Opinion


Opinião

The Crypto Miner Reckoning: No Fate but What We Make

As Bitcoin ages into its teens, it’s time to move beyond tribalism so we can work collectively with legislators and innovate business models of the future, writes Samir Tabar of Bit Digital.

Celsius and Core Scientific hope to raise millions via mining rig vouchers (alvarez/Getty Images)

Opinião

5 Consensus 2023 Takeaways

CoinDesk editorial team members convened to share their insights on the pivotal topics that will influence the future direction of the crypto industry.

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Consensus Magazine

DeFi Needs More Than ‘Synthetic High-Yield Products’: Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi

The venture capitalist discusses non-ZIRP monetary policy, rebooting crypto’s market structure and why Ponzi bubbles always burst.

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly, and Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR protocol (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Web3

Web3 Music Requires Fresh Ideas to Succeed, Says Warner Music Exec

The digitally augmented space is a key part of Warner Music Group's future plans, Chief Digital Officer Oana Ruxandra said at Consensus 2023.

Oana Ruxandra, Warner Music Group (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Crypto Exchange Binance's Head of Product Discusses AI, Supercycles and What Gets Him Excited Nowadays

Mayur Kamat, a tech industry veteran, discusses how the world's largest crypto exchange is using artificial intelligence and the future of the tech industry.

Mayur Kamat (Binance)

Opinião

3 Giga-Brained Ideas From Consensus Day 2

Crypto shows that ideas can be valuable, even if they’re not useful … yet.

Consensus 2023 Highlights

Opinião

The Case for Regulating, Not Banning, Crypto

Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith looks at the logical flaws and assuptions made in a recent Foreign Affairs article calling to ban crypto.

The Blockchain Association's Kristin Smith (Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

Opinião

The U.S. Should Lead the Digital Future of Money

In his speech ay CoinDesk’s Consensus festival Wednesday, Chris Giancarlo, the head of the non-profit Digital Dollar Project, said a U.S. central bank digital currency is too important to be left to central bankers to design. Money is a social issue requiring broad-based public engagement.

Christopher Giancarlo (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Veteran Crypto Reporter Brady Dale Discusses New FTX Book

The former CoinDesker has written an account of Sam Bankman-Fried's downfall, and longevity of decentralized finance.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on Feb. 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Mercados

Bye-Bye Bitcoin Bear

No investor or financial advisor has a crystal ball that can predict the movement of an asset, including bitcoin, with total certainty. But past bitcoin halvings can provide clues on what we could potentially expect.

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