From the price of coffee to the national debt as a percentage of GDP, these 11 numbers provide a picture of a fast changing global economy.
The Director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives gives an eye-opening, 200-year history of today’s most powerful economic institution.
A reading of Meltem Demirors new essay “Unintended Architecture” asks some key questions about intention setting for the future of Bitcoin.
From the size of a second round of stimulus to COVID-19 litigation to reshoring, last week previewed some key economic issues for the months to come.
As bitcoin retraces slightly after reaching a new 2020 high about $11,000, NLW explores what’s driving the rally and how likely it is to continue.
A primer on, and critical look at, one of Wall Street’s hottest trends: special purpose acquisition companies.
This Long Reads Sunday is a reading of Adam Tooze's recent review of four books on the growing conflict between the U.S. and China.
The Breakdown Weekly Recap covers growing U.S.-China tensions, worsening job numbers and the next casual $1 trillion to $3 trillion in stimulus.
A primer on yield farming, liquidity mining, automated market making and all the other terms shaping the brave new world of decentralized finance.
Why the Fed’s strategy on inflation is changing and why the definition used by America’s central bank may be hurting regular people.
The internet is alive with demos of what the latest artificial intelligence language model can do. Should we be nervous?
Long Reads Sunday features two essays previously published on CoinDesk that show the trajectory of stablecoins in the global economy in 2020.
From PayPal crypto confirmed to action in central bank digital currencies, these were six themes shaping the week.
The motivations and implications of a hack that had everyone from Coinbase to Kanye shilling a scam for bitcoin.
From control of the digital realm to territorial skirmishes, these are the issues shaping an increasingly troubled relationship.