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The Many Ways Crypto Won in This Election

The dust is starting to clear on the election and no one won bigger than crypto. Aubrey Strobel looks at how the new Trump Administration could help the industry moving forward.

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How Tokenized Money Market Funds Dulled the Stablecoin Star

Regulatory uncertainty around yield-bearing stablecoins has allowed regulated tokenized yield-bearing instruments like money market funds to steal thunder, says Aaron Kaplan, co-CEO of Prometheum.

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The Post Web: Read, Write, Own, Delegate

The last decade of Web3 has battle-hardened a stack of distributed architecture and incentive games. While too complex for individuals to operate at scale, this technology is primed for AI and the agentic internet, says Outlier Ventures’ founder and Chairman, Jamie Burke.

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Crypto for Advisors: Post-Election Review

A week after the election, crypto sentiment remains strong. Polymarket, bitcoin and a possibly more efficient and crypto-positive government are all tailwinds to look forward to.

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Film Development Needs an On-Chain Business Model

The company behind hits like Wall Street, American Psycho and Conan the Barbarian has a fresh take on how to bring daring cinema to life. Here’s Sam Pressman to explain.

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Your Idea of a Memecoin Community Is Wrong

Web3Auth co-founder and CEO Zhen Yu Yong believes that memecoins are more than community-building machines and sources of speculation. They’re a new type of liquidity vehicle applicable across modern finance.

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The Real Winner of the 2024 Elections: The Crypto Industry

The 2024 elections marked a significant turning point for the crypto industry, with a pro-crypto president-elect advocating for the U.S. as the "crypto capital of the planet," paving the way for a shift from regulatory enforcement to a clearer, more predictable regulatory framework that will facilitate mainstream adoption and innovation in the sector, says Christopher Perkins.

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Beating Bitcoin

Crypto market returns today exhibit a power law distribution, where a few top performers can significantly boost a portfolio's overall results, says Felician Stratmann.

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Hard Way to Make An Easy Living: Profiting in A New Altcoin World

Altcoin trading is following a similar path to online poker as the game is getting considerably tougher. But there will continue to be windows of “easy money”, says David Zimmerman, a research analyst at K33 Research.

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How Escape Hatches Can Boost Crypto’s Reputation

Liquidation, hacks and thefts have plagued the industry. It’s time for a hard-wired cheat-proof feature that pays on-chain creditors in an orderly way, says StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson.

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