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Opinion

A crowd gathers outside the New York Stock Exchange following the Crash of 1929. (Library of Congress)
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Bitcoin
Black Thursdays: Bitcoin's 5 Worst Crashes
Oct. 24, 1929, (aka “Black Thursday”) is infamous in stock market history. As part of CoinDesk's Trading Week, we are taking a look back at some of the worst crashes in crypto...
A crowd gathers outside the New York Stock Exchange following the Crash of 1929. (Library of Congress)
By Helene Braun
Oct 24, 2022 at 12:12 p.m. UTC
Oct 24, 2022
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(DALL-E/CoinDesk)
Finance
Crypto long & short
Crypto Means Absolutely Nothing Without Censorship Resistance
The battle for how to regulate cryptocurrency might handicap the entire value proposition if we simply apply the same old rules to a new way of moving money around.
(DALL-E/CoinDesk)
By George Kaloudis
Oct 23, 2022 at 2:50 p.m. UTC
Oct 23, 2022
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(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)
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Money reimagined
Hardliners Stymie Online Identity Innovation
Lack of middle ground between blind crypto idealists and blinkered monetary regulators hampers self-sovereign, privacy-enhanced identity solutions.
(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)
By Michael J. Casey
Oct 21, 2022 at 5:04 p.m. UTC
Oct 21, 2022
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Hodlonaut, who sued Craig Wright in Norway and won. (Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)
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The node
In Craig Wright Verdict, Reality Prevails
The BSV grift limps towards its ignominious end.
Hodlonaut, who sued Craig Wright in Norway and won. (Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)
By David Z. Morris
Oct 21, 2022 at 4:48 p.m. UTC
Oct 21, 2022
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(Liana Qu/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
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Opinion
Hodling Shielded Assets Is the Best Way to Maintain Privacy
The best way to gain privacy in crypto is to hold funds in a shielded asset. The longer you hold your funds, the stronger your anonymity set becomes.
(Liana Qu/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
By Ian Sagstetter
Oct 21, 2022 at 3:43 p.m. UTC
Oct 21, 2022
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Opinion
In Defense of Aptos, Crypto's Punchline This Week
The much anticipated blockchain by ex-Facebook employees was off to a rocky start.
(Stefan Steinbauer/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
By Daniel Kuhn
Oct 20, 2022 at 6:22 p.m. UTC
Oct 20, 2022
OpinionThe NodeNewslettersAptosSolanaethereum killer
NIKE high top sneaker in neon lights (Unsplash)
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Web3
Nike’s Venture into Web3 Isn’t About Tech – It’s About Culture
Nike has embedded itself into the fabric of Web3 culture before the competition has even taken off.
NIKE high top sneaker in neon lights (Unsplash)
By Jake Stott
Oct 20, 2022 at 3:13 p.m. UTC
Oct 20, 2022
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Ethereum
The Ethereum Killers Are All Zombies Now
The Merge made it starkly visible to the world, but blockchain insiders have known for years that Ethereum’s assassins have fired their shots and missed.
(Daniel Jensen/Unsplash)
By Paul Brody
Oct 19, 2022 at 5:11 p.m. UTC
Oct 19, 2022
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Terra Community AMA with Do Kwon (April 2021) (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)
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Do kwon
Do Kwon's Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy World
In his latest interview from nowhere, the Terra founder and international fugitive offers “a window into the mind of an unapologetic sociopath."
Terra Community AMA with Do Kwon (April 2021) (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)
By David Z. Morris
Oct 19, 2022 at 3:42 p.m. UTC
Oct 19, 2022
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