Columnist

Jill Carlson, co-founder of Open Money Initiative

Finance

Don't Obsess Over Crypto End Users, We Still Need Developers to Build the Back End

It’s not all about the needs of end users. Let's focus on the wants of the developers and dreamers who build crypto infrastructure, says CoinDesk columnist Jill Carlson.

Jill Carlson, co-founder of Open Money Initiative

By Jill Carlson

Feb 19, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. UTC

Feb 19, 2020

OpinionColumnistJill Carlson

Policy

Policymakers Shouldn't Fear Digital Money: So Far It's Maintaining the Dollar's Status

U.S. policymakers are worried CBDCs and crypto will harm the dollar's reserve status. But maybe they have it backwards, writes CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter.

Feb 19, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Feb 19, 2020

Policydigital currencyOpinionUS DollarColumnist

Illustration by Cheryl Thuesday

Markets

Preston Byrne: Peirce's Safe Harbor Proposal Would Be Hilarious if It Weren’t so Serious

In his first column for CoinDesk, Preston Byrne responds to Hester Peirce's proposal for a token sale safe harbor.

Illustration by Cheryl Thuesday

By Preston J. Byrne

Feb 18, 2020 at 2:15 p.m. UTC

Feb 18, 2020

SECOpinionHester PeirceSafe HarborColumnist