Opinion


Opinion

Crypto Didn’t Fail FTX; People Did

Decentralization was, and still is, the answer, says the co-founder of Near Protocol.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Taking Crypto Back to Nature

The crypto community has taken a keen interest in the long-term environmental and societal implications of utilizing decentralized protocols at scale. With a focus on public goods, energy usage and environmental regeneration, we are seeing trends emerge around how to best support those efforts in the industry.

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Opinion

Decentralized Social Media – Has the Moment Come?

With Elon Musk's Twitter seeing a backlash, users are flocking to Web3 alternatives like Lens, Minds and Mastodon. Will the trend last?

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Opinion

The Machine Learning Powering Generative Art NFTs

Generative art has been one of the quintessential machine-learning use cases, but only recently has the space achieved mainstream prominence.

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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.

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Opinion

Understanding the FTX Fallout From the Eyes of a Bitcoiner

The financialization, tokenization and the chase of short-term profits seen across Sam Bankman-Fried's trading empire is peak Wall Street.

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Opinion

Say Goodbye to Proprietary Tax Prep Software

Web3 tax help is a multibillion-dollar opportunity, and a way to plug the gap the government has around tax help and out-compete centralized companies like TurboTax.

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Opinion

Crypto’s Very Human Fatal Flaw: Hero Worship

Misplaced admiration of Sam Bankman-Fried, prior to the FTX collapse, was a natural tendency. To move forward, we must recognize this vulnerability and safeguard with appropriate regulation.

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Opinion

Why Crypto Taxes Get Complicated (Especially for Institutions)

From "impermanent losses" to loan-to-value ratios, financial institutions need to keep track of a lot of data to ensure they remain compliant while participating in DeFi.

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Opinion

The Pitfalls of Being Paid in Crypto

With marginal rates, excise tax and the potential for foreign tax credit mismatch, crypto income could be taxed at an 80% or higher.

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