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Opinion

Are Crypto ‘Legal Tender’ Laws Even Necessary?

The Central African Republic is looking to integrate crypto into its developing economy.

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Opinion

Twitter Wants to Be a Public Platform

Unsolicited advice on how the social media site should be run, after Elon Musk said he’d buy it.

Tesla Owners Club Belgium/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk

Opinion

The Pitfalls of 'Community-as-Company'

When a faulty smart contract cost the Akutars NFT collection nearly $35 million, project leaders said they'd bail it out.

Credit: Akutars (Edited by CoinDesk)

Opinion

The Downfall of 'Shadow Banker' Reggie Fowler and Crypto's Rising Legitimacy

A lead figure in the storied Crypto Capital saga has declared he’s effectively broke. Now, he wants to give up his right to a trial.

Reggie Fowler in happier times, on the sidelines of a January 1, 2006 matchup between the Minnesoat Vikings and Chicago Bears at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. Fowler now faces decades in prison for his role in the shadow bank Crypto Capital. (Mark Brettingen/Getty Images)

Opinion

Will Rising Interest Rates Sink the Crypto Ecosystem?

Competition for capital is clobbering speculative investments like tech stocks. Digital assets have held up comparatively well – so far.

Crypto investors may be in for rough sailing as interest rates rise. Charles Turner's "A Shipwreck," 1805, from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Opinion

Elon Musk Shouldn't Lead Twitter

Crypto, the source of so many of Twitter’s problems, also provides a blueprint in advocating for permissionless protocols.

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Opinion

Moonbird NFTs Are a Bet on Kevin Rose's Rep

With a buzzy new NFT collection, the Digg co-founder looks to reward members of his VIP blockchain club.

Moonbirds, modified by CoinDesk

Opinion

Recapturing the 'Revolution' With a Beatles Muse's NFTs

Pattie Boyd will publish a set of her photos from the 60s and 70s as NFTs this Friday.

(Pattie Boyd, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Elden Ring Has Outlasted Its Critics, and So Will Bitcoin

From Software never bowed to misguided attacks on its Souls games. That purity of vision has made them legends.

From Software's Elden Ring, which became a huge hit after the studio had labored over its systems in relative obscurity for more than a decade.