President Biden needs to reform the global financial system and avoid a 1930s-style depression. Digital currencies can help.
Bitcoin's rising price reflects declining faith in the existing financial system. Will central bankers like Christine Lagarde take notice?
Bitcoin may not be "digital gold" just yet. But with institutions accepting the business case and the price rising, it's well on the way.
At stake as we debate the data-monopolizing power of the internet’s biggest companies: the future of what it means to be human.
As Wall Street buys bitcoin, crypto faces a fight for its soul. On the one side is mainstream acceptance. On the other: its cypherpunk roots.
The success of a store-of-value asset, like bitcoin or gold, isn't just a matter of durability, fungibility or scarcity. It's about whether people believe in it.
Short-sellers help identify weaknesses in capital markets. Bitcoin helps us see what's wrong with the financial system.
China's moves on digital currency have potential to rock the global economy. The U.S. risks getting left behind, like Kodak.
The latest column from CoinDesk's chief content officer features big ideas for rethinking government in the internet age.
Next to the frightening creatures of the legacy financial system, bitcoin is the normal, wholesome outlier, like the niece from TV’s “The Munsters.”
Laws like the Bank Secrecy Act, which turns 50 this week, have helped stop money laundering and terrorism. But KYC and AML requirements have served to harm the world's neediest through higher costs and reduced services.
As Ethereum's 2.0 upgrade locks up serious ether volume, we're likely to see financial ideas that unlock value without undermining mission.
In an age when data leads to economic domination, shifting control is a really impactful way to empower individuals.
Trump's tax returns show the unfairness of the tax system and the need for reform. Blockchain governance offers some ideas.
Sushi. Yams. Hot dogs. DeFi memes may be a joke, but they point to how money is always created: community storytelling. Plus: a new podcast.