Weed Out the Soviet-Era Ponzi Scheme Eating Ethereum
The MMM Ponzi scheme accounts for 10% of Ethereum's transactions and 50% of Paxos's. It's time the Ethereum community did something about it.
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Jul 7, 2020 at 1:05 p.m. UTC
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DeFi Protocols Should Act More Like Fiduciaries
Open protocols can help reform the financial system, says our columnist. But they need to come with safeguards consumers understand.
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Jun 23, 2020 at 1:04 p.m. UTC
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What Fintech Can Learn From Elon Musk and SpaceX
A decade ago, few people believed Elon Musk could pull off a manned space launch, just as skepticism surrounds fintech and crypto today. What can the financial industry learn from SpaceX, asks ConsenSys' Lex Sokolin.
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Jun 8, 2020 at 7:22 p.m. UTC
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The American Empire Is in Decline. Time for a New Economic System
From debt to inequality, the U.S. economy looks like a 1930s disaster waiting to happen. No wonder gold-bugs and Bitcoiners are feeling vindicated.
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May 18, 2020 at 4:26 p.m. UTC
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Facebook's 'Scaled Back' Libra Proposal Is More Dangerous Than You Think
With stablecoin announcements from China and Libra in the same week, the war over the future of money is reaching a new height, says our columnist.
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Apr 21, 2020 at 4:05 a.m. UTC
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Your Crypto Startup Needs a Recession Strategy
A shakeout is coming in crypto venture capital and entrepreneurs should react with a new plan, says our columnist.
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Apr 7, 2020 at 5:56 p.m. UTC
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We Won't Ever Think About the Financial System the Same Way
The last two weeks have proven how vulnerable the financial system is to shocks and innovation, says ConsenSys' fintech co-head.
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Mar 26, 2020 at 12:20 p.m. UTC
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Libra Wanted a Currency, All We Need Are DeFi's Open Payment Rails
Rather than build an alternative currency like Libra, Facebook should concentrate on building new infrastructure, like the open systems in the ethereum-DeFi space, says ConsenSys's Lex Sokolin.
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Mar 10, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. UTC
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Software Ate the World, Here's How It Eats Finance
Real disruption in financial services means creating new plumbing for transactions, not nicer apps on top of existing rails, says CoinDesk columnist Lex Sokolin.
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Feb 26, 2020 at 4:28 p.m. UTC
Feb 26, 2020
We Made No Progress, Other Than All the Progress We Made
Billions have gone into making the distribution of financial products easier. Nothing real has changed in the making of financial instruments, until now, says ConsenSys' Lex Sokolin.
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Dec 17, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Dec 17, 2019