Opinion


Analyses

Does Worldcoin Need a Reevaluation? Understanding Sam Altman’s Crypto-AI-UBI Experiment

There’s lots to admire about the ex-OpenAI CEO’s crypto startup, despite relentless “techlash” criticism.

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Consensus Magazine

Ali Yahya, Andreessen Horowitz: 'Many Fair Weather VCs Have Pivoted'

A16z’s general partner tells Jeff Wilser why the blue-chip venture fund is "100% committed on crypto as a space."

Ali Yahya, general partner, a16z.

Analyses

Argentina’s Election: What Bitcoiners Are Getting Wrong

The victory of Javier Milei in Argentina’s general election is good news, but not in the way many crypto enthusiasts seem to think. Noelle Acheson looks at the pros and cons to the abrupt change the South American nation is about to undergo.

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Analyses

Disney Does NOT ‘Partner’ With Crypto Companies

Language matters and crypto continues to play fast-and-loose with it, to its long-term detriment.

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Analyses

What You Need to Know About Crypto Tax Loss Harvesting

By selling assets with unrealized loss, taxpayers can limit their liabilities come tax time. Here’s how to do this legally and effectively.

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Analyses

A Year After FTX: The Lesson Europe Has Fixated On

The company’s collapse a year ago sent shockwaves through the world of crypto, but it changed very little in the new EU crypto regulation. Brussels is more interested in the question of what the pseudonymous crypto-asset world is good for, says Dea Markova.

EU data rules target smart contracts (Walter Zerla/Getty Images)

Analyses

New Form 1099-DA: What it Means for Digital Asset Brokers and Their Customers

Unpacking the IRS’ controversial new crypto tax regulation proposals.

The IRS has issued guidance on how it intends to tax crypto staking rewards. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Analyses

Time Is Running Out for Crypto Leaders to Reason With the IRS

A united front is needed to oppose bad tax regulation.

checkmate in staged chess game (GR Stocks/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Cryptocurrency Transparency Truths vs. Myths

In this week's issue of Crypto for Advisors, Dawood Khan from Alix Partners discusses how on-chain analytics bring transparency to blockchain and cryptocurrency transactions.

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Analyses

There Is a World of Web3 Outside the U.S. and Europe

Crypto is thriving in the Asia-Pacific region -- where uses, users and builders abound, Gitcoin's Azeem Khan argues.

Night view of Singapore from the habor. (Larry Teo/Unsplash)