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How Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Effective’ Altruism Blew Up FTX

The Alameda Research and FTX founder believed he had singular insight into how to fix the world's problems. Instead, he wound up exemplifying them.

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The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Culture

Crypto's first token created a culture and then a monster.

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What Are Solarpunk and Lunarpunk Anyway?

Two environmentally focused fictional microgenres have become cornerstones of the Web3 aesthetic. Here’s how that happened.

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Who Is Building Ethereum's Public Goods?

The aim of Web3 isn’t exploitation, but "regeneration" of nonstate and noncorporate infrastructure.

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The One Word That Defines Ethereum’s Goals

Bitcoiners aim for "hyperbitcoinization;" the world computer is built for "hyperregenization."

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What Happens When You Die in the Metaverse?

Ethereum’s founder proposed “soulbound tokens” to give digital identity value. Is there a price to be paid?

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Martin Shkreli Is Back. He Loves Crypto

The flawed former hedge fund manager is looking to reinvent himself as a crypto entrepreneur. Buyer beware.

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The Transhumanist Case for Crypto

If death is a disease, is bitcoin the cure?

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Getting Philosophical

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, a vocal crypto advocate, shared Austrian economist Murray Rothbard’s book “Anatomy of the State” in a tweet that was received positively by bitcoiners but confused some libertarians. “The Hash” panel discusses Dorsey introducing voluntarist ideas to the masses and the implications for the politics of Twitter and the overall crypto community.

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What Blockchain Oracles Do Not See

Blockchain promises an immutable history of on-chain data. But the “ledger of record” is merely a new way to manufacture consent.

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