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Money Reimagined: NFTs Can Help Create a New Internet

Facebook's Trump decision illustrates the web's over-centralization. But NFTs show the way to a new model of development.

Business  ·  7 May 2021
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Iran’s Bitcoin Bet and the Money Wars to Come

Iran's push to license bitcoin mining could help it evade U.S. sanctions. But the plan is likely to help some of its people more than others.

Markets  ·  30 April 2021
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Dogecoin and the New Meaning of Money

Dogecoin's popularity reflects big power shifts due to social media and twin financial crises. There's no more important story for the reimagination of money, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

Markets  ·  23 April 2021
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Money Reimagined: Can Coinbase Live on The Street?

Coinbase's listing ties the company to a centralized system that encourages short-termism over long-term growth, says our chief content officer.

Markets  ·  16 April 2021
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Money Reimagined: The Coinbase Catalyst

CoinDesk's chief content officer on how Coinbase's listing next week could drive new investor interest in crypto startups and ideas.

Markets  ·  9 April 2021
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Crypto as a Payment System? Here We Go Again

How many users will take advantage of PayPal’s Crypto at Checkout feature? Skepticism is warranted, given the technology’s track record in commerce, says CoinDesk's Executive Editor.

Business  ·  2 April 2021
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Money Reimagined: NFTs Can Learn From DeFi’s Growth

Once the frenzy around NFTs subsides, the category will need new ways to grow. DeFi is one promising avenue, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

Business  ·  26 March 2021
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Money Reimagined: Bitcoin’s Green Imperative

Despite its current environmental footprint, Bitcoin can play a part in creating a cleaner, more efficient energy system.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 March 2021
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Money Reimagined: Why Quantitative Easing Is Here to Stay

The U.S. dollar’s reserve currency status, usually seen as a source of American might, is now hindering the Federal Reserve’s monetary sovereignty.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 March 2021
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Money Reimagined: Crypto Speculation Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Speculation is the basis of American capitalism and it's driving, not hindering, the development of a crypto-based economy.

Markets  ·  5 March 2021
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Money Reimagined: COVID Economy Shows Monetary Failure

The growing divide between financial and real worlds points to the need for a new form of money. Plus: a special podcast about NFTs.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 February 2021
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Money Reimagined: Tucker Carlson Is Right About Financial Privacy

Say what you will about the Fox News host, but he deserves credit for highlighting Bank of America’s transaction snooping, writes Marc Hochstein.

Business  ·  19 February 2021
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Money Reimagined: Musk Masters the Attention Economy

Bitcoin's recent surge shows the power of celebrity and how, like it or not, influencers create value in the modern economy.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 February 2021
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Money Reimagined: Enterprise Blockchain Isn’t Dead

Corporations find blockchain technology challenging to use. But it's much too early to write off enterprise applications wholesale.

Business  ·  5 February 2021
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Money Reimagined: Narratives Wall Street Can’t Control

It used to be that Wall Street dictated the big stories around finance. It’s unclear whether that’s still the case.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 January 2021