Opinion


Policy

Banks Likely to Adopt Stablecoins Cautiously Despite Guidance

Banks face a stablecoin conundrum: Build their own projects, with all the overhead that implies, or work with well-placed existing providers.

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Markets

'Market Battleship': Why It's Rigged and How DeFi Can Help

Individual investors, even when operating in a swarm, are destined to lose. How do I know? I helped design the game.

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Markets

How Traditional Exchanges Are Boosting Crypto Adoption

With ETPs, indexes and derivatives, exchanges have started meeting demand for regulated crypto products, explains Kaiko's head of research.

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Finance

The Intangible Reasons Ethereum and Bitcoin Lead

In open-source development, where there's little privileged intellectual property, intangibles like brand and community matter more.

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Policy

Wall Street Shifts Focus From Blockchain Infrastructure to Crypto Assets

Enterprise blockchain technology has been underwhelming but financial institutions are investing heavily in digital assets, a new analysis shows.

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Markets

Caveat Depositor. How Safe Is Your Stablecoin?

USD stablecoins are created largely outside the dollar system and lack federal deposit guarantees. Investors should be careful.

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Markets

What Bloomberg Gets Wrong About Bitcoin's Climate Footprint

The comparison between Bitcoin and Visa's energy use, reached several highly misleading conclusions, our columnist says.

Cryptocurrency mining profits might grow faster than the price of bitcoin, due to the global shortage of computer chips.

Markets

Unlike the Early Web, Crypto Does Not Need State Patronage

Blockchain doesn't need ARPANET-type government support. But co-ordination and collective action are vital to avoid duplication of effort.

DEFENSE FUNDING: The internet's beginnings can be traced back to the ARPANET, a program funded in the 1960s by the U.S. Advanced Research Project Agency.

Policy

Fundamental Investing Is Alive and Well in Crypto

Ironically, digital assets might be one of the best asset classes for true fundamental investment analysis, says our columnist.

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Finance

Money Reimagined: Enterprise Blockchain Isn't Dead

Corporations find blockchain technology challenging to use. But it's much too early to write off enterprise applications wholesale.

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