Opinion

Opinion

Finance

4 Ways Blockchain Could Catapult Into the Mainstream

Blockchain technology adoption has largely been a top-down story. Here are some ideas that could get more bottom-up traction.

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Policy

What Tether Means When It Says It's 'Regulated'

Representatives say the $25B stablecoin is "regulated" but the issuer doesn't look like a financial institution bound by norms and laws.

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Markets

We Have Entered the Age of Anonymous Crypto

Spurred by an information crisis and compounding global unrest, privacy has entered public consciousness.

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Finance

The Future of Money in the Multiverse

It's 2028 and central banks, Big Tech companies and the "deplatformed" are establishing their own worlds of digital money.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: Letter to President Biden

President Biden needs to reform the global financial system and avoid a 1930s-style depression. Digital currencies can help.

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Tech

Social Networks Are the Next Big Decentralization Opportunity

We have the core tech to enable radically more ethical and beneficial social media networks. Here's what we'll need.

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Markets

How Cultural Differences Drive User Adoption in DeFi

Despite being virtually identical products at launch, SushiSwap and Uniswap have taken divergent paths as they respond to users, says Multicoin's principal.

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Policy

Dear Crypto Derivatives Industry, Let's Not Repeat 2008

As the crypto derivatives industry begins to take off, it needs to avoid the lack of transparency that plagued the industry in the 2000s, when the financial system collapsed.

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Policy

Bitcoin Is Aiding the Ransomware Industry

We are living in a world where the second-order effects of permissionless money – like the greater use of ransomware – are already evident.

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Policy

The US Can Make Bitcoin Mining Greener

With companies like Square announcing environment-focused mining initiatives, the U.S. can take the lead in reducing bitcoin's carbon impact.

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