MoneyReimagined

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin’s Warning for Central Banks

Bitcoin's rising price reflects declining faith in the existing financial system. Will central bankers like Christine Lagarde take notice?

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin’s Road to Gold

Bitcoin may not be "digital gold" just yet. But with institutions accepting the business case and the price rising, it's well on the way.

Money Reimagined: Your Data, Our Humanity

At stake as we debate the data-monopolizing power of the internet’s biggest companies: the future of what it means to be human.

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin’s Tug of War as Wall Street Moves In

As Wall Street buys bitcoin, crypto faces a fight for its soul. On the one side is mainstream acceptance. On the other: its cypherpunk roots.

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin vs. Gold Is a Battle of Narratives

The success of a store-of-value asset, like bitcoin or gold, isn't just a matter of durability, fungibility or scarcity. It's about whether people believe in it.

Bitcoin Is the Biggest Big Short

Short-sellers help identify weaknesses in capital markets. Bitcoin helps us see what's wrong with the financial system.

Money Reimagined: The US’ Kodak Moment

China's moves on digital currency have potential to rock the global economy. The U.S. risks getting left behind, like Kodak.

Money Reimagined: Crypto-Informed Ideas for the Future of Government

The latest column from CoinDesk's chief content officer features big ideas for rethinking government in the internet age.

Money Reimagined: Who Are the Real Monsters?

Next to the frightening creatures of the legacy financial system, bitcoin is the normal, wholesome outlier, like the niece from TV’s “The Munsters.”

Money Reimagined: ‘They Starve’: The Ugly Side of the US’ KYC-AML Obsession

Laws like the Bank Secrecy Act, which turns 50 this week, have helped stop money laundering and terrorism. But KYC and AML requirements have served to harm the world's neediest through higher costs and reduced services.

Money Reimagined: How Ethereum 2.0’s ‘Lockup’ Will Drive DeFi Innovation

As Ethereum's 2.0 upgrade locks up serious ether volume, we're likely to see financial ideas that unlock value without undermining mission.

Money Reimagined: Fixing the Internet’s Big Flaw

In an age when data leads to economic domination, shifting control is a really impactful way to empower individuals.