Opinion

Opinion

Markets

Bull Run Democracy, Revisited

In 2017, high-flying bitcoiners attempted to foment democracy in Venezuela by airdropping crypto and paper wallets. What did we learn from these experiments?

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Policy

Institutional Custody Will Challenge Retail-Oriented Crypto

The bearer nature of digital assets presents challenges to institutions getting into crypto. The need for greater security will likely impact the whole industry.

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Tech

The Future of Cryptographic Security in the Age of Quantum

How blockchain technology can thrive in an age of quantum computing.

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Markets

Enterprise Blockchain Is at a Private-Public Crossroads

The big players in enterprise blockchain face a decision: stay with underwhelming consortia projects, or invest in public networks like Ethereum.

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Markets

Ethereum: The Last Bastion for Yield

U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds are returning lower yields than ever. Ethereum's currency ether (ETH) presents an alternative.

Bitcoin traders are tokenizing the cryptocurrency to run on the Ethereum blockchain for extra yield.

Markets

The Pandemic Was Just the Catalyst

Harry Dent predicted 2020's economic upheaval several years in advance. The coronavirus pandemic was just a trigger to a long-term reckoning over public debt, he says.

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Markets

Why I’ve Changed My Mind on Bitcoin

Ritholtz Wealth Management's COO Nick Maggiulli on why he reversed positions on bitcoin.

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Policy

We Don’t Need a New Regulator to Have Better Crypto Regulation

Contrary to popular wisdom, the U.S.' distributed regulatory structure is good for digital assets in the long run.

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Tech

This Is What Global Open-Source Money Seems Like

Some insist bitcoin simply can't be money because it has no basis in the material world. But the argument owes more to semantics than reality.

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Markets

The Rise of Layer 2s Spells End for Altcoins

Bitcoin is no longer limited to a single chain, meaning altcoins like ether are trending towards irrelevancy, says the neuroscientist and DeFi entrepreneur.

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