Crypto Long & Short

Panic on Wall Street, Oct. 24, 1929. (Associated Press/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
Crypto Is Trying Out Traditional Finance’s Failures in Hyperspeed, but It’s Going to Be Fine
What is going to be most interesting here is seeing what happens to bitcoin and other cryptos during these Hard Times.
Panic on Wall Street, Oct. 24, 1929. (Associated Press/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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Hard Times in Crypto: the Unintended Consequences of Going Public
The third and final reflection on a series of risks we’re thinking about during these crypto down days.
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Interdependent protocols and black-box platforms make for a dicey pairing. (Edge2Edge Media/Unsplash)
Opaque Platforms and Intertwined Protocols Pose Big Risk to Crypto
Second article in a series about risks we’re thinking about during these crypto down days.
Interdependent protocols and black-box platforms make for a dicey pairing. (Edge2Edge Media/Unsplash)

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Hard Times in Crypto Lead to Price and Macro Risk
Just the first in a series of risks we’re thinking about during these crypto down days.
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Dusty, a Bitcoin developer, presents Lightning Network splicing which will allow payment channels to easily fluctuate in size. (George Kaloudis/CoinDesk)
Texas Feels Like Bitcoin Country (Maybe Because I Was There for a Bitcoin Conference)
A Bitcoin developer conference last week put three important Bitcoin themes in focus: lightning, design and education.
Dusty, a Bitcoin developer, presents Lightning Network splicing which will allow payment channels to easily fluctuate in size. (George Kaloudis/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Might, in Fact, Be the Great ‘Equalizer’
A new global survey drills in on the perception of Bitcoin around the world, and the findings appear to be generally optimistic for global equity.
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The Bitcoin-Stock Market Decoupling Isn’t Happening Yet, but It Totally Will
When Decoupling? Maybe soon (but probably not).
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China Can’t Seem to Stop Bitcoin Mining
Reported hashrate fell to zero for two months in China last year, but it has since returned rather abruptly.
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The Collapse of UST and LUNA Was Devastating, but There Is Still Hope for Crypto
When a prominent stablecoin and the token that backs it failed, the broader ecosystem certainly was dealt a blow, but ultimately it is surviving.
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