Opinion


Opinion

Ether’s Prometheum Test

The “only U.S.-registered crypto securities platform" is listing ETH in a bold test of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's thesis that most cryptocurrencies are securities.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk, modified)

Opinion

Welcome to the ‘Bitcoin Era’ on Wall Street

With a roster of bitcoin ETFs already trading, companies will need to figure out how to differentiate their products.

(Daniel Lloyd Blunk-Fernández/Unsplashed, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Bitcoin Mining and the Politicization of a Once Reputable Federal Agency

The Department of Energy's statistics wing is feigning an "emergency" to attack legitimate U.S. businesses and score political points, Texas Blockchain Council President Lee Bratcher and Chamber of Digital Commerce CEO Perianne Boring write.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin as a Building Block for Portfolios

A practical, unbiased, and proven approach could classify bitcoin as another building block in institutional investors' portfolios.

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Opinion

DeFi Shouldn't Have to Worry About the SEC’s Expanded Broker Rule

A move to expand regulatory oversight over hedge funds and market makers could also rope in AMMs, experts say. But if these protocols cannot comply, is it really a threat?

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman SEC Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk, modified)

Opinion

'Absolute Essentials of Ethereum' by Paul Dylan-Ennis: An Excerpt

How does on-chain and off-chain governance work in Ethereum?

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. (CoinDesk)

Opinion

Are Airdrops Effective Marketing?

Everyone likes getting something for nothing, but distributing tokens is only worthwhile if it also attracts longterm builders and users rather than just momentary buzz.

FTX bankruptcy estate consolidates ARB airdrop (Christine Roy/Unplash)

Finance

Forget ETFs, Let’s Work on Tokenizing the Whole Value Chain

“Tokenization” — the biggest buzzword in crypto markets currently — means not just bringing new digital assets on-chains, but, in the future, originating and settling them on-chain as well.

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Markets

Diversifying Stability: Stablecoins Finding Home Beyond the Greenback

Following the success of Tether and USDC, a generation of stablecoins are offering new features for investors and holders, says Scott Sunshine, Managing Partner of Blue Dot Advisors.

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Opinion

Can We All Stop Pretending That Solana Is in Beta?

You can't target mass adoption through storefronts and smartphones while also claiming to be a work-in-progress when things go wrong.

The Saga smartphone. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)