Crypto Long & Short


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While You Were Out Partying, I Studied Bitcoin Development

Open-source software discussions were the best-kept secret at Bitcoin 2022 in Miami.

The most underrated part of Bitcoin 2022 (George Kaloudis/CoinDesk)

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Now That Q1 Is Over, Is the Bull Market Back?

Most of Q1 was uninspiring, but bitcoin’s price ticked up as we closed out the quarter potentially signaling renewed strength in the crypto market.

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Just as Hal Finney Predicted, Bitcoin Is Being Purchased to Act as a Reserve Currency

With a plan to buy up $10 billion of BTC, Do Kwon’s UST stablecoin project may be fulfilling a prophecy by the late recipient of the first bitcoin transaction.

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Revisiting Bitcoin’s Energy ‘Problem’ in the Face of ESG Investment Mandates

Critics of Bitcoin’s energy use should consider its relative carbon density rather than the absolute amount of energy used.

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Bitcoin: Gold 2.0? Try Reserve Asset 3.0

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is beginning to send ripples through the global economy that could lead to a new monetary system.

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Why Did Bitcoin Surge So Much Against the Ruble?

Oligarchs dodging sanctions? Doubtful. Regular Russians trying to preserve their wealth? Maybe. There’s also a third, less exciting possibility.

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Forget Data – Privacy Is the New 'New Oil'

When even Mark Zuckerberg says there’s a “clear trend” away from data collection, you know the pendulum is swinging.

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BlackRock Has Entered the Chat

Why the $10 trillion asset manager's arrival would be a big deal for crypto.

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You’re Not Imagining It, Markets Really Are Thinner Now

It doesn’t take as much to move prices as it once did.

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The Corporate Argument for Bitcoin

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor likened his company’s performance to rowing a boat against wind blowing harder than one can row. Is bitcoin really the way out?

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