Crypto 2023
After FTX, Where Does the Industry Go From Here? A Series Exploring What Could, and Should, Happen in the Year To Come. Presented by Bitstamp.
Self-Custodial Onboarding Will Be the Norm in Web3's 2023
By making sure users have self-custodial options easily available within their own services, Web3 projects can help the industry rise to safer standards.
Forget CBDCs, Here’s Where the Biden Administration Needs to Focus in 2023
Rather than centralizing the digital dollar, lawmakers should focus on exploring a decentralized identification program and develop financial literacy programs for the general public.
After FTX, Let's Get Back to Hiring Crypto People for the Job
You got into crypto for the money. We got in for the system design. We are not the same, says Jenna Pilgrim.
The Year Crypto Yields Blew Up
Centralized interest-bearing accounts stayed artificially high after DeFi yields programmatically went dry. Crypto can be competitive with TradFi, but it needs to remain transparent and composable.
Why Hong Kong Is Pushing for Its Own Central Bank Digital Currency
As a global financial hub, Hong Kong has a vested interest in shaping the development of CBDCs and especially the systems in which they will transact across borders. But the U.S. should be concerned by its lack of full independence from mainland China.
2023: The Year Blockchain Becomes a Sustainability Solution
Blockchain's role in helping the environment can go far beyond energy footprints and carbon credits.
Starlink, Verizon 5G and Crypto: What the New ‘War of the Currents’ Means for Decentralization
A modern-day “War of the Currents” is silently unfolding across blockchain, broadband, existing power lines and even outer space.
Blockchain vs. Crypto: Not What It Seems
“Blockchain not bitcoin” emerged in 2018 as an attempt by enterprise projects to capitalize on the market’s performance woes – the new version does the same but swaps in “crypto” to reflect the ecosystem’s spread.
CoinDesk Holiday Crossword
To celebrate the end of a tumultuous year, we present a special edition crossword inspired by recent events. How much can you fill in?
