Barbie Is a Metaverse
Virtual worlds, like Barbie’s, are a source of meaning and fulfillment for people seeking more in life. And these worlds gain from interactions: the more interoperability, the better.
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PayPal’s Stablecoin Is a Watershed Moment for Finance
Until now, most of crypto’s big innovations have been for crypto-natives. PayPal’s stablecoin is different, says Austin Campbell, the former head of Portfolio Management at Paxos.
PayPal’s Real Stablecoin Strategy: It Wants to Earn Interest on Your Deposits
High U.S. Treasury interest rates are a powerful short-term motivator. Everything else is theory.
Desperately Seeking Crypto’s Killer App
When you take away the speculation, what Web3 services actually deliver utility for users?
Crypto Market Leaders and Laggards: The Biggest Movers of the Week
Stellar (XLM), XRP (XRP) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) were notable winners from the last week, while Curve Finance (CRV) and Augur (REP) struggled. The market is down overall, according to CoinDesk Market Index, but only marginally compared to recent growth.
Lessons of a $37M Attack: How a Ukrainian Payment Processor Was Hacked
CoinsPaid, a crypto payment processing company with Ukrainian roots, fell a victim to a social engineering attack, thought to have emanated from Lazarus, a North Korean hacking group.
PayPal’s New Stablecoin and the ‘2 Wolves’ Inside Crypto
Crypto is racked by competing ideologies, methods of building and differing aims. (Robert Larsson/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Two Months in El Salvador: The Ground Game for Bitcoin Adoption
A graduate student on leave from the Wharton School checks in on the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. Are locals buying it?
Crypto’s Path Forward Could Follow the Financial World’s Departure From LIBOR
Phasing out LIBOR was a political and economic concern with lessons for how the world should tackle expanding access to crypto. (Miquel Parera/Unsplash)
I Have 1M Questions About the PayPal Stablecoin. Here Are 5
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