Opinion


Opinion

Hodling Shielded Assets Is the Best Way to Maintain Privacy

The best way to gain privacy in crypto is to hold funds in a shielded asset. The longer you hold your funds, the stronger your anonymity set becomes.

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Opinion

In Defense of Aptos, Crypto's Punchline This Week

The much anticipated blockchain by ex-Facebook employees was off to a rocky start.

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Opinion

Nike’s Venture into Web3 Isn’t About Tech – It’s About Culture

Nike has embedded itself into the fabric of Web3 culture before the competition has even taken off.

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Opinion

Ecosystem Growth, Not Prices, Tells the Real Crypto Story

Investors should look at project innovation, not the red lines.

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Opinion

The Ethereum Killers Are All Zombies Now

The Merge made it starkly visible to the world, but blockchain insiders have known for years that Ethereum’s assassins have fired their shots and missed.

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Layer 2

Do Kwon's Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy World

In his latest interview from nowhere, the Terra founder and international fugitive offers “a window into the mind of an unapologetic sociopath."

Terra Community AMA with Do Kwon (April 2021)  (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Web 3 Isn’t Dead, Despite What Critics Might Say

Web3 is designed for a future that will become increasingly distributed, and for this reason remains foundational to how some sectors will eventually operate.

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Opinion

Why Are So Many Crypto Execs Leaving?

A spate of high-profile resignations across the blockchain industry show the challenges of leading in such a chaotic industry.

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Opinion

Inside a Social DAO: How an Online Community Becomes a Digital City

As Friends With Benefits DAO continues to scale, how will it incorporate decentralized governance principles and processes into its next phase of growth?

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Finance

Bitcoin and Stocks Took a Gut Punch; the Builders Hardly Noticed

Instead of waxing poetic about why the price of bitcoin “doesn’t matter,” TABConf attendees got down to the business of trying to break bitcoin’s commerce layer.

Kickoff event of TABConf 2022 at NCR Corporation Headquarters. (George Kaloudis)