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Finance
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Crypto for Advisors: The Professionalization of Crypto
The professionalization of crypto is here, whether it’s tokenized securities, crypto-forward financial products from the world’s largest asset managers or platforms that help...
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By Sarah MortonEric Ervin
Apr 25, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 25, 2024
OpinionCrypto for AdvisorsFinancial AdvisorsFinancial AdviserssmaPortfolio managementOnramp Invest
Profiting from a crypto mixer is likely illegal, experts say. (Wikimedia Commons)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Samourai Wallet Charges Raise Existential Questions for Privacy Tech
Co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill are charged with money laundering related to the privacy-protecting wallet.
Profiting from a crypto mixer is likely illegal, experts say. (Wikimedia Commons)
By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 25, 2024 at 3:26 p.m. UTC
Apr 25, 2024
OpinionThe NodeNewslettersPrivacyMixersBitcoin FogTornado CashSamourai WalletMoney Transmitters
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
The FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Is Good for the Crypto Industry
Employment contracts that stop free movement of labor conflict with an innovative industry’s open-source ethos, says Linda Jeng, CEO of Digital Self Labs, a Web3 advisory firm...
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By Linda Jeng
Apr 25, 2024 at 2:10 p.m. UTC
Apr 25, 2024
Opinion
Do Kwon and the company he co-founded, Terraform Labs, are hoping to get a federal judge to decide the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hasn't made its securities-fraud case. (CoinDesk TV and Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Do Kwon's Huge Fine Shows the SEC Is Ratcheting Up Penalties Against Crypto Firms
Suggested fines the securities watchdog suggested for Terraform Labs and Ripple are out-of-line with what it has collected from crypto firms in the past.
Do Kwon and the company he co-founded, Terraform Labs, are hoping to get a federal judge to decide the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hasn't made its securities-fraud case. (CoinDesk TV and Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 24, 2024 at 8:24 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2024
OpinionDo Kwonterraform labsRippleBinanceChangpeng ZhaoThe NodeNewslettersRegulationSECEnforcementSettlements
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Your Crypto Project Needs a Sheriff, Not a Bounty Hunter
Avi Eisenberg’s centi-million dollar exploit of the decentralized Mango Markets trading platform revealed the perverse incentives of bug bounties.
Still from Sergio Leone's 1965 classic spaghetti western "For a Few Dollars More," where Clint Eastwood plays an antihero character with an unorthodox sense of justice. (Wikimedia Commons)
By Steven Walbroehl
Apr 24, 2024 at 4:57 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2024
OpinionAvi eisenbergMango MarketsDeFiBug bountiesExploitsSecurity
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Opinion
Why Base Chain Has Potential to Lock the Next Generation of Crypto Users
The next era of Web3 will be defined by the ability of projects to attract and retain users, says Kelly Ye of Decentral Park Capital. Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 is showing th...
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By Kelly Ye
Apr 24, 2024 at 4:05 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2024
OpinionCrypto Long & ShortCoinbaseBaseWeb3layer 2
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Finance
Opinion
Why Asset Tokenization Is Inevitable
On-chain real-world assets and the integration of wallet infrastructure will replace intermediaries and become standard in the modern asset management lifecycle, says Mehdi Br...
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By Mehdi BrahimiMiguel Kudry
Apr 24, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2024
OpinionCrypto Long & ShortTokenizationInstitutional AdoptionInstitutional InvestmentsWalletsReal World Assets
German bank LBBW and Bitpanda partners to offer crypto custody services. (Bitpanda)
Consensus Magazine
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How a Conservative German Bank Offering Crypto Makes Sense
Germany is a relatively conservative financial market, and landesbank are among its most conservative institutions. So what is the country’s largest landesbank doing launching...
German bank LBBW and Bitpanda partners to offer crypto custody services. (Bitpanda)
By Noelle Acheson
Apr 24, 2024 at 12:38 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2024
Opinion
Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Institutional Digital Assets: The Future of Finance Is Here
Tokenization initiatives from BlackRock, JP Morgan and others presage a revolution in payments, wealth management and other key activities of Wall Street, says author Annelise...
Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems
By Annelise Osborne
Apr 23, 2024 at 8:55 p.m. UTC
Apr 23, 2024
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
AI Safety for Smart Contracts Is AI Safety for the World
Web3 infrastructure can bring new safety and reliability tools to AI, a cycle that will make the intersection of AI and Web3 massively and mutually beneficial, Chainlink scien...
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By Ari JuelsLaurence Moroney
Apr 23, 2024 at 5:04 p.m. UTC
Apr 23, 2024
OpinionAIsmart contractsOraclesChainlink