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Ripple Could Leave US If ‘Hostile’ Regulatory Environment Doesn’t Change, Chairman Tells Fortune
Larsen told Fortune that nearly every country in the world has more favorable crypto regulation than the US.
The UK Bans Crypto Derivatives
The crypto industry reacts to a big move from the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which banned crypto derivatives.
CoinDesk Live: Inside the Ethereum Economy
Why all the hype behind yield farming and food-inspired tokens? Should investors take them seriously or are they a fading trend?
CFTC Enforcement Director McDonald to Leave This Week
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Tuesday Division of Enforcement Director James McDonald will depart the agency this Thursday, Oct. 8. McDonald has served as director of Enforcement since April 2017.
Guggenheim, MoMA-Collected Artist to Release Digital Artwork on the Blockchain
A prominent Taiwanese-American multimedia artist considered a pioneer of internet-based art is releasing her work on blockchain-based platform MakersPlace.
Are Central Bank Coins the End of Financial Privacy?
As the European Union gets more serious about a digital euro, most central bank digital currencies intend to remove the anonymity of cash.
US Senator Toomey Highlights Digital Currency Regs as He Eyes Banking Panel Chairmanship
Senate Banking Committee member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said Monday that he intends to take up digital currency regulation and payments system reform if he becomes the committee’s next chairman.
Confessions of a Sharding Skeptic
CoinDesk spoke with developers about the kinks in Ethereum 2.0’s sharding-based scaling approach that still need to be worked out.
Inflation Is the Cruelest Tax
A reading of a new piece on inflation from the Wall Street Journal that NLW argues shows a shifting mainstream narrative.
‘The Fed Meetings Are a Dead Spectator Sport’ – Best of The Breakdown September 2020
A monthly recap featuring conversations with Luke Gromen, Raoul Pal, Tavi Costa, Sven Henrich, Corey Hoffstein and Michael Saylor.
Every Credit Card a Tribe, Every Crypto Coin a Scaling Debate
Lana Swartz’s “New Money” is a book that will force crypto users to ask: What does using ETH or BTC or XLM or ATOM say about me?
‘Good Reason to Worry’: What the BitMEX Indictment Means for DeFi and Bitcoin, Feat. Stephen Palley and Preston Byrne
Crypto legal experts join to discuss the U.S. government’s case against BitMEX and its implications for the broader ecosystem.
Cosmos Gains Traction in India Amid Broader Crypto Resurgence
Cosmos and its ATOM token are finding success among university students in India during the 2020 bull market.
10 Popular Investing Beliefs We Should Be Questioning
NLW dives into a viral twitter thread asking people which financial conventional wisdom they disagree with.
Why Hardnosed Bitcoiners Should Learn to Love DeFi
Stacking sats and decentralized finance are more similar economic modes than most realize.
Thirst Traps Explode on NFT Platforms, With Predictably Controversial Results
Sexy collectibles are taking off across NFT platforms like Rarible. Could this be the crypto version of OnlyFans?
DeFi Summer; Bitcoin Fall
The attention may have been with DeFi when it was warm, but as the cold winds of COVID-19 return fears and election volatility blow, bitcoin is resuming narrative dominance.
So Now They’re Hacking DeFi Protocols Before They’ve Even Launched?
When the DeFi degens caught wind of a new pre-release Andre Cronje project they piled in, only to get $16 million hacked away in a flash.
Coinbase’s New Policy: Anti-Woke or Just a Joke?
CEO Brian Armstrong’s letter has not just the crypto world but the larger world of tech and business talking about the role of corporations in society.
