Opinion

Governance

DeFi Governance Needs Better Tokenomics

The Fei stablecoin's troubled launch last week reveals a misalignment in how DeFi projects are sometimes governed, say two RMIT researchers.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 April 2021
Crypto Taxes

How to Minimize Your Crypto Taxes

Your tax strategy may be every bit as important as your investment strategy, say two crypto tax experts.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 April 2021
Newsletters

There’s Certified Fair Trade Coffee, So How About Certified and Persistent NFTs?

As the hype dies down, the pressure is off to mint every NFT imaginable for a quick buck and the industry can turn its attention to less sexy but crucial foundational matters.

Tech  ·  12 April 2021
Opinion

Predicting the Future Is Easy, Profiting Is Hard

There are obvious crypto investments to make but, judged by the dot-com boom, they may not be the best ones, says EY's blockchain lead.

Markets  ·  12 April 2021
Opinion

The Node: Bitcoin, Warts and All

If mass adoption is the aim, we might as well tell the truth about what that world looks like. The whole truth.

People  ·  9 April 2021
Newsletters

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
Cosmos

Visa and PayPal Can Be the Cosmos and Polkadot of CBDCs

Existing payment players have a head start in the race to integrate central bank digital currencies worldwide, says our columnist.

Business  ·  9 April 2021
Newsletters

China, the Convenient Foil

Peter Thiel is both right and wrong in calling bitcoin a tool that could empower China and challenge the U.S. dollar.

News  ·  8 April 2021
Mining

Miners, Front-Running-as-a-Service Is Theft

There's a simple word for projects that seek to advantage miners while systematically exploiting blockchain users, say three researchers.

Markets  ·  7 April 2021
Newsletters

The Accidental Crypto Lobbyist

Our reporter contacts state lawmakers for clarification and ends up inadvertently reshaping a bill.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 April 2021
Newsletters

Google’s Win for Open Source

“What happened here, that no one expected, is the Supreme Court found fair use as a matter of law," tech lawyer Marta Belcher said.

News  ·  6 April 2021
CBDCs

The Real Trouble With Cross-Border Payments

Blame governments, not technology, for costly and inefficient international payments. But private cryptocurrencies could help.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 April 2021
Opinion

There’s More to Inflation Than the Money Supply

The printer may be going "brrrrr" but increasing the money supply doesn't necessarily lead to inflation, writes EY's blockchain leader.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 April 2021
Newsletters

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
DeFi

Uniswap’s ‘Token’ Issue

A battle between a decentralized exchange and a token project raises questions over what level of control creators can exercise in crypto.

News  ·  1 April 2021