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.
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Real World Asset Tokenization Is Fake News
Dave Hendricks argues tokenizing real world assets, like his attempt launching security tokens, is harder to pull off technically and legally than the hype would suggest. (Ali Kokab/Unsplash, cropped)
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)
A Bitcoin ETF Will Never Be Your Bitcoin
Bitcoin ETFs give investors exposure to price movements but not to the financial ownership and sovereignty that makes crypto different from other financial assets, says Pascal Gauthier, Chairman and CEO at Ledger.
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?
Crypto for Advisors: AI Tools for Advisors
Content creation and productivity are the main benefits of advisors utilizing AI tools.There are some helpful things that AI can do to help financial advisors.
30 Reasons to Love Vitalik Buterin, on His 30th Birthday
The co-founder and spiritual leader of Ethereum has achieved more than most in his relatively short lifetime.
Time to End Craig Wright’s Harassment Campaign Against Bitcoin Devs
Craig Wright has repeatedly litigated anyone questioning his claim to be Satoshi, harming numerous people in crypto in the process. The Crypto Open Patent Alliance aims to put a stop to this as its case comes to court Feb. 5.
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?
When Is a Ponzi a Ponzi?
U.S. authorities indicted the operators of HyperVerse, allegedly an $1.8 billion “Ponzi scheme.” There’s a fine line between a “fraudulent investment scheme” and many crypto projects, it seems.