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Tech

Bitcoin’s Lost Coins Are Worth the Price

And the network’s core principles are invaluable.

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Finance

DAOs and the Next Crowdfunding Gold Rush

Fundraiser DAOs are essentially informal, unregulated Kickstarters. Is that why people are buying in?

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Finance

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht, Who Proved the Case for Bitcoin, Can Do So for NFTs

Ulbricht’s NFT project could be a sea change for credibly neutral charity efforts.

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Finance

Jack Dorsey Takes Square Deep Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole

The payments giant’s name change to Block caps off a transformational year.

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Tech

Planet of the Bored Apes

Bored Ape Yacht Club has created an easily mimicked model for mainstream adoption. But that doesn’t mean it will remain king of the mountain.

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Policy

America, Let’s Try Optimism This Thanksgiving

Inflation is certainly a cause for anxiety, but it could be seen as a price worth paying for keeping the economy going during unprecedented calamity.

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Tech

Crypto: The Gift That Keeps On Giving (to Charity)

Regardless of people’s motivations for giving, there’s a huge opportunity for charitable efforts to thrive in crypto.

DoinGud, a new NFT platform, will automate charitable donations at the point of sale. (Jo Szczepanska/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

El Salvador: Who Needs the IMF When You Have Bitcoin?

The IMF is a brutal bully constantly declaring its virtue. It’s about time someone pushed back.

Like Batman, the IMF has made a habit of inflicting pain in defense of a greater good – or just enforcing the status quo. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

Policy

The ‘Bitcoin City’ Fantasy

How might the low-tax, net-zero startup municipality play out?

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