Opinion


Opinion

2 Months in El Salvador: The Ground Game for Bitcoin Adoption

A graduate student on leave from the Wharton School checks in on the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. Are locals buying it?

A bitcoin ATM in El Salvador, 2023.

Opinion

Crypto’s Path Forward Could Follow the Financial World's Departure From LIBOR

The financial services industry has a way of spawning innovation and growing from its crises.

Citi bank and HSBC skyscrapers at night (Miquel Parera/Unsplash)

Opinion

I Have 1M Questions About the PayPal Stablecoin. Here Are 5

The payments giant’s new stablecoin will compete with Tether's and Circle's coins, but it’s not breaking any new ground.

paypal logo on a smartphone booting up the payments app (Marques Thomas/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Congress, Not the SEC, Should Set U.S. Digital Asset Policy

The regulator "sees itself as the arbiter of which technologies should exist in the United States," says Castle Island Ventures' Matt Walsh.

Chairman for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler. (SEC, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Some Users May Want an ‘Everything App’, but What We Need Is Digital Sovereignty

Jameson Lopp argues Twitter's recent rebrand falls in line with big tech's obsession with data. Nostr, an increasingly popular social network, is one alternative.

Projects To Watch 2023: Nostr

Opinion

DeFi Definitely Isn't Dead

The commentariat said decentralized finance is in danger amid the crypto winter and recent spate of hacks. They're dead wrong.

An angel as a tombstone (Veit Hammer/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

America’s Credit Rating Helps Make Case for Bitcoin

Fitch’s downgrade of U.S. debt this week is a warning to American policymakers and underscores why Bitcoin and other open monetary systems matter, says Michael Casey.

(Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images)

Web3

Is It 2022 Again? Comedian Adam DeVine Appears in Strange Ad for Crypto Exchange Bitget

The “Workaholics” co-creator and star is the face of Bitget’s new #SetForChange campaign, which released a new “Crypto & Beach Houses” video to kick off the partnership.

Screenshot from "Crypto & Beach Houses" video (Bitget/Youtube)

Opinion

The Psychology of Failure and Its Meaning for Web3 Games

The possibility of not winning spurs gamers' participation because it gives them the opportunity to learn and improve.

(Marko Geber/Getty Images)

Opinion

Did Razzlekhan’s Husband Really Hack Bitfinex?

“Ilya is a f***ing idiot,” says former U.S. “Most Wanted” hacker Brett Johnson, who questions yesterday’s bombshell confession.

"Crocodile of Wall Street" (Bryan Brinkman/CoinDesk)