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Will Bitcoin Win When the Fed Stops Buying Bonds?
The cryptocurrency has been viewed as a hedge against inflation.
Carbon Offsets Are a Distraction for Crypto
Companies like BitMEX shouldn’t follow the corporate trend in buying these financial assets and build renewables instead.
The CFTC vs. the Truth
If Polymarket can crowdsource a more accurate rendering of reality, then shouldn’t the greatest number of people be able to access it?
How to Dismantle the Surveillance State After the Patriot Act
Today is the 20th anniversary of the Patriot Act, which traded certain individual liberties for national security.
NFT Artist Brian Frye Wants You to Steal This Article
Frye is for plagiarism, against copyright and sort of neutral on securities law.
The CFTC Was Proved Right on Bitcoin Futures. What’s Next for the Agency?
For years the commodities overseer was the de facto regulator of crypto markets.
The NFT Market Is Already Centralized
Decentralized computing doesn’t always lead to a decentralized market structure.
$2T and Counting: Some Friday Perspective
It’s easy to become desensitized to the value being generated in crypto. Here are a few real-world analogs.
If Crypto Causes ‘Instability,’ It’s Because the System Is Unstable
Crypto is increasingly interconnected in the global financial system, regulators warn. But the potential knock-on effects of a crypto market collapse would be of their own making.
