Year in Review 2019

Year in Review 2019

For Quick Wins, Focus on Decentralization Within Existing Businesses

Instead of creating new solutions to replace existing businesses with decentralized ones, startups should focus on improving existing businesses using decentralization.

Tech  ·  21 December 2019
DeFi

3 Under-the-Radar Product Trends for 2020

Here's what 1confirmation partner Richard Chen is expecting to pop in the new year.

Tech  ·  21 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

An Identity Layer for the Web Would Identify Us Everywhere

With the digital subsuming our reality, an identity layer for the web would be an identity layer for our lives.

People  ·  21 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

2019 Set the Stage for DeFi to Go Mainstream

DeFi's biggest strength is the ability to recreate itself and scale endlessly without regulatory approval.

Markets  ·  21 December 2019
Central Banks

A Decade of Quantitative Easing Has Paved the Way for the Age of Digital Currency

Ten years of central bank quantitative easing have fostered big distortions in the global financial system, setting it up for a major architectural shift.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

Crypto Must Embrace the Fringe to Win Over the Mainstream

Leaders should ask who is under-served by the current financial system and how blockchain addresses those needs.

People  ·  20 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

With So Much Debt Around, Investors Need Bitcoin as a Reflation Hedge

Market prices don't reflect rational decisions and central banks can hardly manage inflation. That's where bitcoin comes in.

Markets  ·  20 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

The Central Bank Business Model Is Under Attack

Libra spurred central banks into action on digital currency projects this year.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

Charlie Shrem: What I Still Love About Crypto

A early pioneer in the crypto space reflects on the past year.

People  ·  20 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

How Decentralized Tech Can End the Privacy Crisis in 2020

If we’re not careful, blockchain will be remembered for perfecting the surveillance economy.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

James Ferguson on Decentralized Gaming’s Next Moves

James Ferguson, CEO of Immutable, doesn't think all games need to be on the blockchain, but it wouldn't hurt if they were decentralized.

Tech  ·  19 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

Is Blockchain the Shot in the Arm Healthcare Needs?

Alex Cahana asks whether blockchain can make the medicine go down, in looking for solutions to today's healthcare industry.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

Mind-Bending Narrative Shifts in 2019

When it comes to crypto, narrative shifts represent shifts in mindshare. The most significant narrative of 2019? Digital currency wars.

People  ·  19 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

The Year of the Patient Builder and the Persistent Bully

Trent Larson, Principal Software Developer for Medici Ventures, thinks regulators should let the builders build.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

It’s Not Just the Money, It’s the People in Bitcoin: Anil Lulla

Credible brands are making long-term investments in this technology, says Anil Lulla, co-founder of Delphi Digital, a research boutique.

Markets  ·  18 December 2019