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Opinion

Why You Should Consider Pooling Support Behind DeFi’s PoolTogether

A class-action suit winding through New York’s court system is frivolous and counters crypto’s core principles.

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Opinion

Letters to Layer 2: We Still Know Nothing About the Metaverse

Will the metaverse be expensive to use? Will there be more than one? Who, ultimately, is responsible for building it?

The metaverse will push many parts of the web as we know to their limits. (Kelvin Han/Unsplash)

Opinion

Nansen Research Debunks Single 'Attacker' Myth in Terra's Collapse

The TerraUSD stablecoin collapsed for one reason: big holders didn't trust it.

TerraUSD's "peg" was supposed to keep holders safe – just like this unfortunate bollard. Neither, apparently, could take the pressure. (Robert Kneschke /EyeEm/Getty Images)

Opinion

Will Reality Have Its Revenge on Andreessen Horowitz's Giant New Crypto Fund?

In an era of rising interest rates, personality and charm should take a back seat to results. But Andreessen Horowitz is rolling the dice on charisma one more time.

WeWork founder and former CEO Adam Neumann in 2018, before the company's decline. Neumann is launching a new blockchain startup called Flowcarbon. (Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)

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Opinion

Bitcoin Is Apolitical, but Won't Be Much Longer

Practically speaking, everything is eaten by the culture war.

United States Capitol Building in Washington D.C (ElevenPhotographs/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Martin Shkreli Is Back. He Loves Crypto

The flawed former hedge fund manager is looking to reinvent himself as a crypto entrepreneur. Buyer beware.

Martin Shkreli acknowledging the public. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Layer 2

Dai Creator Rune Christensen on Terra's Collapse

The MakerDAO founder said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” that he wasn’t in the mood to say “I told you so,” following Terra’s stablecoin collapse.

Rune Christensen (CoinDesk TV, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Ryder Ripps, Bored Apes and 'Owning' an NFT

A debate over fair use and copyright in the NFT age ensues.

Bored Ape (Yuga Labs)

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Opinion

Let Terra Die

Do Kwon's proposal to fork the failed stablecoin network isn't what LUNA holders want, nor will it help them.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV, modified)

Opinion

What Web 3 Means to Andreessen Horowitz

And what the venture capital firm's "State of Crypto" report means for you.

Marc Andreessen, a16z co-founder (Joi/Wikimedia Commons)