Consensus: Distributed


Technology

Here's What You'll Catch on CoinDesk TV During Our First Virtual Consensus

From Vitalik to Akon, from Larry Summers to Spencer Dinwiddie, here are the influential speakers and vital conversations you can watch on CoinDesk TV, part of this year's free, virtual, real-time Consensus.

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Technology

The CoinDesk 50: MakerDAO Is the Godzilla of DeFi

The $350 million MakerDAO protocol has become the most important project in DeFi, and DeFi has emerged as the most viable part of Ethereum.

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Policy

The Security Trilemma and the Future of Bitcoin

Bitcoin faces a "trilemma," says a leading researcher. Either it becomes more centralized, loses liquidity, or increases supply beyond 21 million.

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Policy

I'm Still Betting on Blockchain to Improve Economic Opportunity

"I believe this technology should democratize access to the financial system."

Stellar co-founder Jed McCaleb

Technology

How to Protect Your Crypto From Cyber Attacks During COVID-19

At-home working opens up security issues for crypto. Oxford University researcher (and Consensus speaker) David Shrier outlines ways to mitigate the risk.

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Finance

The CoinDesk 50: Bitmain, the Behemoth of Bitcoin Mining

Bitmain remains at the center of the crypto economy. But in China, "mining avengers" are racing to catch up.

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Markets

Michelle Phan: The Beauty of Bitcoin

Why beauty mogul Michelle Phan says her 8.9 million YouTube subscribers are ready for bitcoin: "They want to know how to protect their purchasing power."

Michelle Phan poses in the Em Cosmetics office. (Credit: Mark Sacro for CoinDesk)

Markets

The Rise of the Dollar Killers

Could the dollar be replaced by a single new, dominant currency like China’s DCEP, or is a multipolar currency world more likely? Presented in documentary podcast and full transcript formats.

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Markets

Bitcoin in Emerging Markets: Latin America

Crypto adoption is up from Argentina to Venezuela, especially bitcoin and stablecoins like dai. But each market is unique.

Old and new in Medellin, Colombia. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

The Changemaker: Glen Weyl Puts His Radical Ideas Into Action

RadicalxChange, the civics network founded by polymath economist Glen Weyl, isn't left or right exactly, but it is radical. Now governments are starting to adopt its ideas.

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