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All Custodial Crypto Exchanges Should Adopt Proof-of-Reserve Programs, but Even That Isn’t Enough

After last week’s FTX debacle, customers who don’t wish to take custody into their own hands should demand far better from their service providers.

The partnership aims to close ties between traditional banking and decentralized finance. (Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin (Magic Internet Money!) Again Proves Less Volatile Than Stocks

The Federal Reserve stirred up markets last week, but bitcoin was less reactive than plain old stocks.

(DALL-E, CoinDesk)

Finance

Can You Believe It? Bitcoin Looks Stable – Green, Even – as Big Tech Stocks Fall Apart

While a repeat of the super-rally seen in the second half of 2021 might not be likely, that era did come to mind last week as bitcoin showed strength.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Means Absolutely Nothing Without Censorship Resistance

The battle for how to regulate cryptocurrency might handicap the entire value proposition if we simply apply the same old rules to a new way of moving money around.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin and Stocks Took a Gut Punch; the Builders Hardly Noticed

Instead of waxing poetic about why the price of bitcoin “doesn’t matter,” TABConf attendees got down to the business of trying to break bitcoin’s commerce layer.

Kickoff event of TABConf 2022 at NCR Corporation Headquarters. (George Kaloudis)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Is Cool Again; We Can Thank Africa, Prudence and Growing Hashrate for That

It has been a tough year for crypto mining industry, but the industry is primed for a rebound soon.

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Finance

Sorry, Ether: Sound Money Doesn’t Exist and Neither Does 'Ultra' Sound Money

Sound money should reliably store value over time. No currency – not bitcoin, not ether, not the U.S. dollar – seems to be doing that these days.

(VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/Getty)

Finance

How Crypto Sectors Are Trading Through the Dollar Strength 'Tsunami'

Not all cryptocurrencies are the same; how they react to a world with inflation and higher interest rates greatly depends on what sector they are in.

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Finance

Institutions Are Still 'Wait-And-See' With Ethereum

Big investors still seem to like bitcoin more, but their interest in ether is growing.

Investors have adopted a wait-and-see approach toward Ethereum after the Merge. (geralt/Pixabay)