Opinion


Finance

Craig Wright’s Latest Funhouse-Mirror Legal Adventure

The whole thing has the bizarre air of a snake eating its own tail, except neither the snake nor the tail actually exist.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 05:  Chief Scientist, nChain Dr. Craig Wright speaks on stage during CoinGeek Conference New York at Sheraton Times Square on October 05, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek )

Finance

NFTs Take Over NYC

Five takeaways from a momentous week for non-fungible tokens.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Will Bitcoin Win When the Fed Stops Buying Bonds?

The cryptocurrency has been viewed as a hedge against inflation.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (CoinDesk archives)

Tech

The Cube Movement

The frenzy for Tungsten Cubes may seem like a frivolous meatspace meme. But some profound truths lurk within all that heavy metal.

This four-inch tungsten cube weighs as much as those ridiculously huge dumbells at the far end of the rack – a whopping 40 pounds. (Midwest Tungsten)

Tech

Carbon Offsets Are a Distraction for Crypto

Companies like BitMEX shouldn’t follow the corporate trend in buying these financial assets and build renewables instead.

(Ashes Sitoula/Unsplash)

Policy

Why Stablecoin Regulation Isn’t ‘Urgent’

The risks are real, but today’s report looks like a power grab.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (C) listens to President Joe Biden during a hybrid meeting with corporate chief executives and members of his cabinet to discuss the looming federal debt limit in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Each of the meeting participants spoke in dire terms about the negative national and global economic reaction to Congress failing to raise the limit and the U.S. defaulting on its debt. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tech

The Metaverse We Didn’t Ask For

Does anyone want Facebook’s take on this old-new idea?

(Richard Horvath/Unsplash)

Tech

The Tragedy of the Third Coin

As crypto moves increasingly mainstream, many retail investors seek an alternative to bitcoin and ethereum.

(Say Cheeze Studios/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Facebook Steals Another Crypto Idea for Its Nonsensical Rebrand

Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse has little to do with the open, interoperable vision first articulated by the blockchain industry.

CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg walks with COO of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg after a session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 08, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Policy

Jack Dorsey Is Right About Inflation – Partly

The Twitter CEO’s comments reflect a lack of trust in central bank monetary policymaking.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)