Opinion

The fight over stablecoin yield isn’t really about stablecoins

It’s about deposits and who gets paid on them, argues Le.

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The Base token should give holders voting power over Coinbase itself

If BASE becomes economically tied to COIN, the token would trade not as a memeified L2 token, but as a globally accessible representation of equity-like value.

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Want TradFi to embrace tokenization? Crypto's distribution strategy must mature

The crypto industry assumes institutions discover products the way retail traders do: stumbling across them on Twitter, experimenting quickly, and iterating in public. But that's not how asset allocators at pension funds or family offices operate, argues Dean Khan Dhillon, head of growth at RWA.xyz.

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As America nears 250, financial freedom shouldn’t be up for debate

The banking lobby’s efforts to revisit or reinterpret Congress’ decisions regarding stablecoin rewards are driven by attempts to re-litigate settled law and blunt competition after the fact, argues Blockchain Association’s Summer Mersinger.

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As the market tanks, crypto’s new gold rush is…gold

The huge spike in onchain gold signals is that DeFi investors are planning to stay in DeFi, even when the tide turns, argues RAAC founder Kevin Rusher.

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Institutions know a “good” exchange is built for failure

A platform's onboarding polish should not be confused for its ability to execute trades and handle immense volumes, argues BridgePort co-founder and CCO Chris Soriano.

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Don’t hold your breath for Venezuela’s bitcoin

Ledn co-founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, born and raised in Venezuela, argues that the country’s government is simply too corrupt and incompetent to have accumulated a rumored $60 billion stash of bitcoin.

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4 predictions for privacy in 2026

Led by Zcash, the privacy space had a breakout year in 2025. What’s coming next?

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