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From One to Zero: BlockFi’s Fire Sale Shows the Uber Startup Model Is Disastrous for Finance

Peter Thiel’s monopolistic theories about building companies have clearly hit their limit: banking.

Subsidizing shadow-banking yields turns out to be a really, really bad idea. (Getty Images/wakila)

Hedge or Cause? Unpacking Bitcoin and Inflation

The digital asset, often called digital gold, soared as governments printed money and crashed as they tightened.

(Sean Robertson/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Why the Crypto Unwind Wasn’t Contagious (This Time)

Crypto's interconnection to traditional finance hasn't proven toxic ... yet.

"The Triumph of Death" (Detail), a depiction of infectious plague, war, and pestilence, by Peter Breughel the Elder, ca. 1562. Collection of the Museo del Prado, Spain. (Wikimedia Commons)

SEC’s Gensler Reiterates Bitcoin Alone Is a Commodity. Is He Right?

The government's stamp of approval seems to separate BTC from "crypto," but decentralization is a path.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

The One Word That Defines Ethereum’s Goals

Bitcoiners aim for "hyperbitcoinization;" the world computer is built for "hyperregenization."

(Romain Vignes/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)