Opinion


Opinion

The EU’s Smart Contract ‘Kill Switch’ Mandate Won't Kill Crypto

The European Union is moving forward with regulation that will fundamentally change how crypto projects can operate. But decentralization is still possible.

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Opinion

Why Bitcoin Is Your Best Bet Against Inflation

Angel investor Tatiana Koffman discusses decades of Federal Reserve monetary policy, and why billionaire Paul Tudor Jones once predicted that bitcoin would become a workable inflation hedge.

Fed Chair Paul Volcker (Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

How Bad Is the Binance Suit?

If the commodities cops are taken at their word, Binance sacrificed regulatory compliance for the sake of growth.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Opinion

Macro Is Back to Moving the Digital Asset Markets

Extra-crypto factors retake center stage as digital assets thrive amid a banking crisis, policy response, and credibility loss for the Fed and Treasury.

U.S. Federal Reserve Board in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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US Crypto Firms Eye Overseas Move Amid Regulatory Uncertainty

Citing an ongoing regulatory crackdown, crypto companies are considering shifting to more favorable jurisdictions. Jeff Wilser reports.

Dubai is one of the jurisdictions that could benefit if crypto companies leave the U.S. (shutterlk/Shutterstock)

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The ‘Skull of Satoshi’ Proves Bitcoin Mining Discourse Isn’t Dead

An artist made great art and learned about Bitcoin.

"Skull Of Satoshi" (VonWong Productions)

Opinion

Where the U.S. Government Went Wrong in Regulating Crypto

A former public servant writes about why she started paying attention to crypto, particularly the regulatory missteps.

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Bitcoin Was a Winner During the U.S. Banking Crisis, but Illiquidity Prevents It From Being a USD Hedge

While capital flowed into bitcoin amid a period of uncertainty, the cryptocurrency’s fractured liquidity arguably played the largest role in its surge.

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Bank Consolidation Threatens Freedom, Makes Case for Bitcoin

The biggest threat from the banking crisis triggered by this month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank might not lie in the potential for depositors to lose their savings but in the censorship power that massive banks are now accumulating as customers move their money.

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Opinion

A Sudden Onset of Hyperinflation: What Will Happen to Bitcoin?

If the world is thrust into hyperbitcoinization – as Balaji Srinivasan predicts – before the ecosystem is ready, then even bitcoiners might not be in a position to use bitcoin.

Historic photograph of a German bank during a period of hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic. (Bain News Service/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)