Opinion


Finance

How the NFT Boom Explains Square's Tidal Buy

Why on earth would a payments company buy a music streaming service?

Jay-Z

Finance

OG Status in Crypto Is a Liability

Tenure in crypto yields more respect than it should.

A castle in Spain.

Policy

Into the Money-verse: Central Banks Under Siege in 2028

It's 2028. Once-dominant sovereign currencies face intense competition. Meanwhile, someone is attacking the Fed's e-Gov platform.

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.

Markets

Money Reimagined: Crypto Speculation Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Speculation is the basis of American capitalism and it's driving, not hindering, the development of a crypto-based economy.

Speculation

Finance

The Frustrating, Maddening, All-Consuming Bitcoin Energy Debate

Extrapolating Bitcoin's future energy use based on its current profile leads to some very screwy numbers, says our columnist.

Illuminated racks of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining devices  at the BitCluster cryptocurrency mining farm in Norilsk, Russia.

Finance

NFTs, DAOs and the New Creator Economy

Decentralized autonomous organizations, non-fungible tokens: Building blocks for a new media owned by talent.

The Nyan Cat NFT sold recently for 300 ETH, or $590,000 at the time.

Policy

Why CBDCs Are Really Game-Changing

Central bank currencies are more than payment systems. They are programmable networks for verifiable commerce, says EY's blockchain leader.

Federal Reserve building, Washington D.C.

Policy

Regulation Could Actually Help Tether

DeFi has cut into Tether's dominance of the stablecoin market. Will greater regulation help win back customers?

Tether dice

Markets

Why Cisco Should Buy Bitcoin

Rather than putting spare cash into its own shares, the networking giant should invest in the future, says an ETF manager.

Cisco Systems headquarters in San Jose, Calif.

Policy

For a Sense of Gensler's SEC, See His CFTC

How Gary Gensler approached the $400 trillion swaps market at the CFTC points to how he might approach crypto at the SEC.

Former CFTC Chair Gary Gensler