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Crypto Winter Is Here and We Only Have Ourselves to Blame

Last year's mania perpetuated a narrative that making speculative gains was bitcoin’s core value proposition, writes Michael J. Casey.

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Beyond Price: Why We Need a Better Way to Value Crypto Assets

Institutional investors must set aside dollar-centric valuation models and recognize that value is a different concept in the crypto world.

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Airdrops Are a Marketing Ploy (And That's OK)

A currency is nothing if not widely used, and that can't be achieved unless people make some cost-incurring effort to encourage widespread usage.

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Bitcoin's True Stress Test Is Yet to Come

What happens if there's another 2008-scale financial market crisis? Will diehard HODLers still resist liquidating their bitcoin assets?

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Institutions Are Coming for Your Crypto

A clash of cultures is looming, as institutional investors eye the cryptocurrency markets.

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The Delicate Psychology of Stablecoins

Replacing tether's role in the crypto markets will require an obsession with maintaining transparency and trust.

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What China's Cashless Revolution Can Teach the West About Crypto

China appears to have achieved the crypto community's dream of a new internet of value, without blockchain. But there's more than meets than eye here.

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Blockchains Don't Have to Be Perfect, They Just Have to Be Better

A blockchain can contain garbage data but in many cases, it will still be better than the status quo. We might even find often that it's a lot better.

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Regulators Land Punches, But There's a Long Fight Over Crypto Ahead

From ShapeShift's capitulation to KYC to the New York Attorney General's critical look at exchanges, officialdom is striking heavy blows. Stay tuned.

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Swiss Crypto Startup Eidoo Announces Token Tied to the Price of Gold

Eidoo, the multicurrency crypto wallet and decentralized exchange, has announced a new token that's redeemable for actual gold.

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