The Node

The Node

Pananalapi

A Bridge Called Tether

A parable of risk assessment.

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Merkado

Bitcoiners Should Go Vegan to Save Bitcoin

Bitcoin has an ecological footprint and so does the carnivorous diet of many hardcore bitcoiners. Sacrifice meat to save the sacred cow.

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Pananalapi

Crypto Is a Luxury, Gucci Just Hasn’t Realized It

High-end retailers are accepting crypto for their wares when they should be thinking much bigger.

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Merkado

The Node: Dogecoin Is a Joke, Get Over It

Save the internet intellectualizing for another day.

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Pananalapi

Consolidations Are Coming to Crypto

Coinbase is for sure going to buy more companies. And with the success of its stock listing, other crypto companies are sure to follow and will also do what public companies do: buy things.

Companies will start coming together like Voltron into giant machines, tossing about energy swords of value and smashing lion-faced fists into traditional intermediaries and financial markets.

Merkado

Examining the Split Reactions to the Coinbase Listing

“They used to be revolutionary,” one former user said.

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Merkado

Crypto Is Still the Frontier for Journalism

An interview with ERC-20 co-creator Simon de la Rouviere about his new media project combining NFTs, DAOs and cryptocurrency.

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Merkado

The Node: Coinbase Is the Listing to End All Listings

Coinbase is the first of many crypto startups to go public. But, as crypto continues to eat traditional finance, will those listings matter?

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Patakaran

The Node: Balaji's Blueprint for India

A proposal to integrate digital wallets into India's national software stack shows how crypto could go mainstream with government help.

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Tech

There's Certified Fair Trade Coffee, So How About Certified and Persistent NFTs?

As the hype dies down, the pressure is off to mint every NFT imaginable for a quick buck and the industry can turn its attention to less sexy but crucial foundational matters.

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