How Effective Altruism Power Brokers Helped Make Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on Feb. 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)
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Who Failed Silicon Valley Bank Depositors?
Should we point fingers at Silicon Valley Bank, the Federal Reserve, the banking system, crypto or the depositors themselves?
Has Tokenization’s Moment Finally Come?
Tokenization of real-world assets has been dismissed by many crypto purists for operating under a centralized framework, but new technological advances have migrated the process from closed, permissioned projects onto public, permissionless blockchain platforms. This could offset traditional finance risks and broaden investment opportunities.
ETHDenver Looks Cringey to You Because Ethereum Has an Actual Community
Like any good punk or hip hop show, this year’s Colorado event for coders will feature events that will “scare away normies,” CoinDesk Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris writes.
‘Italian FTX’ Leaves Users in Limbo, Citing ‘Difficulties in Liquidity Management’
Andrea Medri, founder of The Rock Trading (YouTube)
Inside the mtnDAO: Solana Devs Gather for a Month-Long Utah Retreat
(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)
Crypto Lobbying Needs a Reset: More FTC, less SEC
Of all the Securities and Exchange Commission’s actions against crypto entities that have stirred the industry’s ire, the agency’s recent move forcing New York-based Paxos to cease issuing its partner Binance’s BUSD stablecoin is the most deserving of an outcry. How, critics rightfully asked, can a token that’s explicitly designed not to fluctuate in price be considered a security?
Sam Bankman-Fried Cosplayed as a Genius. The Facts Reveal His Incredible Stupidity
New criminal charges against the FTX brain genius show a man who was thinking zero steps ahead.
ReFi for the People: How Crypto Can Help Local Communities Help Their Ecosystems
A view of the Suriname river from the Blauwe Berg. The small nation north of Brazil is home to a couple of projects trying to use blockchain to preserve the forest. (-JvL-/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
How to Use a DAO to Build a Web3 Community
The community-based projects could become one of the biggest growth engines in the Web3 space, but more agile governance structures may need to be put in place to unleash their full potential.