Did President Biden Just Endorse Bitcoin?
The octogenarian politician is sporting laser eyes on Twitter, seemingly unaware it is a symbol of support for the cryptocurrency.
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Ethereum Has Gatekeepers (for Good Reason)
A new, non-standard token standard called ERC-404 circumvented the usual token approval process and is capitalizing on a term with an actual definition.
Ether’s Prometheum Test
The “only U.S.-registered crypto securities platform” is listing ETH in a bold test of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s thesis that most cryptocurrencies are securities.
DeFi Shouldn’t Have to Worry About the SEC’s Expanded Broker Rule
(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk, modified)
Can We All Stop Pretending That Solana Is in Beta
The phrase is only rolled out when things break on the popular blockchain.
A Quick Look at Last Month’s U.S. Crypto Crime Log
While our attention was focused on exchange-traded funds earlier this month, federal regulators in the U.S. announced charges or sentences for various crypto parties.
Why Crypto’s Most Altruistic Project Is Going (Kinda) Corporate
Gitcoin, which rewards developers for working on open-source projects, is embracing money-making initiatives to increase its capacity for good.
The U.S. Government Seems to Be Closing in on Bitcoin Mining
Bitmain Antminer S19 Hydro mining rigs, the company’s latest technology, installed at a Merkle Standard facility in Washington state. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
Blast From the Future: Can You Plagiarize Something Meant to Be Copied?
Devs for the Blast L2 are accused of stealing open-source code that’s available to all. Is that cheating, or a sincere form of flattery?
Why People Still Think Bitcoin Will Die
Unstoppability is one of its most important and reliable features. So why do so many respondents to a recent survey think Bitcoin will fail in 2024?