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CoinDesk Turns 10 – 2020: The Rise of the Meme Economy

11.5.2023
As the world locked down for COVID, meme-assets like Dogecoin and Disaster Girl grabbed the attention of a younger generation of retail investors. Three years later, memes are driving value across financial markets. This feature is part of our "CoinDesk Turns 10" series

Cryptocurrency trading addiction: What to look out for and how it is treated

11.5.2023
The epic highs and lows of cryptocurrency trading make traders particularly prone to addictive trading behavior

Rehypothecation May Be Common in Traditional Finance, but It Will Never Work With Bitcoin

10.5.2023
Applying rehypothecation onto bitcoin or crypto ignores the fundamental essence of these assets arising from a core bitcoin innovation, Christopher Calicott writes

If Bitcoin Can’t Handle a Few JPEGs, How Can It Handle the World?

10.5.2023

We Need Regulatory Clarity to Keep Crypto Exchanges Onshore and DeFi Permissionless

10.5.2023
The lack of clear crypto regulation risks sending companies overseas. Congress must bring regulatory clarity to crypto market structure, defining the bounds and appropriate legal treatment of crypto securities, commodities, and exchanges, say Jack Solowey and Jennifer J. Schulp

William Clemente III tips Bitcoin will hit six figures toward end of 2024: Hall of Flame

10.5.2023
Will Clemente III ditched school to become a crypto analyst and says Bitcoin has a strong chance of hitting six figures toward the end of 2024

A Eulogy for a Day Trader's Exchange

9.5.2023
Bittrex, a popular exchange during the initial coin offering (ICO) boom, offered users and the crypto industry invaluable lessons in economics and regulatory affairs

There's No Such Thing as High Fees on Bitcoin

9.5.2023
Bitcoin’s BRC-20 debate is a re-run of the 2015-17 blocksize wars, except this time some of the combatants have changed sides, says Nic Carter

CoinDesk Turns 10: How The DAO Hack Changed Ethereum and Crypto

9.5.2023
The $60 million hack in 2016 led to a controversial revision of the blockchain, and was a factor leading to the ICO boom starting the following year, argues David Z Morris. This feature is part of our “CoinDesk Turns 10” series

Why Author Brady Dale Is 'Drowning' in Sam Bankman-Fried

9.5.2023
Before his business collapsed, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried built one of the cryptocurrency industry's largest exchanges and personal brands by dazzling the media, public and politicians. Axios reporter Brady Dale argues SBF's addiction to fame led to his notoriety

$3.4B of Bitcoin in a popcorn tin: The Silk Road hacker’s story

9.5.2023
The Silk Road hacker lived the high life for a decade with his stolen billions — but was caught due to a transfer of pocket change

Fractional Reserve Banking Is a Fraud (but It's Genius)

8.5.2023

‘Ethical’ SBF game axed, Web3 games sign-up process sucks, Tomb Chaser: Web3 Gamer

8.5.2023
FTX’s kiss of death for Storybook Brawl, Scratch Lord creators make MMA game for Animoca, and why is Web3 game onboarding so awful?

Memecoin sends BTC fees to the moon, miner profits top $50B and more: Hodler’s Digest, April 30-May 6

6.5.2023
Memecoin hype fuels Bitcoin transaction costs, BTC miners block rewards surpass $50 billion and AI’s “Godfather” warns of technology dangers

The Need for Clarity in Washington – Not Just on Crypto

5.5.2023
The recent ambiguous messaging from the Federal Open Market Committee's meeting, which left markets struggling to interpret signals from the FOMC statement and Chair Jerome Powell's comments, is typical of the abstruse signals that can be found in central bank policy-setting. But new tools, such...