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Policymakers Shouldn't Fear Digital Money: So Far It's Maintaining the Dollar's Status

U.S. policymakers are worried CBDCs and crypto will harm the dollar's reserve status. But maybe they have it backwards, writes CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter.

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Markets

CoinDesk's New Opinion Section: The Future of the Financial System Is Up for Debate

Announcing CoinDesk’s new opinion section, a place for discussion on the future of money and all the interesting questions that surround crypto and blockchain as ideas.

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Policy

A Safer Harbor: Improving Hester Peirce's Proposal for Regulating Token Sales

Hester Peirce's safe harbor proposal would benefit from greater protections for token holders, say two law professors.

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Policy

Peirce's Safe Harbor is Worth a Look, But It May Not Be Worth the Effort

Hester Peirce's idea may not be formally considered by the SEC, but it could help refine and define future crypto regulation, say two advisers.

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Markets

Preston Byrne: Peirce's Safe Harbor Proposal Would Be Hilarious if It Weren’t so Serious

In his first column for CoinDesk, Preston Byrne responds to Hester Peirce's proposal for a token sale safe harbor.

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Policy

Hester Peirce: Tell Me How to Improve My Safe Harbor Proposal

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has proposed a new way to regulate token sales. If there are better alternatives, she wants to hear about them.

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Markets

Erik Voorhees: Within Five Years There Will Be a Major Financial Meltdown and Crypto Will Be Ready

When ShapeShift implemented KYC requirements, Erik Voorhees lost 95 percent of his users. But he remains as committed to crypto as ever.

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Policy

When Corporations Violate Privacy, They Do Concrete Harm

There are tangible safety implications to consumer privacy violations, says Lindsey Barrett of Georgetown Law.

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Tech

No, a Blockchain Wouldn’t Have Prevented the Iowa Caucus Debacle

If anything, blockchains add meaningful complexity, which means more ways things could go wrong under imperfect, or real-life conditions.

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Markets

Crypto and the Latency Arms Race: Market Microstructures

Max Boonen, CEO of market maker B2C2, looks at recent trends in crypto market infrastructure.

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