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James McGirk

James McGirk

James McGirk is a senior writer at Spectral Finance and the co-founder of Lonely ROCKS.

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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Using Proof-of-Stake for a Decentralized Credit Bureau
Cryptoeconomics, when it works, creates a hothouse environment to improve legacy financial tools like credit assessments, leading to real consumer and economic gains.
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By James McGirk
Sep 28, 2023 at 3:15 p.m. UTC
Sep 28, 2023
OpinionStaking week 2023
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
The Death of a Discord Server
Large parts of the crypto ecoystem are ditching the popular social media platform in favor of Web3-native communications tools.
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By James McGirk
Jul 14, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Jul 14, 2023
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Trading
Anyone Can Start a Hedge Fund: How On-Chain Credit Changes the Crypto Economy
Undercollateralized loans open crypto into new forms of financing, and could spur a wave of trading activity and capital formation.
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By James McGirk
Oct 25, 2022 at 4:36 p.m. UTC
Oct 25, 2022
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Markets
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Bull Run Democracy, Revisited
In 2017, high-flying bitcoiners attempted to foment democracy in Venezuela by airdropping crypto and paper wallets. What did we learn from these experiments?
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By James McGirk
Jan 7, 2021 at 8:59 p.m. UTC
Jan 7, 2021
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