Explainers

A “brainwallet” refers to a private key that is stored in the user’s memory in the form of a seed phrase or a passphrase.

By Colin Harper

Oct 14, 2020 at 1:32 p.m. UTC

Oct 14, 2020

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Policy

Self-sovereign identity

Self-Sovereign Identity Explained

Heard the phrase "self-sovereign identity"? Here is what it means and how it could change your experience of the internet.

By Jeff Wilser

Oct 1, 2020 at 7:56 p.m. UTC

Oct 1, 2020

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Tech

Nfts

The Inevitable Marriage of Yield Farming and NFTs, Explained

NFTs had managed to be expensive but they had not managed to be liquid – not until DeFi thinking intervened.

By Brady Dale

Sep 28, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. UTC

Sep 28, 2020

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Markets

Volatility

Violent Reflexivity: Why Market Movements Are More Aggressive Than Ever, Feat. Corey Hoffstein

How the Fed and the rise of passive investing and volatility strategies have combined to make market movements faster and more severe.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Sep 23, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Sep 23, 2020

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Tech

Bitgo

Supply of Tokenized Bitcoin on Ethereum Now Tops $1.1B: Here's Why

The supply of BitGo’s wrapped bitcoins (WBTC) topped 76,000 after setting an all-time record of nearly 21,000 WBTC minted within one week. Here’s why.

By William Foxley

Sep 22, 2020 at 6:31 p.m. UTC

Sep 22, 2020

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Economy

The Decade of the Living Dead: How Zombie Companies Are Robbing Tomorrow’s Economy

The percentage of companies that can’t afford to pay the interest on their debt has reached a new all-time high in the wake of central bank intervention.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Sep 15, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Sep 15, 2020

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