Opinion


Analyses

The Balance Between Art and IP Theft in NFT Culture

From "Squid Game" to Olive Garden, the NFT boom is an orgy of intellectual property infractions.

A scene from the MetaBirkins project home page. (MetaBirkins)

Analyses

Meta Leans In to Tracking Your Emotions in the Metaverse

Meet the new world, same as the old: Horizon Worlds, where you will be bagged, tagged and mercilessly monetized.

We have such sights to show you ... (And also we'll be stealing your face.) (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Analyses

Is Crypto a Ponzi? Define 'Ponzi'

It is better for all if we can speak honestly about this industry.

Ponzi scheme inventor Charles Ponzi mugshot in 1920. (Photo courtesy Bureau of Prisons/Getty Images)

Analyses

What You Own When You Own an NFT

Following an all-out bash of SpiceDAO's plans to make a version of "Dune" "public," it's worth reflecting on copyright in crypto.

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Web 3 Is a Long Fight Worth Fighting

Decentralization has been on minds of internet futurists for more than 20 years. That doesn't make the need to break with Web 2.0 any less urgent, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Analyses

Nayib Bukele Is Not the Bitcoin Hero We Need

Evidence that El Salvador's president has targeted journalists and suppressed free speech contradicts Bitcoin's core values.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has reportedly targeted journalists with spyware. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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ERC-4626: DeFi's Newest Money Lego

An Ethereum Improvement Proposal wants to standardize a key component in yield-generating strategies.

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The Urgent Need for Regulatory Clarity on Stablecoins

Regulatory attitudes around stablecoins center around three main points of debate, explains former U.S. Ambassador to China and U.S. Senator Max Baucus.

Former U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

Analyses

NFTs Are Finance as an Aesthetic Medium

The fusion of fractionalized art and DeFi opens up new opportunities for art and creative money-making.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Analyses

Crypto Firms Can't Outrun the Travel Rule

Firms need to accept their regulatory responsibilities, says the president of FATF, the global anti-money laundering watchdog.

(Andrew Stutesman/CoinDesk)