Opinion


Opinion

Jack Dorsey, Block and the Perils of Making Crypto User-Friendly

Everyone seems to agree that crypto needs to improve its user experience. But at what cost?

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Opinion

The First NFT Monopoly

With Bored Apes and CryptoPunks under the same corporate roof, the NFT market barrels toward further centralization.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

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Ukrainian Crypto Entrepreneur: Bitcoin Is a Lifeline

“These are young people with burning eyes, sitting at their computers around the clock to save their state.”

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Markets

Bitcoin: Gold 2.0? Try Reserve Asset 3.0

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is beginning to send ripples through the global economy that could lead to a new monetary system.

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Opinion

The First Crypto War May Lead to Lasting Peace

However the actual fighting in Ukraine ends, crypto will play a larger role in world affairs.

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Opinion

We Can Vote Away Your Money for Free: The Implications of Juno Prop 16

The proposal appears to be the first major instance of a blockchain community potentially voting tokens out of the hands of a fellow holder.

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Opinion

Elizabeth Warren and the Mysticism of the Crypto-Skeptics

What Jean-Paul Sartre can teach doubters who continue to poo-poo this technology based on limited reasoning.

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Opinion

Safeguarding Our Privacy in an Age of Transparency

Crypto wallets are the new Facebook profile pages. Is that a good thing?

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Opinion

Executing on Biden's Crypto Executive Order

Coordinating a "whole-of-government" approach will be difficult.

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Profile Pic NFTs Are Suffocating Crypto Art

Bored Apes and other "PFPs" have turned digital fine arts into a zoo.

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