Opinion

Simpin' Ain't Easy: The Business Sense Behind IreneDAO
Crypto seems poised to magnify existing financial relationships between influencers and their obsessive fans.

IPFS, Filecoin and the Long-Term Risks of Storing NFTs
Decentralized storage solutions are not bulletproof.

The Balance Between Art and IP Theft in NFT Culture
From "Squid Game" to Olive Garden, the NFT boom is an orgy of intellectual property infractions.

Meta Leans In to Tracking Your Emotions in the Metaverse
Meet the new world, same as the old: Horizon Worlds, where you will be bagged, tagged and mercilessly monetized.


What You Own When You Own an NFT
Following an all-out bash of SpiceDAO's plans to make a version of "Dune" "public," it's worth reflecting on copyright in crypto.

Web 3 Is a Long Fight Worth Fighting
Decentralization has been on minds of internet futurists for more than 20 years. That doesn't make the need to break with Web 2.0 any less urgent, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

Nayib Bukele Is Not the Bitcoin Hero We Need
Evidence that El Salvador's president has targeted journalists and suppressed free speech contradicts Bitcoin's core values.

ERC-4626: DeFi's Newest Money Lego
An Ethereum Improvement Proposal wants to standardize a key component in yield-generating strategies.


