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NFT Subscriptions Are Better Paywalls
Turning subscriptions into a bearer asset is better for everyone, says our media columnist. This article is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.
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Web 3 and the Rise of Small Media
Taking on Web 2's ad bot-infested business model with Sybil-resistant media.
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The Future of NFTs Is Fungible
The many NFT communities that have sprung up this year are finding that it’s not so easy to manage a community with unique tokens alone.
Balloons in a digital space. (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)
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A New Era of Media Begins With Tokenization
Substack alone won't save publishing: The future of online content is where "money legos," communities and media meet.
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BitGreet Lets You Gift Bitcoin with Christmas Cards
A service called BitGreet is letting users spread more than just seasonal cheer – it lets users attach bitcoin to its Christmas e-cards.
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Bitcoin Price Rockets To One-Year High on Record Volumes
The price of bitcoin has hit its highest level in the last year, trading at $436 and climbing at press time.
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'Satoshi' Denies Being Wright Amid Doubts Over PGP Data
Someone claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto has denied being Australian Craig Wright in a post to the bitcoin-dev mailing list.
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Bitcoin World Sceptical About Claims Craig Wright is Satoshi
The bitcoin world appeared unconvinced that Wright is indeed the man behind the world's most popular cryptocurrency.
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Brock Pierce: Bitcoin Foundation 'Close To Running Out of Money'
Meeting minutes, published yesterday, show board chairman Brock Pierce declaring that the Bitcoin Foundation is "close to running out of money".
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Hands On With Visa Europe's Bitcoin Remittance App
Visa Europe Collab walked us through the bitcoin remittances proof-of-concept prototype they built with the startup Epiphyte.
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