WEF 2020


Policy

Why the World Economic Forum Is Creating a Blockchain 'Bill of Rights'

Sheila Warren, the head of blockchain for the WEF, argues the technology needs a set of principles for staving off potential misuse.

Davos 2020 image by Aaron Stanley for CoinDesk

Policy

The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real

When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they'll confront an essential question, says Circle's Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain's ability to create value for people around the world?

WEF

Policy

Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization

The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing.

Davos 2019 image via Aaron Stanley for CoinDesk

Policy

Currency 'Cold War' Takes Center Stage at Pre-Davos Crypto Confab

Cryptocurrencies could be at the heart of a new Cold War, at least according to some investors at the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz.

Young Sohn, Kavita Gupta and Cameron Winklevoss pose for a selfie at the CFC St. Moritz conference. (Photo courtesy of CFC St. Moritz)

Tech

Fake News on Steroids: Deepfakes Are Coming – Are World Leaders Prepared?

What 2018 and 2019 were to blockchain and cryptocurrencies on the WEF stage (met with a healthy mix of intrigue and skepticism), 2020 will be to synthetic media, also known by the ominous-sounding euphemism “deepfakes.”

Davos 2019 image via Aaron Stanley for CoinDesk

Policy

Ahead of Davos, What Can Cash Teach Us About Crypto?

"I have long held that, were cash invented today, it would be dismissed by policymakers, bankers and law enforcement as dystopian, absurd and dangerous."

Davos 2019 image via Aaron Stanley for CoinDesk

Markets

Storming the Gates: How 'Crypto Davos' Became a Thing

How the crypto industry can (and has) influenced the premier gathering of the world's economic and political elite.

Davos 2019 image via Aaron Stanley for CoinDesk

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