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What Happens When You Try to Sanction a Protocol Like Tornado Cash

Blacklists, contingency plans and calls to decentralize follow in the wake of the U.S. government’s unprecedented move to criminalize a smart contract.

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As Government Takes on the Tornado Mixer, It May Reap a Whirlwind

Tornado Cash isn’t a company, a service or a person – it’s a series of words, and likely protected by the U.S. First Amendment.

Detail of the tomb of monk Johannes Trithemius, author of one of the first Western works on cryptography - and one of the first to be blacklisted. (Wikimedia)

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9 Survival Tips for Crypto Winter

Jeff Wilser gathers advice from traders who've seen this movie before.

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Ethereum Is Getting Cheaper to Use, Even Before the Merge

Fees and on-chain use are leveling out.

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How to Stop Forsage, Meta Force and Other Smart Contract Pyramid Schemes

An SEC indictment notwithstanding, it's not easy to taking down online pyramid schemes, says our columnist. Here are some ideas.

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As Interest Rates Rise, a Silent Vampire Attack on Crypto

Issuers of stablecoins like Tether and USDC are a new rentier-class that's sucking value from the DeFi system, say Alex Fowler and Patrick Murck of Transparent Systems.

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The Fake Team That Made Solana DeFi Look Huge

We already knew that crypto developers cannot always be trusted. But can we even trust the data?

A new CoinDesk report reveals that a major Solana DeFi project was created not by 11 different developers, but two brothers who conducted an elaborate masquerade. (iStock/Getty Images)

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How to Get Into Seed Club, the ‘Y Combinator of Web3'

The popular DAO accelerator offers a 12-week crash course for building a token project.

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Banks Aren’t Going to 'HODL' Bitcoin

New proposals from the Bank for International Settlements are unlikely to lead banks to hold bitcoin. But they could open the door to CBDCs, says our columnist.

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Lessons From the Turkish Government's Hasty Attempt to Regulate Cryptocurrencies

Grassroots action effectively stymied the quick adoption of bad crypto legislation.

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