Opinion


Opinion

Elon Musk's Twitter Mistakes Prove Web3's Point

Social media has tended towards monopolization. Are we seeing the advent of a new type of “network effect?”

Elon Musk (MidJourney/CoinDesk)

Opinion

The 10 Biggest Developments in Bitcoin in 2022

Whether it's the Taro upgrade or growth in the Lightning Network, Bitcoin has seen steady progress this year, says Cory Klippsten, Tomer Strolight and Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin.

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Opinion

With Binance, Everything Is Not Fine

As the financial health of the exchange grows more uncertain, CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has offered nothing but red flags, says Genevieve Roch-Decter (CFA), the CEO of GRIT Capital.

Binance CEO Cheng “CZ” Zhao on CNBC, Dece. 15, 2022. ("Squawk Box," CNBC)

Consensus Magazine

What Will 2023 Bring for CBDCs?

Even as CBDC rollouts intensify, the future of these centrally backed currencies around the world is uncertain.

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Opinion

23 Blockchain Predictions for 2023

Andrew Keys, of DARMA Capital, previews developments in zero-knowledge, Ethereum, NFTs, Filecoin, Cosmos, regulations, and much more.

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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)

Opinion

2023 Will Be the Year of Dapps – Here's What to Expect

The greatest areas for decentralized application (dapp) development will be across gaming, identity and the evolution of Web2 apps.

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Opinion

2023: The Year DAOs Follow the Law?

Decentralized autonomous organizations should make the necessary handshake with the existing legal system in order to mature and integrate with the rest of the global economy.

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Consensus Magazine

The Faulty Moral Universe of Sam Bankman-Fried

The FTX CEO's legal-scholar mother believed personal responsibility was an outdated concept. Did those ideas create a monster?

AI Artwork Sam Bankman-Fried SBF in Prison concept (Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Opinion

FTX and Crypto Bust Show Capitalism’s Limits

Investors have been led astray by misleading signals from the market. It enticed them to go "all in" on centralized exchanges rather than focusing on real-world use cases for tokenized value exchange.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)