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Who Sets the Rules of Bitcoin as Nation-States and Corps Roll In

Can a small team of Core developers protect bitcoin’s integrity now it’s a matter of geopolitical relevance? This article is part of CoinDesk’s Future of Money Week.

As Bitcoin gains global prominence, governments or corporations might find reason to interfere with its rules. Can they? (Getty Images)
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The Future of Money: A History

Accounting has defined civilization for centuries. And, now thanks to crypto, we’re going to see accounting 3.0. This essay is part of CoinDesk’s Future of Money Week.

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Ethereum in 2022: What Is Money in the Metaverse?

DeFi, NFTs, stablecoins – most of it started on Ethereum. What about next year? This post is part of CoinDesk’s Future of Money Week.

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The Downside of Programmable Money

Software bugs aren’t the half of it, says Steven Kelly of Yale in a Q&A with CoinDesk. “You can’t preprogram the exigencies of a crisis.”

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Money at the Speed of Thought: How ‘Fast Money’ Will Shape the Future

The sheer speed of crypto is creating a new rhythm to collective financial projects, and it is going to be truly wild.

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The World Bitcoin Will Build

Fix the money, fix the world. The world’s first and largest decentralized monetary network could usher in a more vibrant and just society.

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Stablecoins’ Tenuous Relationships With Banks

For as much as stablecoins market themselves as a nonbank solution, they still need banks, writes Yale’s Steven Kelly for the Future of Money Week.

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Universal Stablecoins, the End of Cash and CBDCs: 5 Predictions for the Future of Money

Decentralized and centralized finance will blur together, El Salvador will be a reality check, and cash and CBDCs will fade away.

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The Radical Pluralism of Money

Money must not always be a unit of account, store of value and medium of exchange.

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The Transhumanist Case for Crypto

If death is a disease, is bitcoin the cure?

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7 Wild Scenarios for the Future of Money

Here the focus is more on fun than functional, more possible than probable.

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Money for Everything: A Future Where Every Inch of Culture Is Monetized

In a fully tokenized future, everything is money. Is that a good thing?

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