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Opinion

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Markets
Opinion
Finance and the Real Economy Can't Stay Out of Sync Forever
While Main Street is shut down, the financial world keeps moving as quickly as ever. That's not a sustainable situation, says our columnist.
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By Jill Carlson
May 21, 2020 at 8:55 p.m. UTC
May 21, 2020
OpinionCoronavirus
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Markets
Opinion
What I Learned the First Time I Lost a Million Dollars
It doesn't take long to learn how to trade, but it takes a lifetime to learn how to manage risk, says Jeff Dorman, CIO at Arca.
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By Jeff Dorman
May 21, 2020 at 4:39 p.m. UTC
May 21, 2020
Opinion
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Policy
Facebook
Facebook’s Toothless Oversight Board Has Lessons for Blockchain
Facebook's new "oversight" board includes impressive names, but its formal powers are necessarily limited. There are learnings for blockchain governance.
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By Cathy Barrera
May 20, 2020 at 2:16 p.m. UTC
May 20, 2020
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Osho Jha
Markets
Ethereum
Staking Will Turn Ethereum Into a Functional Store of Value
With staking and a surge of demand for stablecoins, Ethereum has everything it needs to become a viable store-of-value network.
Osho Jha
By Osho Jha
May 20, 2020 at 12:03 p.m. UTC
May 20, 2020
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Markets
Halving
Bitcoin's Halving Is Nothing Like Quantitative Tightening
The halving could both increase the rate at which bitcoin’s price rises and bring forward the point at which it crashes, says our columnist.
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By Frances Coppola
May 19, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. UTC
May 19, 2020
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Paul Tudor Jones II on CNBC
Markets
Opinion
PTJ on BTC: Bitcoin Is Now the Macro Big Bet
When a famed macro investor like Paul Tudor Jones invests in Bitcoin, you know it's a serious play. Next step: central banks buying crypto too.
Paul Tudor Jones II on CNBC
By Byrne Hobart
May 19, 2020 at 4:31 p.m. UTC
May 19, 2020
OpinionPaul Tudor Jones
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Finance
Bitcoin mining
The Last Word on Bitcoin's Energy Consumption
What people fail to consider when they criticize Bitcoin's electricity footprint, according to our columnist.
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By Nic Carter
May 19, 2020 at 2:15 p.m. UTC
May 19, 2020
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Empires are able to print their own money until trust in the currency falls, says Sokolin. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Policy
Economics
The American Empire Is in Decline. Time for a New Economic System
From debt to inequality, the U.S. economy looks like a 1930s disaster waiting to happen. No wonder gold-bugs and Bitcoiners are feeling vindicated.
Empires are able to print their own money until trust in the currency falls, says Sokolin. (Credit: Shutterstock)
By Lex Sokolin
May 18, 2020 at 4:26 p.m. UTC
May 18, 2020
EconomicsOpinionMoney
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Policy
Opinion
Winners and Losers in the US' $1,200 Check Blitz
Wealth and age determine when and how 250 million Americans get their stimulus payments, says our columnist J.P. Koning.
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By JP Koning
May 18, 2020 at 1:33 p.m. UTC
May 18, 2020
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Policy
Telegram
Telegram's TON Was Built on Sand. Its Failure Isn't All Bad For Crypto
Telegram's Pavel Durov rails against the SEC's "ossification." But his TON project was always on shaky ground legally-speaking, says Preston Byrne.
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By Preston J. Byrne
May 14, 2020 at 2:53 p.m. UTC
May 14, 2020
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