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Satoshi Wept: How Crypto Replayed the 2008 Financial Crisis

It only took 13 years for crypto to recreate the same kind of financial crisis it was designed to prevent. Here’s how it (almost) all went down.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Is Trying Out Traditional Finance’s Failures in Hyperspeed, but It’s Going to Be Fine

What is going to be most interesting here is seeing what happens to bitcoin and other cryptos during these Hard Times.

Panic on Wall Street, Oct. 24, 1929. (Associated Press/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Decentralization's Failed Promise in Iran

While exchanges are abiding by fiat’s monetary rules in countries like Iran, it is dishonest to call bitcoin decentralized money, says a journalist based in that country.

Shiraz, Iran (Foroozan Faraji/Unsplash)

Opinion

Need a Use Case for Decentralization? Start With Energy

Amid the bear market, the crypto/blockchain industry needs to demonstrate how it can be useful. The dysfunctional energy system is a good place to make a mark, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Nic Carter vs. The Bitcoin Maximalists

If maximalism has become nothing but a refusal to think through bitcoin’s actual usefulness, it has become an intellectual dead end. No surprise, then, that the intellectuals are jumping ship.

Nic Carter at Consensus 2022 (Suzanne Cordeiro for CoinDesk)

Opinion

New York Regulators Have Planted a Seed for Stablecoin Transparency

New guidance from the New York Department of Financial Services should shake up how stablecoin issuers do attestation and other reporting, says our columnist.

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Opinion

Web3 Needs In-Person Gatherings

Jenn Sanasie said off-sites and conferences can help humanize crypto. This article is part of "Future of Work Week."

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Opinion

From One to Zero: BlockFi’s Fire Sale Shows the Uber Startup Model Is Disastrous for Finance

Peter Thiel’s monopolistic theories about building companies have clearly hit their limit: banking.

Subsidizing shadow-banking yields turns out to be a really, really bad idea. (Getty Images/wakila)

Opinion

Why Brands Should Adopt a ‘Hybrid DAO’ Model

Crypto allows brands to give customers a voice, leading to stronger communities and products.

(Roger Bradshaw via Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Welcome to a Day in the Life of a 'Chief Metaverse Officer'

A tax accountant with decades of experience may be the world’s first “CMVO” with an office in Decentraland.

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