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At World Economic Forum This Year, Panels Debated Blockchain 'Case Studies'
In efforts to avoid association with the FTX collapse, conversations shifted away from "crypto" and more to specific applications of the underlying blockchain technology.
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Crypto Update | Europe Gets Serious About Crypto Rules
With bitcoin holding steady near $23K for another day and ether remaining above $1.6K, plus a look at what you missed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.
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World Leaders Warmed to Blockchain at Davos This Year, Despite Crypto Winter
Crypto advertising has dropped at Davos in 2023, but discussions and panels from industry leaders are in full swing.
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Leaders of the BxC at a panel in Davos 2023; Sandra Ro of GBBC, Dave Ford of Eqo Networks, Ken Weber of Ripple, Anna Lerner of Climate Collective, Gregory Landua of Regen Network, Daniel Hwang of BxCi and Chris Krohn of BxC. (Image credit: GBBC)
Solana Foundation, Ripple, GBBC and Others Form Partnership to Promote Crypto Solutions for Climate Change
Climate solutions "makes the most sense" for real-world applications of blockchain, a co-founder of the initiative told CoinDesk.
Leaders of the BxC at a panel in Davos 2023; Sandra Ro of GBBC, Dave Ford of Eqo Networks, Ken Weber of Ripple, Anna Lerner of Climate Collective, Gregory Landua of Regen Network, Daniel Hwang of BxCi and Chris Krohn of BxC. (Image credit: GBBC)

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Crypto Bankruptcies Are Very Complicated
The FTX, Voyager, Celsius and BlockFi bankruptcy proceedings are proving how complicated they really are.
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What To Expect From Davos 2023
What To Expect From Davos 2023
Could the World Economic Forum’s meeting rebuild trust in crypto? That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."
What To Expect From Davos 2023

World Economic Forum Head of the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems Matthew Blake (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)
Crypto Industry Is Still 'Embryonic,' WEF Finance Lead Says
I spoke recently with Matthew Blake, who looks at the future of finance (among other things) at the World Economic Forum, on the industry’s prominence during this year’s meeting.
World Economic Forum Head of the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems Matthew Blake (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, governor of the Bank of Thailand, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
‘This Is the Usual’: Thai Central Bank Governor on CBDC Pilot Delay
A retail central bank digital currency will probably replace cash but not other means of payment out there, including private methods, the governor said.
Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, governor of the Bank of Thailand, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says the tokenomics of MiamiCoin, a private cryptocurrency that promised to benefit his U.S. city, are off. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
'I Don't Push Anything': Mayor Francis Suarez on MiamiCoin
Suarez, who praised the MiamiCoin initiative last year, said bad tokenomics may have led to the private cryptocurrency created to benefit the U.S. city shedding 95% of its value in a matter of months.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says the tokenomics of MiamiCoin, a private cryptocurrency that promised to benefit his U.S. city, are off. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Thoughts From Davos
The crypto industry showed up in force at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.
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