Year in Review 2019


Markets

Amir Taaki's Ongoing Crypto Revolution

An early bitcoin pioneer discusses the delisting of privacy coins, ethereum's "capture," and why Brexit and Steve Bannon are "good things."

Amir Taaki

Markets

Looking Backward to Build the Future: How Academia Is Shifting Its Blockchain Focus

Stanford's Reuben Youngblom interviews academics working to educate the next generation of crypto designers and developers.

Reuben Youngblom currently co-runs the RegTrax initiative through Stanford University

Markets

Out of the Ashes: Four Trends to Shape Crypto in 2020

The evolution of digital asset markets over the past year has gone far towards consolidating mainstream foundations.

Charles Hayter

Finance

Corporations Need Bitcoin, They Just Don't Know It Yet

Bitcoin could be the basis for a new corporate operating system, writes Iterative Capital managing partner Chris Dannen.

Chris Dannen, managing partner at Iterative Capital

Tech

2020 Vision: 7 Trends Bringing Blockchain Into Focus in the Year Ahead

As the blockchain industry moves from experimentation to implementation, futurist David Shrier is following these seven bellwethers.

David L. Shrier

Markets

Smashing Through Surveillance Capitalism With Blockchain

The founders of RadicalxChange argue that we need to focus on the political economy if we want technologies like blockchain to produce better social outcomes.

Glen Weyl, founder and chair, and Jack Henderson, co-founder and president, of RadicalxChange

Markets

Regulatory Issues Need More Clarity in 2020

In this state of regulatory uncertainty, blockchain conferences help to find common ground between founders, developers and regulators.

Donna Redel, founder of Strategic 50

Finance

Beyond Storage: How Custody Is Evolving to Meet Institutional Needs

Crypto's second wave of custody solutions will be trained on satisfying the needs of institutions, writes Anchorage's Diogo Monica.

Diogo Mónica, co-founder and president, Anchorage

Finance

Crypto Needs More Lighthouse Customers

Crypto needs users willing to take on the risk of trying new products. The lack of "lighthouses" is a glaring problem for the industry.

Tony Sheng leads consumer venture investments at Multicoin Capital

Markets

Institutional Investment in Crypto: Top 10 Takeaways of 2019

The industry is currently segmented into two main categories: bitcoin and everything else.

Scott Army

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