Opinion


Finance

The Pandora Papers Show Why People Love Crypto: You Can’t Trust the Powerful

The same offshore fig leafs helping elites to dodge taxes have underpinned decades of rampant state-backed abuse.

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a defence think tank, on September 6, 2021 in London, England. Mr Blair, who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007, reflected on the roots of Islamist extremism and the consequences of the Afghanistan withdrawal. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Tech

Web 3 Is Where the Young People Are

The massive Facebook outage caused major disruptions yesterday, but also showed how attention is shifting away from gated, centralized platforms.

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Policy

Higher Education Needs a Michael Saylor

Rather than vainly trying to reinvent themselves, colleges could take a simpler route to modernity and buy bitcoin.

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Policy

You Can’t Use a Trillion-Dollar Coin

It isn’t just a cute but faulty idea. It’s worthless.

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Finance

Who Really Wants Corporate NFTs?

The reaction to TikTok’s new crypto collectibles suggests NFTs still have a publicity problem.

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Finance

Is Mozilla Trying to Sabotage Distributed Identity?

The browser developer’s straw-man objections to the W3C standard raise questions of motive.

Disputed Game, 1850. Artist Thomas Hewes Hinckley. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Finance

Can Crypto Put a Price on Community?

With a new collection of NFT access keys, Crypto Packaged Goods promises mentorship and exclusive investment opportunities. Can you put a price tag on community?

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Policy

Gary Gensler Says Crypto Is a ‘Wild West.’ Others See Pure Capitalism

The SEC chairman wants to marry financial innovation to the regulatory state. Crypto wants a divorce.

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Markets

3 Factors That Make Quant Trading in Crypto Unique

Blockchain technology presents new opportunities for traders with quant strategies, says the founder of IntoTheBlock.

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Opinion

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Volcano Can Be a Model for Cleaner Crypto

The Central American nation is taking its first steps to harness massive natural power sources to mine Bitcoin. The impacts could stretch far beyond the world of crypto.

An overhead view of a geothermal power plant in El Salvador, the site of a new Bitcoin mining installation.(Government of El Salvador)