Opinion

Opinion

Policy

Hester Peirce: Tell Me How to Improve My Safe Harbor Proposal

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has proposed a new way to regulate token sales. If there are better alternatives, she wants to hear about them.

Illustration by Cheryl Thuesday

Markets

Erik Voorhees: Within Five Years There Will Be a Major Financial Meltdown and Crypto Will Be Ready

When ShapeShift implemented KYC requirements, Erik Voorhees lost 95 percent of his users. But he remains as committed to crypto as ever.

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Policy

When Corporations Violate Privacy, They Do Concrete Harm

There are tangible safety implications to consumer privacy violations, says Lindsey Barrett of Georgetown Law.

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Tech

No, a Blockchain Wouldn’t Have Prevented the Iowa Caucus Debacle

If anything, blockchains add meaningful complexity, which means more ways things could go wrong under imperfect, or real-life conditions.

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Markets

Crypto and the Latency Arms Race: Market Microstructures

Max Boonen, CEO of market maker B2C2, looks at recent trends in crypto market infrastructure.

B2C2 CEO Max Boonen

Markets

This Year's Top 10 Crypto Narratives

From “The Revolution Needs Rules” to “Unbank the Banked,” 2019 was full of resonant phrases. Selkis, CEO of Messari, makes sense of them.

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Markets

Myths and Realities: Sentiment Analysis for Crypto Assets

Jesus Rodriguez, CTO of IntoTheBlock and chief scientist of AI firm Invector Labs, delves into the complications and nuances of crypto sentiment analysis.

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Markets

How Many More Birthdays Until Bitcoin Wins?

On the white paper's 11th anniversary, we face a question: How much longer until bitcoin becomes like Twitter or Linux, something you use every day?

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Tech

Bitcoin, Facebook and the End of 20th Century Money

Bitcoin is surging and Libra is shaking up regulators as the globe faces a period of doubt on the economic front.

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Markets

Bitcoin Likely to Become 'Niche' Product, Says ING's Top Economist

The chief economist for Dutch banking giant ING believes bitcoin will likely wind up as a niche financial product, according to a new report.

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