Before the recent protests, explaining bitcoin's value proposition to Hongkongers was tricky, says local resident Leo Weese. Now more people appreciate censorship resistance.
Tron's takeover of Steemit is part of a trend: the takeover of decentralized networks by companies that put their own interests ahead of their users.
Bitcoin is often lumped in risky assets like growth stocks, high yield debt, high beta ETFs, venture capital, and emerging markets. In fact, it has many hallmarks of a safe haven in a crisis.
With India's Supreme Court overturning a ban on cryptocurrencies, the blockchain industry has a large new resource of customers and developers.
If central banks flood the global economy with cheap money in response to the coronavirus outbreak, that is likely to help assets like bitcoin, says Kevin Kelly.
Given the threat to US interests posed by a digital yuan and similar projects, you might think candidates would have positions on the future of money. Not so much.
Nothing is more centralizing than a state’s control over decentralized technologies like blockchain and cryptocurrency, says law professor and blockchain adviser James Cooper.
Exchanges sometimes treat depositors' assets like fractional reserves, with disastrous results. Time for regular audits, writes Nic Carter.
Noelle Acheson looks at how the market turmoil could spill over into politics and what that could mean for bitcoin.
In developing blockchain projects, companies often lack an understanding of the economics of networks, and the path to creating long-term monetization.
If states want to promote the use of blockchain tech, they need advisors with solid technical understanding of what they're trying to legislate.
Flash loan attacks are here to stay and are likely to get more serious. DeFi needs to adapt, says a leading crypto VC.
What works for the technical realm of blockchains does not automatically translate to the running of businesses or social organizations.
Real disruption in financial services means creating new plumbing for transactions, not nicer apps on top of existing rails, says CoinDesk columnist Lex Sokolin.
Crypto should work within the existing regulatory structure around securities, rather than reinvent a whole new system.