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CDCROP: Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)
Can Binance Survive the SEC's Charges?
Don’t bet against someone with eight million Twitter followers who built by far the largest crypto exchange.
CDCROP: Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, on Capitol Hill, September 15, 2022 in Washington, DC.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The SEC Is Fighting the Last War
SEC chair Gary Gensler wants you to think Coinbase and Binance are the same as FTX and Celsius. They’re not.
CDCROP: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, on Capitol Hill, September 15, 2022 in Washington, DC.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Gary Gensler (CoinDesk screen grab from video)
Are Centralized Exchanges in the U.S. Doomed?
With the SEC’s Binance and Coinbase lawsuits, the agency is signaling it really is now or never to “come into compliance.”
Gary Gensler (CoinDesk screen grab from video)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (Gage Skidmore)
Why Elizabeth Warren Is Wrong About Crypto and the Fentanyl Epidemic
Chainalysis and Elliptic have found that crypto is useful for crime, but that’s hardly an argument for banning it.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (Gage Skidmore)

Richard Heart in top hat
The PulseChain Sideshow Tent Is Collapsing
For some crypto projects, actually launching is the worst possible plan.
Richard Heart in top hat

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Should Russia Bolster or Ban Bitcoin?
The country reportedly backed out of plans to build a "national crypto exchange," the latest sign of indecision.
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The Orb. (Worldcoin)
Worldcoin and the Intellectual Decline of Venture Capital
Sam Altman’s spectacularly ill-conceived biometric data project just raised $115 million dollars. Digging into the deal is embarrassing for basically everyone.
The Orb. (Worldcoin)

Governor Ron DeSantis, who announced his presidential campaign on Twitter. (Florida State Government, modified by CoinDesk)
DeSantis and the Growing Culture War Around Bitcoin
CoinDesk’s story this week about a fight over a bitcoin mining facility in Upstate New York reveals how cryptocurrency issues are quickly becoming politicized in familiar ways.
Governor Ron DeSantis, who announced his presidential campaign on Twitter. (Florida State Government, modified by CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Ark Invest (Marco Bello/Getty Images)
Cathie Wood Thinks the U.S. Crypto Exodus Is Here. Is It?
Strike, Coinbase and others have intimated they may leave the United States due to regulatory pressure. But those might be empty threats.
CDCROP: Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Ark Invest (Marco Bello/Getty Images)