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Brands Will Save Crypto? Be Careful What You Wish For

Legacy platforms and mega-companies are helping usher blockchain frameworks into the mainstream, but we must deliberately build systems over which those corporate machines can’t exert control.

By Michael J. Casey

Dec 2, 2022 at 4:40 p.m. UTC

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Crypto’s Very Human Fatal Flaw: Hero Worship

Misplaced admiration of Sam Bankman-Fried, prior to the FTX collapse, was a natural tendency. To move forward, we must recognize this vulnerability and safeguard with appropriate regulation.

By Michael J. Casey

Nov 18, 2022 at 6:40 p.m. UTC

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Worse Than Enron? The FTX Collapse Leaves Many With Egg on Their Faces

How philanthropy, political connections, and marketing can obscure a much darker reality.

By Michael J. Casey

Nov 18, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

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FTX Lesson: Crypto Needs the Press, the Press Needs Crypto

CoinDesk played a central role in this week’s FTX meltdown, following our coverage of Alameda Research’s suspect balance sheet last week. But the crypto industry's maturation and eventual success requires that we flesh out these unstable structures and bad practices.

By Michael J. Casey

Nov 11, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. UTC

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A Growing Digital Assets-Based Finance Community: Bermuda Part 2

Central banks vs. the private sector in the development of crypto products like stablecoins.

By Michael J. Casey Sheila Warren

Nov 11, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

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At Stake in the US Midterms: The Future of Money

With some seminal regulatory legislation up for consideration, the makeup of Congress in 2023 matters not only to crypto natives but to everyone.

By Michael J. Casey

Nov 4, 2022 at 3:50 p.m. UTC

Nov 4, 2022

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This Year on the Political Radar: Crypto

The key issues in the voting booth and beyond are being closely followed by both politicians and voters.

By Michael J. Casey Sheila Warren

Nov 4, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

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‘Crypto CAT Bonds’ – A Killer App for Digital Assets?

Innovative crypto insurance could deliver a reliable interest rate-determined return to crypto investors, while helping close the reinsurance funding gap with tens of billions of dollars worth of tokens now being staked.

By Michael J. Casey

Oct 28, 2022 at 5:02 p.m. UTC

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Insurance for Web3, Cannabis and Crypto, With Joseph Ziolkowski

Liability in a decentralized environment and what it means for a crypto ecosystem to assign responsibility.

By Michael J. Casey Sheila Warren

Oct 28, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Oct 28, 2022

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