How Much Is Too Much to Spend on FTX’s Bankruptcy?
Are Sam Bankman-Fried’s victims being ripped off a second time?
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Will Europe’s Digital Euro Really Protect Privacy?
EU officials pay lip service on data rights, but its proposals for a CDBC don’t offer much reassurance for users, says CoinDesk’s Michael Casey.
Web3 Can Actually Compete in the Computer Chip Race
GPU prices have taken a toll, and it’s hitting Nvidia’s bottom line. (FritzchensFritz/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
Why Tokenized Assets Are Safer During a Banking Crisis
Recent U.S. bank failures exposed a strange truth: depositing your money on-chain is safer than trusting banks to make good on your holdings, argues Copper’s Fadi Aboualfa.
What New York Can Learn From Hong Kong in Regulating Crypto
A small number of unelected individuals in Washington D.C. are exercising alarming authoritarian power as regulators, counter to the Big Apple’s stated desire to move from antiquated financial systems to digital ones, writes Omer Ozden.
Apparently It’s Very Difficult to Custody Crypto
Prime Trust CEO Tom Pageler. (Prime Trust)
The Second FTX Asset Recovery Report Is Packed With Bombshells
New claims put FTX and Alameda Research founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his friends even closer to the center of a brazen conspiracy.
Don’t Overlook Tokyo and Hong Kong as Crypto Hot Spots
The two Far East financial hubs take a comprehensive approach to overseeing crypto, and are likely to attract businesses from around the world. They don’t appear on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 ranking of the 15 best places to live and work for crypto professionals, but they should not be ignored.
SEC Sought Freeze Order Despite ‘No Evidence’ That Binance Was Moving U.S. Customer Funds
The SEC’s “pre-crime” litigation strategy seemed to annoy Judge Amy Jackson.
Will BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Take the Spirit Out of the Honey Badger?
Financial advisors will want a simple story to tell.