Year in Review 2020

"Caesar" by Adolphe Yvon, 1875
Why Crypto Crosses 'The Chasm' in a Post-Coronavirus World
2020 will be looked back on as the year that marks the present era from the past, says Bitwise Asset Management's CEO.
"Caesar" by Adolphe Yvon, 1875

garrick hileman
Governments Will Start to Hodl Bitcoin in 2021
Crypto assets not only are not going away. They will become integral to our financial and political lives, says Blockchain.com's head of research.
garrick hileman

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How DeFi 'Degens' Are Funding the Next Wave of Open-Source Development
Gitcoin's Kevin Owocki coins the phrase "regenerative finance" to describe the future of funding open-source development.
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raphael-auer
CBDCs: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Almost 50 monetary authorities and central banks are researching and developing wholesale or retail CBDCs. What does 2021 hold in store?
raphael-auer

Solana COO Raj Gokal, left, and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko
Blockchain Developers Are Focused on the Wrong Problem
If it's to reach its full potential, the decentralized economy needs to scale censorship resistance, say Solana's CEO and COO.
Solana COO Raj Gokal, left, and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko

Andrew Keys
16 Ethereum Predictions From a Crypto Oracle
Andrew Keys has 16 reasons why crypto will take center stage economically, politically and socially in 2021.
Andrew Keys

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The Fight for Consumer Adoption Is Just Beginning
In the next phase, blockchain networks have to find use cases beyond censorship resistance and permissionless access, says TRON's founder.
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Taylor Monahan
The Year the Narrative Became the Truth
Bitcoin proved it could change how people think. But will the new system it enables be "better" or just "a system that better serves me"?
Taylor Monahan

amrit kumar
Charting Asia’s Dominant Fintech Frontier
Asia looks poised to continue its trajectory towards digital dominance, says the co-founder of Zilliqa.
amrit kumar

President Xi and President Trump
That Decoupling Sound: China, the US and a Year of CBDCs
This year China and the U.S. faced off over trade and technology bans. But the battle for monetary hegemony has just begun.
President Xi and President Trump