SEC is asking crypto and fintech firms to do the impossible. Only Congress can stop that, Marcelo M. Prates writes.

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Consensus Magazine

What's at the Intersection of Crypto and AI? Perhaps Murder

Security expert Ari Juels' new crime thriller novel "The Oracle" considers how smart contracts can kill. How real is the threat?

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Private Credit Meets the Blockchain

In the world of digital assets, real world assets on-chain private credit brings the process of lending and borrowing against real-world assets onto a blockchain.

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Finance

Bitcoin ETFs and Crypto Separately Managed Accounts: What RIAs Need to Know

SMAs allow investors to get exposure to multiple digital assets within the same portfolio, including novel protocols or tokenized RWAs.

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Tech

What to Expect From Ethereum’s Cancun-Deneb Upgrade

The beginning of "The Surge" era in Ethereum's roadmap sees a range of enhancements to scalability, efficiency and security. Here’s a breakdown.

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Opinion

Mt. Gox: What We Still Don’t Know 10 Years After the Collapse

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the collapse of bitcoin exchange MtGox, Mark Hunter, author of “Ultimate Catastrophe: How MtGox Lost Half a Billion Dollars and Nearly Killed Bitcoin,” tackles the questions that still remain unanswered ten years later.

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