Opinion

Opinion

OG Status in Crypto Is a Liability

Brady DaleMar 8, 2021

Tenure in crypto yields more respect than it should.

Opinion

Into the Money-verse: Central Banks Under Siege in 2028

Marcelo M. PratesMar 6, 2021

It's 2028. Once-dominant sovereign currencies face intense competition. Meanwhile, someone is attacking the Fed's e-Gov platform.

Opinion

How the NFT Boom Explains Square’s Tidal Buy

Lex SokolinMar 8, 2021

Why on earth would a payments company buy a music streaming service?

Opinion

Money Reimagined: Crypto Speculation Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Michael J. CaseyMar 5, 2021

Speculation is the basis of American capitalism and it's driving, not hindering, the development of a crypto-based economy.

Opinion

The Frustrating, Maddening, All-Consuming Bitcoin Energy Debate

Nic CarterMar 5, 2021

Extrapolating Bitcoin's future energy use based on its current profile leads to some very screwy numbers, says our columnist.

Opinion

Opinion

NFTs, DAOs and the New Creator Economy

Jarrod DickerBrian FlynnPatrick Rivera

Decentralized autonomous organizations, non-fungible tokens: Building blocks for a new media owned by talent.

Opinion

Why CBDCs Are Really Game-Changing

Paul Brody

Central bank currencies are more than payment systems. They are programmable networks for verifiable commerce, says EY's blockchain leader.

Opinion

Regulation Could Actually Help Tether

JP Koning

DeFi has cut into Tether's dominance of the stablecoin market. Will greater regulation help win back customers?

Opinion

Why Cisco Should Buy Bitcoin

Dan Weiskopf

Rather than putting spare cash into its own shares, the networking giant should invest in the future, says an ETF manager.

Opinion

For a Sense of Gensler’s SEC, See His CFTC

Chen Arad

How Gary Gensler approached the $400 trillion swaps market at the CFTC points to how he might approach crypto at the SEC.

Opinion

How Regulating GameStop’s ‘Market Manipulation’ Could Harm Crypto

Benjamin SauterSteven PerlsteinWilliam McGovernDavid McGill

Calls to stop GameStop-type "market manipulation" could open the door to government regulation the crypto industry won't like.

Web 3.0

Lessons from CoinDesk’s One-Day YouTube Shutdown

Michael J. Casey

The helplessness we felt during the suspension points to a much bigger problem for everyone, writes Michael J. Casey.