Opinion


Markets

Pantera's Paul Veradittakit's 2021 Predictions

What is bringing us closer to a decentralized financial future?

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Markets

Crypto Needs to Engage With the World

Look beyond the casino-like financial experiments that currently offer only speculation and “get rich quick” schemes, says Cosmos' cofounder.

ethan buchman

Markets

The Blockchain NFT Wars Are Here

NFTs could become a trillion-dollar industry, but not before its scalability issues are adequately addressed, says the co-founder of Immutable.

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Policy

Central Banks Had to Up Their Money Game This Year – And They Did

Faced by the rise of stablecoins and other blockchain experiments, central banks had to rethink their roles in the world this year.

marcelo prates

Finance

Public Blockchains Are Set to Reshape Global Commerce (2020 Was the Start)

EY's blockchain leader says blockchain technology's biggest impact will be in lowering transaction costs in the global economy.

EY blockchain lead Paul Brody

Markets

You Say You Want a Bitcoin Revolution

The way the Beatles revolution was corporatized has lessons for Bitcoin's future. It needs to remain true to its roots.

Justin Wales

Markets

Where Peer-to-Peer Finance Grabbed Hold This Year

Paxful's Ray Youssef says Nigeria, China, India, the U.S. and Vietnam were leading markets for peer-to-peer finance.

ray youseff

Markets

COVID and Big Tech Burnout Are Pushing Social Tokens Mainstream

Before this year, social tokens were an intriguing but mostly hypothetical way to build a creator community, says the founder of Rally.

Lil Yachty

Markets

What This Digital Asset Investment Firm Missed and Capitalized On in 2020

Arca's CIO on DeFi's big year, bitcoin's ascent to “mainstream global investment” and the promise of digitizing the live sports experience.

Jeff Dorman

Markets

The Pandemic Turbocharged Online Privacy Concerns

In 2021, battles over the future of online privacy – and therefore the nature of the internet itself – will come to head, says Orchid's CEO.

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