A European Central Bank Blog Decries the End of Bitcoin, and We Aren’t Buying It
Plus: What happens when you go from bitcoin-only to … not?
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Dec 4, 2022 at 3:50 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2022
Crypto Long & Short
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Some Things to Be Thankful For, Even Though Everything in Crypto Is On Fire
This has been an overall bad year for crypto, but here are some positive things.
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Nov 27, 2022 at 3:45 p.m. UTC
Nov 27, 2022
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Crypto Markets Are Suffering – but Is It Really ‘Contagion’?
Sure, this crypto credit contagion is bad, but it’s unlikely to spread to other markets.
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Nov 20, 2022 at 3:45 p.m. UTC
Nov 20, 2022
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All Custodial Crypto Exchanges Should Adopt Proof-of-Reserve Programs, but Even That Isn’t Enough
After last week’s FTX debacle, customers who don’t wish to take custody into their own hands should demand far better from their service providers.
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Nov 13, 2022 at 3:45 p.m. UTC
Nov 13, 2022
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Bitcoin (Magic Internet Money!) Again Proves Less Volatile Than Stocks
The Federal Reserve stirred up markets last week, but bitcoin was less reactive than plain old stocks.
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Nov 6, 2022 at 2:45 p.m. UTC
Nov 6, 2022
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Can You Believe It? Bitcoin Looks Stable – Green, Even – as Big Tech Stocks Fall Apart
While a repeat of the super-rally seen in the second half of 2021 might not be likely, that era did come to mind last week as bitcoin showed strength.
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Oct 30, 2022 at 2:45 p.m. UTC
Oct 30, 2022
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Crypto Means Absolutely Nothing Without Censorship Resistance
The battle for how to regulate cryptocurrency might handicap the entire value proposition if we simply apply the same old rules to a new way of moving money around.
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Oct 23, 2022 at 2:50 p.m. UTC
Oct 23, 2022
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Bitcoin and Stocks Took a Gut Punch; the Builders Hardly Noticed
Instead of waxing poetic about why the price of bitcoin “doesn’t matter,” TABConf attendees got down to the business of trying to break bitcoin’s commerce layer.
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Oct 16, 2022 at 2:53 p.m. UTC
Oct 16, 2022
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Bitcoin Mining Is Cool Again; We Can Thank Africa, Prudence and Growing Hashrate for That
It has been a tough year for crypto mining industry, but the industry is primed for a rebound soon.
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Oct 9, 2022 at 2:23 p.m. UTC
Oct 9, 2022
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Sorry, Ether: Sound Money Doesn’t Exist and Neither Does 'Ultra' Sound Money
Sound money should reliably store value over time. No currency – not bitcoin, not ether, not the U.S. dollar – seems to be doing that these days.
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Oct 2, 2022 at 2:50 p.m. UTC
Oct 2, 2022