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How to Build a Compliant Crypto Exchange Post-Coinbase
6.6.2023
Crypto isn’t going anywhere — though Coinbase might — so what the market needs is a fresh start: new exchanges that can avoid the ever-present threat of SEC enforcement by being structured correctly in the first place, writes Preston Byrne
The Lightning Network Doesn’t Fix Everything Wrong With Bitcoin
5.6.2023
And that’s okay
Bridge Exploits Cost $2B in 2022, Here’s How They Could Have Been Averted
2.6.2023
The bridges that are essential to our multi-chain cryptoverse are vulnerable to hacks. But an analysis of some of the biggest exploits of the past year reveals that applying multiple security measures in combination could have blocked the attacks, writes Gnosis co-founder Martin Koppelmann
What AI Governance Can Learn From Crypto’s Decentralization Ethos
2.6.2023
Prominent critics of AI development are calling for government intervention to stave off the threat of human extinction. But we need more than centralized regulation of this industry, argues Michael J. Casey
Apple and Goldman Sachs Don’t Trust Their New Banking Customers
2.6.2023
“Security Reviews” are locking up Apple Savings accounts for weeks on end, as a blunt-force anti-money laundering system turns customers into suspects
Why Elizabeth Warren Is Wrong About Crypto and the Fentanyl Epidemic
1.6.2023
For Financial Advisors, Real World Assets Could Be a Safe(r) Path to Crypto
1.6.2023
Financial Advisors should consider Real World Assets (RWA) as a way to approach the digital asset sector, minus most of the volatility
Covering the 2024 Presidential Election
31.5.2023
It gives me no pleasure to report that less than six months into this Congressional term, the 2024 election season has become fully underway. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) officially declared his candidacy last week, though he appears to have been laying the groundwork (campaigning) for quite...
The PulseChain Sideshow Tent Is Collapsing
31.5.2023
Welcome to Bizarro Crypto, where actually launching a project is the worst possible plan
A House Bill Would Make It Harder for the SEC to Argue Crypto Tokens Are Securities
31.5.2023
The five-page, bipartisan Securities Clarity Act by Representatives Tom Emmer and Darren Soto would significantly reduce uncertainty for both crypto investors and issuers, write Bain Capital Crypto’s Tuongvy Le and Khurram Dara
Sell Crypto Volatility in May, and Go Away?
31.5.2023
The recent calm in bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) should not lull market participants into a false sense of security
Washington Ignored Crypto for Now. That’s Good for Bitcoin.
31.5.2023
A huge tax on BTC miners didn’t make it into a deal to resolve the battle, and a separate provision might actually (unintentionally) help them
Should Russia Bolster or Ban Bitcoin?
30.5.2023
The country reportedly backed out of plans to build a "national crypto exchange," its latest sign of indecision
Striving for the Impossible: Reasonable Crypto Debate
26.5.2023
Debates in crypto are increasingly polarized and politicized, as a recent CoinDesk story about a controversial mining plant in New York shows
Worldcoin and the Intellectual Decline of Venture Capital
26.5.2023
Centralized Exchanges Are Here to Stay
25.5.2023
If Crypto Is the Future, Advisors Need to Embrace It Now
25.5.2023
Skyrocketing debt, rising inflation and bank runs are contributing to an uncertain financial landscape. Crypto can help FAs navigate this future
DeSantis and the Growing Culture War Around Bitcoin
25.5.2023
How Crypto Can Help Secure AI
25.5.2023
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence create unique safety challenges. Can skills and approaches honed by the crypto community make AI safe for humanity?
Excavating the Truth Around the Bitcoin Mining Discourse
24.5.2023
Last year, a group of CoinDesk reporters traveled to Seneca Lake to examine the effect Greenidge Generation – a resurrected power plant that now mines bitcoin – had on the surrounding communities. Though we expected to hear locals say they disliked the plant and its continued operation, we found...