The promises made for blockchain are a pipe dream that is unsubstantiated and misleading, says Farzam Ehsani.
Bitcoin Payments Aren’t Dead, They’ve Just Gone Niche
Accepting crypto payments can help niche businesses build deeper relationships with customers – as this real-world example shows.
The Map Is Not the Territory: Rethinking Crypto as an Asset Class
Crypto as an asset class? Investors would do well to learn it’s not a one-size-fits all classification.
Proof of Keys Explained: Bitcoin’s First Planned ‘Bank Run’ Is Today
Participants in the “Proof of Keys” movement will be taking their money out of third-party bitcoin services, moving it to accounts only they control.
How to Last the Crypto Winter? Seek Simplicity, Manage Complexity
Decred’s Jake Yocom-Piatt explains in this exclusive op-ed why he thinks information asymmetry is a key factor driving the manic buying and panic selling cycles in the crypto markets.
The Secret for a $1 Trillion Crypto Market? Keep Building
Sure, the crypto market boom of 2017 exposed the industry’s lack of infrastructure. That just means the solution is clear – we must build it and keep building.
Resisting the Threat of Blockchain Recentralization
In an op-ed written exclusively for CoinDesk, Chelsea Palmer argues that defining blockchain governance must be a priority for 2019.
Fidelity’s Man: Can Tom Jessop Bridge Crypto and Wall Street for Good?
CoinDesk profiles Fidelity’s Tom Jessop, who is leading the firm’s effort to link the worlds of digital assets and Wall Street.
Crypto Mom’s Crusade: Inside the SEC, Hester Peirce Is Putting Up a Fight
Having worked over a decade in government before becoming a commissioner to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Hester Peirce is a regulator well-versed in matters of both rulemaking and securities law.
McCaleb’s Quiet Comeback: Breakups, Breakdowns and Stellar’s Big Break-Out
CoinDesk profiles Jed McCaleb, the early cryptocurrency evangelist who created Stellar, now the world’s sixth-largest coin by market cap.
A Psychic Visit with Nouriel Roubini: The Mother and Father of All Crypto Skeptics
CoinDesk profiles Nouriel Roubini, the NYU professor who won’t buy the crypto hype – no matter what the price or the market says.
Bitcoin’s Warrior Queen: Lightning’s Elizabeth Stark Is Building an Army
CoinDesk profiles Elizabeth Stark, a woman entrepreneur leading a new phase for bitcoin, the world’s largest and most valuable cryptocurrency.
In Bed With Brenna Sparks: Porn’s Rising Star Might Be Crypto’s Best Advocate
CoinDesk profiles Brenna Sparks, the SpankChain advisor who is equal parts porn star and cryptocurrency evangelist, during a recent visit to Las Vegas.
Ethereum’s New Radical: Glen Weyl Isn’t Vitalik But He’s Its Next Best Hope
CoinDesk profiles author Glen Weyl, whose radical ideas are reviving development on the world’s third-largest blockchian, ethereum.
Crypto’s King Midas: Backstage With CZ, the CEO Who Can’t Be Stopped
The root of CZ’s appeal goes beyond his occasional semi-outlaw status, to the way he exudes its core belief in cryptocurrency so effortlessly.
Bitcoin’s Next Halving Rally: Coming Soon in 2019
Get ready for talk about bitcoin’s halving – the once-in-a-while event that won’t happen in 2019, but that just might have an impact on the markets.
2018 Was the Reality Check. 2019 Starts the Crypto Comeback
Micah Winkelspecht is CEO and founder of Gem, a crypto portfolio app company based in Los Angeles, The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review. If 2017 was the year of irrational exuberance, 2018 became the year of reality checks when the market sputtered and crashed. I predict that this year will […]
Blockchain Gaming: Separating Signal from the Noise
Games frequently serve as an experimental playground for new technology, writes David Finzer.
The End of the First Crypto Decade
Massimo Morini is a veteran in investment banks and financial institutions including the World Bank. Some of his research on blockchain was reported here and here. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review. The end of 2018 is not the end of a year. It is the end of a decade, a decade that changed the world […]
2018: A Record-Breaking Year for Crypto Exchange Hacks
The CEO of one of the largest crypto security companies recaps his takeaways from the year that was.
