Where the U.S. Government Went Wrong in Regulating Crypto
A former public servant writes about why she started paying attention to crypto, particularly the regulatory missteps.
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Mar 26, 2023 at 10:45 a.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Was a Winner During the U.S. Banking Crisis, but Illiquidity Prevents It From Being a USD Hedge
While capital flowed into bitcoin amid a period of uncertainty, the cryptocurrency’s fractured liquidity arguably played the largest role in its surge.
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Mar 25, 2023 at 10:45 a.m. UTC
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Bank Consolidation Threatens Freedom, Makes Case for Bitcoin
The biggest threat from the banking crisis triggered by this month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank might not lie in the potential for depositors to lose their savings but in the censorship power that massive banks are now accumulating as customers move their money.
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Mar 24, 2023 at 5:13 p.m. UTC
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A Sudden Onset of Hyperinflation: What Will Happen to Bitcoin?
If the world is thrust into hyperbitcoinization – as Balaji Srinivasan predicts – before the ecosystem is ready, then even bitcoiners might not be in a position to use bitcoin.
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Mar 24, 2023 at 4:34 p.m. UTC
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Decentralized Media Via Web3: A Solution to Bias and Trust Issues in News?
Ashley Rindsberg – a speaker at CoinDesk's Consensus festival – argues that the New York Times has a track-record of dangerous misreporting. Is "DeMe" the answer to what skews to the media?
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Mar 24, 2023 at 4:29 p.m. UTC
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The SEC’s Scattershot Approach Shows Its Weakness
By taking aim at high-profile targets including Coinbase, Justin Sun and Lindsey Lohan, the SEC showed it doesn’t have the resources to effectively police the crypto industry.
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Mar 23, 2023 at 5:26 p.m. UTC
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Just Saying No to Digital Dollars Means Cementing the Surveillance Status Quo
Political attacks on CBDCs give a pass to existing government and commercial oversight of financial transactions and forfeits opportunity to shape global standards in accord with American values, says Christopher Giancarlo, co-founder of the Digital Dollar Project.
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Mar 23, 2023 at 4:06 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Is the Solution to Bank Runs, Not the Cause
Self-custody, transparency and immediate settlement are just a few ways that crypto could prevent loss of funds.
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Mar 23, 2023 at 12:45 p.m. UTC
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In Defense of a Digital Dollar
Fears about mass financial surveillance are real with CBDCs, but banning them, as Republicans have recently proposed, will not help. Instead, more research is needed, says Ananya Kumar.
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Mar 22, 2023 at 8:51 p.m. UTC
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Gov. Ron DeSantis, Privacy and the Politicization of the Digital Dollar
The putative presidential candidate’s legislation to ban a CBDC at the state level is constitutionally unworkable. But it’s still worrying for the future of money in the U.S., says JP Schnapper-Casteras.
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Mar 22, 2023 at 8:02 p.m. UTC
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