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Imagining the Future AI and Web3 Can Build
20.4.2023
How AI and Web3 will form the next iteration of the internet, Sandy Carter writes
A16z’s hyped-up orange balls revealed to be an L2 rollup client
20.4.2023
An earlier series of tweets sharing images of orange balls were the precursor to the announcement of a client for layer-2 solution Optimism
Blockchain Meets Bonds: How Crypto Can Solve Long-Standing Issues in Capital Markets
19.4.2023
The future of debt instruments is being built today, Arca’s Anthony Bufinsky writes
Olaf Carlson-Wee: Crypto Is the Great Wealth-Redistribution Machine
19.4.2023
In an interview ahead of Consensus, the early Coinbase employer turned investor-philosopher discusses crypto’s product-market fit, ideas no one gets and living the good life
The Big Issues of Stablecoin Issuance
19.4.2023
Here are the key issues as the House Financial Services Committee hears testimony about stablecoin regulation
Post-Shapella Hard Fork: Ethereum Deposits Exceed Withdrawals, Wait Time Climbs, ETH Transfer Fees Jump
19.4.2023
It has been a week since Ethereum’s Shapella hard fork, and statistics indicate that ethereum deposits on April 18 have exceeded withdrawals for the first time since the upgrade. At present, 929,999 ether worth $1.94 billion is pending withdrawal, and over the past three days, 112,568 ether...
If Crypto OGs Are Being Hacked, Where Does That Leave the Rest of Us?
18.4.2023
Bitcoin’s 'Store-of-Value' Narrative Is Real but Not a Price Mover
18.4.2023
Longer-term narratives matter, argues Noelle Acheson, but they don’t set the price. That is set by short-term sentiment, which is both contagious and fickle
How OFAC’s Tornado Cash Sanctions Violate U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights
18.4.2023
In filing a “friend of the court” brief, the Blockchain Association argues that financial privacy is fundamental – even in the digital realm
A Technologist’s Approach to Explaining What Crypto Fixes
18.4.2023
Environmental Impact of AI Models Takes Center Stage Amid Criticism Against Bitcoin Mining
18.4.2023
While bitcoin’s effect on the environment has been discussed at length over the last two years, the latest trend of artificial intelligence (AI) software is now being criticized for its carbon footprint. According to several headlines and academic papers this year, AI consumes significant...
Nervous About Crypto Taxes? Donate Your Profitable Holdings Instead
17.4.2023
If you hold crypto that has appreciated in value for more than one year, you won't need to worry about paying capital gains taxes and you’ll reap the benefits of one of the most generous deductions in the tax code, Adam Nash writes
Hannah Siegel-Gardner: What's Next for NFTs?
17.4.2023
In a CoinDesk interview, Art Blocks’ Chief Marketing Officer Hannah Siegel-Gardner takes us behind-the-scenes at a leading startup in the emerging field of generative art
Draft U.S. Stablecoin Bill Shows Major Difference Between Stablecoins and CBDCs
17.4.2023
Who Really Benefits From CBDCs? It’s Not the Public
17.4.2023
The only people benefitting from central bank digital currencies are lobbyists, tech companies and, yes, central banks, say the Cato Institute’s Nicholas Anthony and Norbert Michel
Decentralization Is the Point, and We’re Not Talking Enough About Why
17.4.2023
The internet has a habit of producing companies that dominate their industry because of network effects. The answer is the decentralization and openness that only blockchain technology affords, says EY’s Paul Brody
What DeFi Must Sacrifice to Appease Regulators
17.4.2023
The “internet financial system” is a pro-compliance, but pro-privacy framework to build crypto protocols which satisfy regulators and consumers
Centralized Stablecoins Are Problematic. Is a Decentralized Alternative on the Way?
17.4.2023
USDC and USDT both have issues that truly decentralized, blockchain-based protocols are designed to solve
Reclaiming Purpose in Crypto: CoinDesk's Projects to Watch 2023
17.4.2023
The original cryptocurrency, bitcoin, was invented to solve a problem. We returned to that inspiration to spotlight 19 blockchain, crypto and Web3 projects and the big problems they seek to solve
Much Ado About =Nil;
17.4.2023
The mysterious company that calls itself nothing is helping zero-knowledge firms to scale blockchain quickly and cheaply. That’s something. And that’s why =nil; Foundation is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023