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Travis Kling on Bitcoin as a Safe Haven Asset

Ikigai’s Travis Kling looks at BTC's correlation to gold and crude in response to Iran missile strikes, plus SEC priorities and Congressional intrigue.

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Hamstringing an Industry With Compliance Costs

The risk to the industry when crypto companies have to spend millions on compliance, plus new BTC mining in TX and the IMF on digital currencies.

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Taking the TON Out of Telegram

Discussing how bitcoin might react to Iran and a rise in instability, plus news that TON won’t be in Telegram and reviewing the Nakamoto.com dust up

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YouTube, Tron and the Dream of Decentralization

After YouTube (temporarily) removes crypto content and DLive moves to Tron, many are asking: Are decentralized social media alternatives possible?

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Taylor Monahan on Crypto’s Divergent Possibilities in 2020

Why 2020 represents a fundamental dividing line between cypherpunk crypto and government & corporate co-opted crypto.

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Tom Shaughnessy and Jordan Clifford on Layer 1 Wars, Token Economics and a Shift to Applications

The big story of 2019 was "quiet" building. When it comes to 2020, however, watch out for fireworks.

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Katherine Wu on DeFi and the Inevitability of the Digital Yuan

How DeFi found its footing in 2019 and what it means that 2020 will see the launch of a Chinese digital yuan.

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Camila Russo and David Hoffman on the 2020 DeFi Outlook

Why the undisputed narrative of 2019 was the rise of DeFi and why 2020 promises even more exciting developments.

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Marty Bent on the Macro Fires on the Horizon

From a trade war tweeting president to protests in Hong Kong, 2019 saw global instability (and in turn, the raison d’etre for bitcoin) increase.

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Rob ‘Crypto Bobby’ Paone and Preethi Kasireddy on Fundraising, Halvings and the Long Steady Slog of Crypto

Why 2019 was a long, steady slog of behind the scenes building and why 2020 promises more of the same.

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