Opinion


CoinDesk Indices

Still Learning After All These Years

CoinDesk Indices’ Andy Baehr on grass roots crypto adoption and paying forward the “gimmick.”


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How to Ensure Blockchains Are Really Decentralized

Decentralization is fundamental to blockchain technology, offering resilience and resistance to censorship, but is the industry focused on the right incentives to drive decentralization? By Pablo Larguía

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Why Ether Could Outperform Bitcoin in 2025

There are growing signs that ether is poised to lead its more well-established rival in the new year.

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How Web3 Is Disrupting AI Cloud Computing

Data security is broken and blockchain holds the key, says David Attermann.

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Three Questions Reveal Your Ideal Bitcoin Allocation

How multi-asset investors can assess bitcoin's compatibility with their portfolios and identify the optimal allocation that aligns with their specific objectives. By Markus Thielen.

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Why a U.S. Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Is Critical to Fending Off China

China has been waging a decades-long war against the U.S.’s greatest asset — the dollar. A bitcoin reserve would go a long way toward regaining our influence.

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Blockchain Fragmentation Is a Major Problem That Must Be Addressed in 2025

For true interoperability to exist, we have to take a step back and re-approach blockchain modularity from a fresh perspective.

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Why 2025 Will See the Comeback of the ICO

Crypto's original killer use case was decentralized capital formation. In 2025 ICOs will make a major return, but this time with very different characteristics.

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2025 Will Be the Year That AI Agents Transform Crypto

An AI agent helped drive a memecoin to a billion-dollar market cap this year, but the real crypto x AI innovations are coming in 2025.

AI agent tokens has garnered significant mindshare among crypto traders, growing into a multibillion dollar asset class. (Getty Images/Unsplash)

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What the Key Metrics for Onchain Activity Say About SOL, ETH and Other Chains in 2025

In a sea of noise, the real winners of Web3 will be those who turn raw on-chain data into actionable signals for sustainable growth.

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