Opinion


Opinion

Mining Bitcoin Is an Act of Freedom

Because it is an act an of service, CryptoQuant researcher Burak Tamaç writes in a Mining Week essay.

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Opinion

A Bully Pulpit for Debanked Nigel Farage, Crypto for Everyone Else

The British Brexiteer could call on the media and his far-right friends in his debanking fight. But most of us aren't so lucky.

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Opinion

Enhancing Profitability of Wind and Solar Through Bitcoin Mining

It's all about solving "the duck curve" problem on the grid. This op-ed is part of CoinDesk's Mining Week.

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Finance

Unblocking Crypto: How to Access The Asset Class

Analytics can offer insight into how recent and past crypto and regulatory events have affected prices and movement.

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Opinion

Why France Is Emerging as a European Crypto Hub

The country is setting policies meant to attract Web3 companies, as it fosters its wider tech industry.

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Opinion

Twitter Is Dead. Long Live Crypto Twitter?

Elon Musk's rebranded X.com used to be the white-hot center of the crypto world. What comes next?

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Opinion

Bitcoin Mining Is an Oligopoly, and Proof-of-Stake Isn't Any Better

Current ways of securing blockchains are essentially zero-sum games where miners win when users lose, Boto founder Breno Araujo writes.

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Policy

Crypto Must Take Fraud Prevention Seriously: Crypto Long & Short

Countries that enable regulatory technology while avoiding reliance on legacy bureaucratic approaches will be a breakaway leader in cryptocurrencies.

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Finance

A Wall Street (Crypto) Analyst’s Take on ChainLink: Crypto Long & Short

If the LINK token were a stock, here’s what an analyst might say.

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Opinion

It’s Time for Miners to Stop With the Gimmicks

Publicly-traded miners are prone to pursue marketing stunts as a way to raise their stock prices. Press releases about AI and HPC initiatives are the latest examples. This op-ed is part of CoinDesk's Mining Week.

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