Opinion

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Is Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism Getting Less Toxic?
As BTC gets Wall Street approval and developers build new applications on the network, bitcoiners are ditching some of their previous siege mentality.
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The shiba inu dog behind the DOGE meme. (Atsuko Sato)
Meme Coins Going Legit Is the Worst Thing for Meme Coins
Institutions like Franklin Templeton are taking meme coins increasingly seriously this cycle. But will these joke-y projects run afoul of regulators?
The shiba inu dog behind the DOGE meme. (Atsuko Sato)

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Blockchains Will Upend Economies of Scale
The tokenization of industrial processes will produce a revolution in competition between companies of different sizes, says Paul Brody, head of blockchain at EY.
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Craig Wright Was Finally Called Out in Court and Hodlonaut Is Celebrating
“It hasn't always been easy, but I'm very happy that I stood my ground,” says Hodlonaut of his long legal fight with Craig Wright, who claimed, falsely, to be Satoshi Nakamoto...
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The Biggest Bank Heist in History Is Coming
Regulators are permitting banks to tokenize financial assets such as bank deposits, U.S. Treasuries and corporate debt. But they want institutions to use permissioned networks...
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Crypto for Advisors: The Investment Case of Bitcoin vs. Ether
With the dual tailwind of bitcoin ETF flows and the upcoming halving, is bitcoin the best bet? Not so fast. Ethereum, the next biggest crypto asset by market cap, has a case o...
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Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women by Daniel Hopfer ca. 1515 (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Creative Commons)
Reddit Is Making a Deal With the AI Devil
The social media giant's $60 million real-time data deal with Google is latest example of internet companies selling out their users who have nominally "consented" to share th...
Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women by Daniel Hopfer ca. 1515 (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Creative Commons)

Access to on-chain data confers collective benefits, beyond fulfilling the promise of blockchain. (Marco Bianchetti/Unsplash)
Open Data: The Unfulfilled Promise of Blockchain
On-chain analytics platforms should strive to make their core data more accessible to all rather than arbitrarily gated, Flipside Crypto co-founder Jim Myers writes.
Access to on-chain data confers collective benefits, beyond fulfilling the promise of blockchain. (Marco Bianchetti/Unsplash)

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How a Bitcoin Mixer Laundering Conviction Might Be Appealed
Roman Sterlingov was convicted on four charges related to operating the crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog, a decision noted defense attorney Tor Ekeland intends to challenge.
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Why Prime Brokers Could Be a Source of Crypto Contagion
Prime brokers are a new source of liquidity in this cycle, which could be good and bad in the long-run, says Phillip Moran, CEO of the Digital Opportunities Group.
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