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Crypto Long & Short

Finance

Warren’s Reactionary Crypto Policy vs. Dorsey’s Decentralized Social Media Gambit

Policy actions that decry decentralization in response to FTX sort of miss The Point.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) questions executives of the nation's largest banks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Finance

Goldman Sachs Is Trying to Make Blockchain Bonds Happen

But it probably won't – for blockchain bonds, tomatoes or whatever.

(Denis Novakov/Getty Images)

Finance

A European Central Bank Blog Decries the End of Bitcoin, and We Aren’t Buying It

Plus: What happens when you go from bitcoin-only to … not?

Another day, another bitcoin doomsayer (DALL-E, CoinDesk)

Finance

Some Things to Be Thankful For, Even Though Everything in Crypto Is On Fire

This has been an overall bad year for crypto, but here are some positive things.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Markets Are Suffering – but Is It Really ‘Contagion’?

Sure, this crypto credit contagion is bad, but it’s unlikely to spread to other markets.

(David McNew/Getty Images)

Finance

All Custodial Crypto Exchanges Should Adopt Proof-of-Reserve Programs, but Even That Isn’t Enough

After last week’s FTX debacle, customers who don’t wish to take custody into their own hands should demand far better from their service providers.

The partnership aims to close ties between traditional banking and decentralized finance. (Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin (Magic Internet Money!) Again Proves Less Volatile Than Stocks

The Federal Reserve stirred up markets last week, but bitcoin was less reactive than plain old stocks.

(DALL-E, CoinDesk)

Finance

Can You Believe It? Bitcoin Looks Stable – Green, Even – as Big Tech Stocks Fall Apart

While a repeat of the super-rally seen in the second half of 2021 might not be likely, that era did come to mind last week as bitcoin showed strength.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Means Absolutely Nothing Without Censorship Resistance

The battle for how to regulate cryptocurrency might handicap the entire value proposition if we simply apply the same old rules to a new way of moving money around.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin and Stocks Took a Gut Punch; the Builders Hardly Noticed

Instead of waxing poetic about why the price of bitcoin “doesn’t matter,” TABConf attendees got down to the business of trying to break bitcoin’s commerce layer.

Kickoff event of TABConf 2022 at NCR Corporation Headquarters. (George Kaloudis)