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Post-FTX, Bitcoin Is Ready for its Next Chapter
One year after the exchange's collapse, bitcoin is up nearly 70%. CoinDesk spoke to market watchers to find out what comes next.
How Japan Is Leading the Race to Regulate Stablecoins
Japan’s new law tries to address one of the biggest fears about major stablecoins: Do issuers really have the assets to back them?
How African Students Became Victims of FTX’s Collapse
“We saw an exchange that was supposedly better than every other one we had used, so we let a lot of family and friends get involved with the FTX platform,” FTX Africa’s former education lead Pius Okedinachi told CoinDesk.
‘Elizabeth Warren Chalked the Field’: Former Congressmen Tim Ryan (D) and David McIntosh (R) on the Prospects for Crypto Legislation Before the Election
David McIntosh says the SEC’s approach to crypto “makes the consumer and the investor much more vulnerable.”
Digital Asset Recap Q3 2023: Bitcoin and Ether Outperform Wider Market Amid Regulatory Pressure and the Promise of ETFs
The CoinDesk Market Index fell 11% overall as we saw increased bifurcation between established majors (Bitcoin and Ether) and all other digital asset protocols and projects, writes Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.
Crypto vs. Banks? It’s Not Either-Or for Chainlink, Ripple
Rather than attempting to disrupt banks and other traditional payments systems, these high-profile blockchain developers are looking to court their business.
Does Lido Control Too Much Liquid Staking?
The staking powerhouse dominates the market for liquid tokens. Is this a problem? Marin Tvrdić, a protocol relations contributor at Lido, responds.
How to Stake: 7 Strategies When Starting Out
It’s easy to get carried away with staking on PoS networks like Ethereum. But in the long-term, it pays to be cautious. Pick underlying projects with good prospects, don’t over-leverage, and, above all, embrace boredom over quick thrills, says Jeff Wilser.
The State of Staking: 5 Takeaways a Year After Ethereum's Merge
Ethereum’s switch to proof-of-stake fixed some problems, like environmental damage linked to PoW mining. But it raised new issues, including worries about centralization, MEV and censorship, say Margaux Nijkerk and Sam Kessler.
A $27M Crypto Loss Reveals a Toxic Mix of Money-Hungry Traders and DAO Idealists
It wasn't only the $90,000 spent on naming rights for a rare Ecuadorian frog species that turned off members of this decentralized blockchain-powered community project; some savvy arbitrageurs just wanted their share of the project's treasury.
