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If Money Is Speech, CBDCs Should Be Tools for Freedom

Examining the concerns a digital dollar could be used for coercion and censorship.

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Mar 30, 2022 at 6:32 p.m. UTC

Mar 30, 2022

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Ripple co=founder Chris Larsen is launching a PR campaign to make bitcoin greener by changing its security model. Bitcoiners see it as the latest in a long line of attacks. (Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStop)

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Chris Larsen’s Plan to Greenify Bitcoin: Risky, Impractical and Maybe Nonsensical

As he strides away from the wreckage of Ripple, bags full to bursting, Larsen thinks he knows what’s best for the coin he failed to replace.

Ripple co=founder Chris Larsen is launching a PR campaign to make bitcoin greener by changing its security model. Bitcoiners see it as the latest in a long line of attacks. (Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStop)

By David Z. Morris

Mar 29, 2022 at 6:06 p.m. UTC

Mar 29, 2022

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Consensus Magazine

The Clumsy Theatrics of Metaverse Fashion Week

Fashion brands flocked to the ambitious, if flawed, crypto convention.

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By Will Gottsegen

Mar 28, 2022 at 7:26 p.m. UTC

Mar 28, 2022

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Consensus Magazine

The Perils of Crypto's Pseudonymous Economy

Let's pull the rug on "anonymous" crypto devs.

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By Danny Nelson

Mar 25, 2022 at 4:37 p.m. UTC

Mar 25, 2022

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Consensus Magazine

Making MakerDAO Matter Again

Recent governance proposals aim to take DeFi’s once-dominant stablecoin issuer into the “real world.”

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Mar 24, 2022 at 4:51 p.m. UTC

Mar 24, 2022

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Ray Dalio, Sigma Males and the New Grindset

Are we in a "post-narrative" age of institutional adoption of crypto?

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Mar 23, 2022 at 5:36 p.m. UTC

Mar 23, 2022

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Consensus Magazine

Vitalik Buterin's Dad on Ukraine, Censorship and Decentralization

Ukraine war might be the "next big push towards adoption of crypto," he said.

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Mar 22, 2022 at 5:47 p.m. UTC

Mar 22, 2022

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A demonstrator during a protest against Argentina's International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement outside the National Congress building in Buenos Aires on Thursday, March 17, 2022. The protestor's t-shirt features the slogan "Las Estafas No Se Pagan," or "Scams are not meant to be paid."

Argentina's inflation accelerated in February at its fastest pace in nearly a year, surpassing forecasts and challenging the governments targets for this year in its preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund. (Marcos Brindicci/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

Why Is the IMF So Afraid of Cryptocurrency?

The IMF is not a neutral aid organization, but the economic arm of a vast power structure. Crypto threatens that power.

A demonstrator during a protest against Argentina's International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement outside the National Congress building in Buenos Aires on Thursday, March 17, 2022. The protestor's t-shirt features the slogan "Las Estafas No Se Pagan," or "Scams are not meant to be paid."

Argentina's inflation accelerated in February at its fastest pace in nearly a year, surpassing forecasts and challenging the governments targets for this year in its preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund. (Marcos Brindicci/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

By David Z. Morris

Mar 18, 2022 at 5:39 p.m. UTC

Mar 18, 2022

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Consensus Magazine

LimeWire and the Zombie Brands Pivot to Crypto

LimeWire joins MoviePass and RadioShack in the blockchain resurrections club.

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By Will Gottsegen

Mar 15, 2022 at 5:31 p.m. UTC

Mar 15, 2022

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The First NFT Monopoly

With Bored Apes and CryptoPunks under the same corporate roof, the NFT market barrels toward further centralization.

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By Will Gottsegen

Mar 14, 2022 at 6:21 p.m. UTC

Mar 14, 2022

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