Opinion

Opinion

Markets

Mix of Old, Wrong and Dubious 'News' Scares Rookie Investors, Fuels Crypto Selloff

Investors had already had a weak appetite for risk thanks to the coming partial ban on crypto in Turkey.

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Markets

Money Reimagined: Can Coinbase Live on The Street?

Coinbase's listing ties the company to a centralized system that encourages short-termism over long-term growth, says our chief content officer.

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Markets

Dogecoin Is Not the Next Bitcoin – But Here Are the Similarities

As dogecoin's gains top 9,392%, CoinDesk’s Adam B. Levine finds some surprising parallels between the top meme token and bitcoin.

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Markets

Examining the Split Reactions to the Coinbase Listing

“They used to be revolutionary,” one former user said.

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Markets

Crypto Is Still the Frontier for Journalism

An interview with ERC-20 co-creator Simon de la Rouviere about his new media project combining NFTs, DAOs and cryptocurrency.

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Policy

The Fundamentals of Crypto's $2T Market Cap

The meaning of "fundamental" means something different with crypto projects than with traditional companies, says our columnist.

Coinbase employees after the company's direct listing on Nasdaq in April.

Markets

The Node: Coinbase Is the Listing to End All Listings

Coinbase is the first of many crypto startups to go public. But, as crypto continues to eat traditional finance, will those listings matter?

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Policy

The Node: Balaji's Blueprint for India

A proposal to integrate digital wallets into India's national software stack shows how crypto could go mainstream with government help.

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Markets

Asset Managers, Owning Bitcoin Is Now Your Fiduciary Duty

Fiduciaries who ignore bitcoin take on another risk: the failure to correctly identify monetary reality, says the author of "Layered Money."

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Tech

DeFi Is Transparent, Unless You Look Closely

We need more researchers and better metrics in DeFi to fulfill the promise of a more robust and transparent financial infrastructure.

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