Crypto 2023

After FTX, Where Does the Industry Go From Here? A Series Exploring What Could, and Should, Happen in the Year To Come. Presented by Bitstamp.

Crypto 2023

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Opinion

Crypto Marketing Needs to Change. Let’s Make 2023 the Year for Influencer Accountability

FTX was just like the ill-fated Fyre Festival: a hollow project fueled by mendacious influencer marketing, says Oxygen's Nemo Yang.

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Opinion

There Will Be No Lessons Learned From FTX

There’s so much more to blockchain than crypto and we’re just not getting there fast enough, says EY's blockchain innovation leader.

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Opinion

A New Philosophy of Markets: Assets That Embody Technology

For the first time in our history, we have tradable assets that embody innovation, says Noelle Acheson.

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Opinion

2023 Predictions: The Year of Web3 Pets

Virtual pets have been around for decades, but with NFTs, we set to own our online cats and dogs this year, not just play with them, says Leah Callon-Butler.

"Pinstripe Atticus" created by Leah Callon-Butler on OpenSea. (Leah Callon-Butler)

Opinion

Why DAOs Need to Adopt a 2-Treasury System

Blockchain infrastructure companies are trying to solve two complex and expensive problems: building sustainable protocols and dynamic ecosystems.

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Consensus Magazine

It’s Been a Year Since NFTs Exploded. Where Are We Headed?

For NFT collectors and creators, this past year marked noticeable changes within the market. From utility to community building, here are just a few trends that will push the space forward in 2023.

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT image (Yuga Labs, modified by CoinDesk))

Opinion

Making Comprehensive Crypto Policy Out of Regulatory Patchwork

Suggestions that the CFTC is the crypto industry’s “regulator of choice” and more susceptible to capture do not hold up, according to former CFTC Director of Enforcement Aitan Goelman.

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Opinion

Zero-Knowledge Cryptography in 2023: The Year Privacy Becomes Practical

Four theories about how these privacy-preserving and blockchain-scaling solutions will change the industry.

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Opinion

The Next Wave of Institutional Digital Asset Adoption

Once you build decentralized access control, Web3 and the traditional world of finance can finally be brought together.

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Opinion

NFTs Are Securities and It’s Great

Artist and lawyer Brian Frye writes about why non-fungible tokens represent investment contracts in social clout.

A marriage recorded on-chain (Cam Thompson/CoinDesk).

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