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Opinion
CoinDesk's New Opinion Section: The Future of the Financial System Is Up for Debate
Announcing CoinDesk’s new opinion section, a place for discussion on the future of money and all the interesting questions that surround crypto and blockchain as ideas.
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By Ben Schiller
Feb 18, 2020 at 7:46 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2020
Opinion
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Policy
Sec
A Safer Harbor: Improving Hester Peirce's Proposal for Regulating Token Sales
Hester Peirce's safe harbor proposal would benefit from greater protections for token holders, say two law professors.
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By Donna RedelOlta Andoni
Feb 18, 2020 at 7:41 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2020
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Policy
Sec
Peirce's Safe Harbor is Worth a Look, But It May Not Be Worth the Effort
Hester Peirce's idea may not be formally considered by the SEC, but it could help refine and define future crypto regulation, say two advisers.
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By Carol Van CleefAddison Yang
Feb 18, 2020 at 4:01 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2020
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Markets
Sec
Preston Byrne: Peirce's Safe Harbor Proposal Would Be Hilarious if It Weren’t so Serious
In his first column for CoinDesk, Preston Byrne responds to Hester Peirce's proposal for a token sale safe harbor.
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By Preston J. Byrne
Feb 18, 2020 at 2:15 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2020
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Policy
Sec
Hester Peirce: Tell Me How to Improve My Safe Harbor Proposal
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has proposed a new way to regulate token sales. If there are better alternatives, she wants to hear about them.
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By Hester Peirce
Feb 18, 2020 at 2:02 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2020
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Erik Voorhees
Markets
Erik voorhees
Erik Voorhees: Within Five Years There Will Be a Major Financial Meltdown and Crypto Will Be Ready
When ShapeShift implemented KYC requirements, Erik Voorhees lost 95 percent of his users. But he remains as committed to crypto as ever.
Erik Voorhees
By Jeff Wilser
Feb 18, 2020 at 9:46 a.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2020
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identity, privacy
Policy
Privacy
When Corporations Violate Privacy, They Do Concrete Harm
There are tangible safety implications to consumer privacy violations, says Lindsey Barrett of Georgetown Law.
identity, privacy
By Benjamin Powers
Feb 15, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Feb 15, 2020
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Blockchain voting
No, a Blockchain Wouldn’t Have Prevented the Iowa Caucus Debacle
If anything, blockchains add meaningful complexity, which means more ways things could go wrong under imperfect, or real-life conditions.
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By Adam B. Levine
Feb 4, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 4, 2020
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B2C2 CEO Max Boonen
Markets
Markets
Crypto and the Latency Arms Race: Market Microstructures
Max Boonen, CEO of market maker B2C2, looks at recent trends in crypto market infrastructure.
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By Max Boonen
Jan 25, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Jan 25, 2020
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ryan, selkis
Markets
Opinion
This Year's Top 10 Crypto Narratives
From “The Revolution Needs Rules” to “Unbank the Banked,” 2019 was full of resonant phrases. Selkis, CEO of Messari, makes sense of them.
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By Ryan Selkis
Dec 16, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 16, 2019
OpinionYear in Review 2019