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Opinion

Why the SEC Shouldn’t Classify ETH as a Security

Reports suggest the agency may be about to categorize ETH as a security, with huge implications for the blockchain’s future. Here’s why the SEC would be wrong.

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Opinion

The Bitcoin Halving Really Is Different This Time

Four ways this April’s big event will be unprecedented.

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Opinion

Is Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism Getting Less Toxic?

As BTC gets Wall Street approval and developers build new applications on the network, bitcoiners are ditching some of their previous siege mentality.

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Opinion

Meme Coins Going Legit Is the Worst Thing for Meme Coins

Institutions like Franklin Templeton are taking meme coins increasingly seriously this cycle. But will these joke-y projects run afoul of regulators?

DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)

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Opinion

Craig Wright Was Finally Called Out in Court and Hodlonaut Is Celebrating

“It hasn't always been easy, but I'm very happy that I stood my ground,” says Hodlonaut of his long legal fight with Craig Wright, who claimed, falsely, to be Satoshi Nakamoto.

Craig Wright sued Hodlonaut in Norway.(Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)

Opinion

How a Bitcoin Mixer Laundering Conviction Might Be Appealed

Roman Sterlingov was convicted on four charges related to operating the crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog, a decision noted defense attorney Tor Ekeland intends to challenge.

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Opinion

5 Things to Know About Ethereum's Latest, Greatest Upgrade: Dencun

Cheaper L2 transactions. Data blobs. Proto-Danksharding. Everything you need to know about tomorrow’s changes.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (center) at the Kyive Tech Summit (Kyiv Tech Summit)

Opinion

‘Greater Fools Are Watching’: Bitcoin Is Here to Stay, Elites Admit

From the Rockefeller Foundation to Donald Trump, critics who wrote Bitcoin autopsies are now examining their own heads.

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Consensus Magazine

Robert Alice Made NFT History, Now He’s Writing About It

Legendary art book publisher TASCHEN is putting out the first major survey of NFT art, while Christie's launches his new art project tonight.

"On NFTs" is the  largest art historical study on NFTs to date. (Robert Alice)

Opinion

Shapeshifting Justice: The SEC’s Weakest Case Yet

“Cases like this do not protect investors; they intimidate innovators and entrepreneurs.”

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