Opinion

Opinion

Opinyon

Secure America’s Financial Strength With Stablecoins, Not Central Banks

Stablecoins are already expanding the reach of the U.S. dollar, but if the government were to restrict stablecoins in favor of a CBDC, that trend could quickly reverse.

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Opinyon

Web 3 and the Metaverse Are Not the Same

Web 3 ideas like NFTs are only part of building the next generation of the internet, argues the host of the “Hello Metaverse” podcast.

(Julien Tromeur/CoinDesk)

Opinyon

Inside the DeFi Vending Machine

Finance is on the point of mass-market automation.

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Opinyon

NFT Forgeries Aren’t Going Away

A rash of plagiarized NFTs suggests digital “ownership” doesn’t always amount to “digital property rights.”

Copycat! (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Merkado

How to Be a Crypto ‘SAMURAI’

Are you measuring your crypto portfolio the right way? These are the seven characteristics your benchmark needs to have.

A Japanese man in circa 12th century samurai warrior clothing and carrying a quiver of arrows on his back. (Ernst Haas/Ernst Haas/Getty Images)

Opinyon

Web 3 Is a Return to the Internet’s Wild Spirit

“I think that’s what audiences want, right?” writer and founder of freelance payments system OutVoice, Matt Saincome said.

A digital tree. (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Opinyon

The Lifecycle of a DAO: Inside a Cultural Phenomenon

To think through the cultural practices and evolution of a DAO, we present a thought experiment on the life of a DAO, from birth to death to resurrection.

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How NFTs Put Generative Artists on the Map

Profile avatars emerged from a long tradition of artists expressing themselves through code, math and randomness. This article is part of CoinDesk’s Culture Week.

Artist Sol LeWitt with one of his instruction-based wall drawings in 1978. LeWitt is widely credited for his influence on the field of "generative art," which has benefited from NFT technology.

Opinyon

Supply Chain Problems? Bitcoin Don’t Care

While multiple products got held up this year, the Bitcoin network kept humming thanks to its self-perpetuating economics.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinyon

Crypto Is the Biggest Thing to Change Culture Since Hip Hop

A ‘90s kid reflects on seeing how iconoclastic rappers changed the world. And how that energy is now in Web 3.

Rap group N.W.A. pose with rappers The D.O.C. and Laylaw from Above The Law during their "Straight Outta Compton" tour in 1989. (Photo by Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)