Opinion


Opinion

Crypto-Friendly Does Not Mean Crypto-Easy

U.S. crypto regulation has much to learn from Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. But while these jurisdictions offer legal clarity around digital assets, they also have some of the toughest rules in the world, says CoinDesk’s Emily Parker.

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Opinion

What We Know About the Massive Ledger Hack

The latest crypto exploit, affecting security firm Ledger and a number of popular DeFi protocols, is a moment of levity for some.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: ETH Staking in 2024

In today's issue of Crypto for Advisors, we share what advisors need to know about how ETH staking works and what’s coming.

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Opinion

The Ends of Aragon

Aragon had a dream to remake capitalism with decentralized autonomous organizations. As it faces a governance crisis, what can we learn about how to organize DAOs in the future?

Aragon YouTube promotional video from 2018.

Opinion

The Tether Killer? A True Stablecoin Would Enhance Banking and Crypto

A U.S. dollar pegged stablecoin backed only by cash in a bank could help expand the money supply without causing inflation and improve the banking sector, attorney Daniel Wheeler argues.

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Markets

Why 2023 Is Like 2020 and Bitcoin Is Set to Head Towards $50k

Crypto derivatives show bullish positioning but are not over-extended by historical norms. That’s good news for the whole crypto market.

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Markets

Bitcoin Has Gifts This Holiday Season

Historical data helps us understand what to expect as crypto markets once again head upwards, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.

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Opinion

Warren’s Crypto Bill Is Likely Unconstitutional. It’s Also Unlikely to Pass

Democratic lawmakers signed on to sponsor the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act. The bill is bad for crypto in the U.S., even if it never gets through Congress.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

A Difficult Truth: The Unspoken Mismatch of Web3 and Generative AI

Generative AI workloads are designed to be computationally intensive, running on highly parallelizable GPUs. What role does that leave for blockchain? Jesus Rodriguez, of IntoTheBlock, explores one possible solution.

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Opinion

Explaining Bitcoin’s ‘Flash Crash’

The cryptocurrency's volatility cuts both ways.

Arbitrage trade opens up on TX (Alexander Grey/Unsplash)