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Why a Bitcoin Futures ETF Is Bad for Investors
It takes more than derivatives to contango.
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Mother of 'Silk Road' Founder Ross Ulbricht Continues to Plead His Case
Mother of ‘Silk Road’ Founder Ross Ulbricht Continues to Plead His Case
Found guilty of seven charges including money laundering, conspiracy to traffic narcotics and computer hacking, the controversial founder of the Silk Road Darknet marketplace...
Mother of 'Silk Road' Founder Ross Ulbricht Continues to Plead His Case

EUREKA, NV - JULY 8:  A group of wild horses is rounded up during a gathering July 8, 2005 in Eureka, Nevada. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management wants to reduce herds in the American west, where an estimated 37,000 of the horses roam free, to 28,000 by the end of 2005. The U.S. periodically removes thousands of horses and donkeys in an attempt to ensure western rangelands have adequate food and water for the animals to survive. Those animals are either adopted out or housed indefinitely on government sanctuaries. Currently 24,000 horses and donkeys are housed in government-run facilities. Recently passed legislation allows for the sale for slaughter of wild horses and donkeys older than ten years old and animals that have been unsuccessfully offered for adoption at least three times, eliminating restrictions that had been in place since 1971 which prevented wild horses from being sold commercially.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Lassoing a Stallion: How Gary Gensler Could Approach DeFi Enforcement
The SEC may “pierce the veil” of “decentralization theater” by going after individuals involved in DeFi projects, observers say.
EUREKA, NV - JULY 8:  A group of wild horses is rounded up during a gathering July 8, 2005 in Eureka, Nevada. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management wants to reduce herds in the American west, where an estimated 37,000 of the horses roam free, to 28,000 by the end of 2005. The U.S. periodically removes thousands of horses and donkeys in an attempt to ensure western rangelands have adequate food and water for the animals to survive. Those animals are either adopted out or housed indefinitely on government sanctuaries. Currently 24,000 horses and donkeys are housed in government-run facilities. Recently passed legislation allows for the sale for slaughter of wild horses and donkeys older than ten years old and animals that have been unsuccessfully offered for adoption at least three times, eliminating restrictions that had been in place since 1971 which prevented wild horses from being sold commercially.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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What I Learned About Crypto Regulation From a Week in DC
Crypto has arrived in the capital and concerns about stablecoins are very real. Nikhilesh De, CoinDesk’s managing editor for global policy and regulation, takes stock.
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Opinionated 4:3
Is Crypto Really a Threat to Financial Stability?
Suggestions from senior officials that digital assets are a danger to the world economy seem premature and wide of the mark. But at least regulators are finally taking the in...
Opinionated 4:3

SEC No-Action Letter Request 2: The #NFT (Brian Frye/OpenSea)
NFT Artist Brian Frye Wants You to Steal This Article
Frye is for plagiarism, against copyright and sort of neutral on securities law.
SEC No-Action Letter Request 2: The #NFT (Brian Frye/OpenSea)

Cornell University Professor Saule Omarova (Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs)
In Defense of OCC Nominee Saule Omarova
Right-wing critics have dismissed the Cornell academic as a dangerous socialist. But her actual views bear more investigation.
Cornell University Professor Saule Omarova (Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs)

Eva Kalli (Melody Wang/CoinDesk)
The View From Brussels: How the EU Plans to Regulate Crypto
European Parliament member Eva Kaili says Facebook’s libra announcement in 2019 catalyzed lawmakers into action on digital assets.
Eva Kalli (Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

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Some NFTs Are Probably Illegal. Does the SEC Care?
Commissioner Hester Peirce has words of advice for NFT makers and platforms.
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