With state governments increasing financial sanctions in 2022, crypto services might become as cautious about “risky” users as banks have been traditionally, says Anna Baydakova.
What the IMF Can Teach Binance About Crypto Bailouts
In the aftermath of the FTX fiasco, the world’s largest crypto exchange is rushing to backstop failing firms and protocols. Should it?
Where Is the Ethereum Virtual Machine Headed in 2023? (Hint: Beyond Ethereum)
With apps like Uniswap exploring Layer 2s, dYdX building on Cosmos and the rise of appchains on Cosmos next year seems fit for an explosion of EVM experimentation.
How Crypto Can Repair Its Reputation in Washington
Trust in the industry is at an all-time low, but key stakeholders can still rebuild relationships with regulators and politicians by focusing on what makes crypto unique: trustlessness.
ChatGPT Will Kill Search and Open a Path to Web3
The latest offering from OpenAI, with its ability to immediately answer questions, could end our dependence on Google and its advertising model and force companies to use NFTs to generate revenue.
Apple’s New Encryption Policy Is a Huge Boon for Crypto
Most Underreported Trend in 2022: Crypto Is Embracing Mobile
You can have your metaverse and VR headsets, writes Boyd Cohen in this op-ed. In 10 years he predicts the masses will still be in the real world using smartphones, so if you are a crypto evangelist, jump on the mobile bandwagon.
Did Sam Bankman-Fried Finally Admit the Obvious?
Be Patient: Sam Bankman-Fried Could Go to Prison for a Very, Very Long Time
The former wonder boy could be behind bars for the rest of his life, according to U.S. federal sentencing guidelines.
Why a Divided Congress Is Bullish for Crypto
Economic Unreality: What SEC ICO Precedents Mean for Ripple
BTC Dominance Is Behaving Weirdly, and That’s Sort of Good
It’s likely we are witnessing the consolidation of the crypto market’s speculative nature.
DESK Upgrade on CoinDesk’s Website Offers Tokenized Reader Experience
The social token’s expansion helps CoinDesk establish a Web3-driven feedback loop with readers.
Introducing Consensus Magazine: Putting Web3 in Perspective
Magazines are powerful when they spark dialogue about what’s happening now and could happen in the future. That’s Consensus all over, so we’re renaming Layer 2 after CoinDesk’s annual event.
Most Influential Artist: Adam Levine
The artist made a portrait of crypto critic Molly White, and went down the Web3 rabbit hole she opened up.
Most Influential Artist: Ravi Vora
Most Influential Artist: Sarah Script
The Artist and Technology Behind 36 AI Portraits
How to generate three dozen portraits for the Most Influential 2022 in about a week? Meet Will Ess and Pixelmind.ai, the app that saved this CoinDesk feature from visual ennui.
CoinDesk Got Colorful With the Most Influential 2022 NFT Collection
For the fourth year, CoinDesk has partnered with 14 artists to immortalize on-chain some of the Most Influential 2022, whose NFT portraits will be made available in an exclusive auction being held on Coinbase NFT.
Most Influential Artist: Dave Krugman
The photographer captured his portrait of Erick Calderon at a Bright Moments NFT art event in Mexico City.