Year in Review 2020


Finance

Why I'm Long Crypto, Short DLT

"Too many champions of crypto want to be the epicenter of decentralization," says our columnist.

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Markets

Pantera's Paul Veradittakit's 2021 Predictions

What is bringing us closer to a decentralized financial future?

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Markets

Crypto Needs to Engage With the World

Look beyond the casino-like financial experiments that currently offer only speculation and “get rich quick” schemes, says Cosmos' cofounder.

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Markets

The Blockchain NFT Wars Are Here

NFTs could become a trillion-dollar industry, but not before its scalability issues are adequately addressed, says the co-founder of Immutable.

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Markets

Druckenmiller, Jones and Bitcoin’s Perfect Trading Machine

Speculators like Stanley Druckenmiller and Paul Tudor Jones love to play the game. Just don't pin them down to a side, says our columnist.

Paul Tudor Jones II on CNBC

Policy

Central Banks Had to Up Their Money Game This Year – And They Did

Faced by the rise of stablecoins and other blockchain experiments, central banks had to rethink their roles in the world this year.

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Markets

Author Ben Mezrich on Capturing the Winklevii and Plans for a 'Bitcoin Billionaires' Movie

Mezrich, who wrote the book that became "The Social Network," says that movie failed to present the real Winklevoss twins.

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Finance

Public Blockchains Are Set to Reshape Global Commerce (2020 Was the Start)

EY's blockchain leader says blockchain technology's biggest impact will be in lowering transaction costs in the global economy.

EY blockchain lead Paul Brody

Markets

You Say You Want a Bitcoin Revolution

The way the Beatles revolution was corporatized has lessons for Bitcoin's future. It needs to remain true to its roots.

Justin Wales

Markets

Where Peer-to-Peer Finance Grabbed Hold This Year

Paxful's Ray Youssef says Nigeria, China, India, the U.S. and Vietnam were leading markets for peer-to-peer finance.

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