Opinion

Opinion

The Currency Cold War: Four Scenarios

Stablecoins. Bitcoin. Libra. China's DCEP. Digital $. By 2030, there could be dozens of competing currencies. How will the money wars play out?

Policy & regulation  ·  22 September 2020
Opinion

How Activist Investors Can Help the Digital Assets Industry Mature

Often demonized for acting self-interestedly, activist investors can bring much needed focus to struggling organizations. In crypto, too.

Markets  ·  21 September 2020
Governance

DAOs Will Never Govern the World (at This Pace)

DAOs were meant to fix the broken democratic processes in today's society. They've come up against their own governance roadblocks.

Tech  ·  21 September 2020
Filecoin

How Web 3.0 Creates Value for Users, Not Platforms

There has been a Cambrian explosion of Web 3.0 apps. Let's make sure this evolution continues for decades to come.

Tech  ·  18 September 2020
Newsletters

Money Reimagined: Climate-Friendlier Crypto

How Bitcoin can improve its energy efficiency, reduce its climate impact and help manage the electricity grid.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 September 2020
DeFi

Stop F**king Around With Public Token Airdrops in the United States

The SEC’s slowness in ruling on DeFI's legality "is not a waiver of its enforcement power," says our columnist.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 September 2020
Opinion

Say Hello to the Singularity

Blockchain will be the operating system of the "technological singularity" – for better or worse.

Tech  ·  17 September 2020
Opinion

How Crypto Can Win Over Washington, DC

The crypto industry can't ignore the government if it hopes to go mainstream. There's too much at stake.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 September 2020
Opinion

Enterprises Need Third Parties for Oracles to Work

Decentralized, oracle-based systems, like Chainlink's are unworkable for financial services without third-party verification.

Business  ·  14 September 2020
Newsletters

Money Reimagined: Ending Money’s Distance Trap

The internet made location irrelevant for information. Can it do the same for money?

Policy & regulation  ·  11 September 2020
DeFi

DeFi Mania Proves We Learned Nothing From the ICO Run-Up

DeFi is making money out of nothing but other people's misery. Five thousand years of history tell us how this tale will end.

Markets  ·  10 September 2020
DeFi

The Revolution You’ve Been Awaiting: Fintech + DeFi

Fintech and DeFi are showing new ways forward for finance. When they combine, outdated intermediaries will really be in trouble.

Markets  ·  10 September 2020
Opinion

Bitcoin, Mescaline and Parallel Worlds

From conspiracy theories to magical internet money, humans have bought into shared belief systems to make sense of reality.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 September 2020
Opinion

Banks Are Toast but Crypto Has Lost Its Soul

In becoming a high-risk, high-yield playground for dollar investors, the cryptocurrency world sold out, says our columnist.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 September 2020
DeFi

DeFi’s Good, Bad and Ugly

Have we forgotten the ICO craze and how long it took to revitalize the crypto industry's image?

Markets  ·  8 September 2020