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Elon Musk, Twitter and the Social-Media Double Bind
Twitter doesn't need different content moderation policies - social media needs an entirely different architecture.
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Kim Kardashian, EthereumMax and the SEC's Publicity Grab
Chairman Gary Gensler sent a message to celebrity crypto shills that will likely have little effect.
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What Ripple's Latest Win Means for Its Ongoing Fight With the SEC
The crypto payments firm scored a procedural victory last week in part of its legal defense against the SEC. But it may not help its case.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Moscow-appointed heads of four Ukrainian regions partially occupied by Russia at the Grand Kremlin Palace on Sept. 30, 2022, in Moscow. (Contributor#8523328/Getty Images)
Deglobalization Is Happening. Crypto Is Part of the Answer
The rise of a common global financial infrastructure will continue as the international landscape becomes even more fragmented by war and disaster.
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Breaking Down the SEC and CFTC’s Autumn Wave of Enforcement Actions
Critics claim the regulators’ enforcement-first approach sets dangerous precedents in the absence of clear guidance for projects.
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Why Is the Dollar Crushing Global Currencies if Inflation Is so Bad?
The continued dominance of USD in global markets may come as a surprise to those who learned economics from crypto.
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Urbit Foundation's Josh Lehman gives a farewell address at Urbit's Assembly conference in Miami, FL in September 2022. (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)
An Urbit Airdrop Highlights Promises and Problems of Permissionless Development
The offbeat and controversial computing platform goes through growing pains as it seeks wider adoption through crypto.
Urbit Foundation's Josh Lehman gives a farewell address at Urbit's Assembly conference in Miami, FL in September 2022. (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

In crypto, bear markets have always been about buidling. But this time, finding some product-market fit would be nice, too. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The Most Important Bear Market in Crypto History
This down cycle poses a question some crypto longtimers have never seriously considered before: What must be done to ensure there actually is another bull market?
In crypto, bear markets have always been about buidling. But this time, finding some product-market fit would be nice, too. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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The Merge Doesn’t Solve Ethereum’s 'Atomic Composability'
What that is and why "cross-pollination" between decentralized applications matters.
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Amazon and Wanda Sykes Think Spying on You Is Hilarious
“Ring Nation” wants to normalize surveillance. But more than 40 civil rights groups and a U.S. senator call it dystopian corporate propaganda.
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