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CBDCs and the Case for the Public Good

It's time to get clearer on what digital fiat currencies can and can't do, says the COO of the Stellar Development Foundation.

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Of Course It’s OK to Out the BAYC Founders

In "doxing" two of the NFT project's creators, BuzzFeed News was simply doing its job.

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Accounting Standards Are Key to Getting Digital Assets on Corporate Balance Sheets

The Financial Accounting Standards Board says crypto accounting standards are the top priority among its stakeholders. The lack of guidance is harming adoption. But the FASB looks likely to act soon, says the head of the Chamber of Digital Commerce.

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How Crypto Can Power the Future of Work for People of Color

This post is part of CoinDesk's Black History Month series.

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India's Tough Crypto Stance Has a Silver Lining

How a central bank digital currency meant to stifle crypto could end up benefitting it.

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A Bridge Too Far: Does the Wormhole Hack Mean the Multi-Blockchain Dream Is Dead?

Bridges and other connections between blockchains present inherent security challenges. Whether those can be solved will determine the future of the entire ecosystem.

A collapsed bridge along Forbes Avenue near Frick Park in Pittsburgh on Jan. 28, 2022. Just a few days later, a Solana-Ethereum cryptocurrency bridge called Wormhole met a similar fate. (Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Calling a Hack an Exploit Minimizes Human Error

After the Wormhole event, it's worth asking about crypto's reliance on and trust in code.

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Kanye West, NFTs and 'Building Real Products in the Real World'

The rapper's resistance to celebrity NFT drops is refreshing, says our columnist.

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This Super Bowl, Don’t Trust Celebrity Crypto Endorsements (Don’t Trust Yourself, Either)

Sure, you can “do your own research." But first make sure you understand what that actually means.

Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat, who will reportedly appear in a commercial for crypto exchange Binance during Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13, 2022. (Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images)

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What ‘Line Goes Up’ Gets Wrong (and Right) About NFTs

A new documentary makes the case that NFTs are the top of the funnel for this whole crypto-pyramid-scheme-thing.

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