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DeFi Fumbled Its Post-FTX Advantage in 2023, but There’s Still Hope for 2024

Major factors indicate that this could be a breakout year for decentralized infrastructure, SynFutures CEO Rachel Lin writes.

Decentralized finance activity is starting to pick up. (Alina Grubnyak/Unsplash)

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What Other Crypto Firms Could Go Public This Year

After Circle’s SEC filing marking the first step towards a public listing, CoinDesk examined the other firms that might try to go public amid a rebound in crypto markets. High on the list of possibles: Kraken and Ripple.

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Everyone Wants the SEC’s Fake News to Be Real

The agency said for months it couldn’t approve bitcoin ETFs because of market manipulation. Then, in a delicious irony, it was itself manipulated, showing how even non-news can move markets.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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No, a Trump Victory Might Be Bad for Crypto

A response to Politico’s article predicting good times if the ex-POTUS wins re-election.

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Bitcoin ETFs: The Bear Case

Bitcoin exchange traded funds may not actually be approved, due to the SEC’s long-held concerns about market manipulation. And, if they are, they could change the nature of Bitcoin itself, to the detriment of Satoshi Nakamoto’s original vision, say critics.

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Bitcoin ETFs: The Bull Case

One train of thought says that SEC approval of spot bitcoin ETF will send the market flying. Here’s how that could play out. In a separate post, we review the bear case, where the market may not react with such optimism.

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If You're in Crypto, You're a Criminal

Senator Liz Warren has revved up her anti-crypto army by going after the revolving door between blockchain and Washington D.C. I stand with her, and you should too, against these enemies of the state: crypto users.

Senator Elizabeth Warren tries her hand at standup. (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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What We Know About the Massive Ledger Hack

The latest crypto exploit, affecting security firm Ledger and a number of popular DeFi protocols, is a moment of levity for some.

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Code Is Not (Always) Law

Sometimes, the law is the law, industry experts say.

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