Opinion


Opinion

Don’t Mistake Tech Layoffs for a Recession

If job numbers are so strong, why is Elon Musk slashing Twitter’s workforce?

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At Stake in the US Midterms: The Future of Money

With some seminal regulatory legislation up for consideration, the makeup of Congress in 2023 matters not only to crypto natives but to everyone.

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Coinbase Deal Shows Google Is Committed to Crypto – How Much Depends on Whom You Ask

A tie-up between the crypto and tech giants has been lauded as affirmation for blockchain. In reality, Google is looking for new customers.

MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 09: A Google sign is seen on May 09, 2021 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)

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How Security Tokens Can Benefit Creditors in Bankruptcy Restructurings

These blockchain-based assets are SEC-regulated and can give investors a share of a failed business like Celsius' future profits.

Can security tokens bring bankruptcy proceedings into the crypto age? (Aditya Vyas/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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With Hacks at a Record High, Crypto Needs to Find Better Ways to Keep Users Safe

Nearly $3 billion has been lost to protocol exploits so far in 2022, more than double last year’s total, according to blockchain security firm Peckshield.

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The Missing CryptoQueen Has Friends in (Very) High Places

With evidence of complicity at the very highest levels of government, the BBC’s years-long investigation into the OneCoin pyramid scheme returns.

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Stop Using the Word 'Platform', and Other DeFi Language Pet Peeves

When it comes to words demonstrating how DeFi is not TradFi, it’s "not how you say it, it’s what you say," writes Aave's general counsel, Rebecca Rettig.

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The Web3 Twitter Fixes Elon Musk Could Actually Try

How to turn the “bird app” into a crypto sandbox.

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The Metaverse Isn't Real

The hype surrounding the metaverse is betting on a future immersive and experience-rich virtual world infrastructure that does not yet exist.

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Crypto’s 1907 Moment

Financial stability ultimately depends on the trustworthiness of people, not the reliability of technology.

New York, 1907 (New York Public Library via Wikimedia Commons)