Ripple’s Legal Win Means It’s Time for Crypto to Stand Up to the SEC
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Is the Metaverse a ‘Global Panopticon’?
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Hollywood’s Angry Creators Show Why Web3 Is Needed
Web2 economics don’t work for artists and writers, says CoinDesk’s Michael Casey.
Transparency for the Whales, Privacy for the Plebs
Identifying the owners of crypto wallets may level the playing field for retail traders. But if taken too far it could be weaponized against the weak.
Setting Boundaries: Defining Active and Passive Management for Crypto
From single-token buy-and-hold to quantitative management, we compare the pros and cons of 3 different approaches to crypto investing.
Want a Spot Market Bitcoin ETF? Then Deal With the Consequences
On the former point, Coinbase is not the largest spot bitcoin exchange. It currently sees somewhere around 2.5% of global daily trading volume, according to BTC/USD trading pair data from CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap. You can quibble about the details, bitcoin trading exchange volumes could also include trading pairs between many currencies, crypto or otherwise.
Crypto Analysts Can Learn Something From Baseball
Searching for crypto’s future stars among young prospects.
Can Crypto Match the Internet and Hit 5B Users?
While early growth in both spaces has been eerily similar, don’t get too excited about crypto’s future.
EthCC and Crypto’s Latent Biases
A major Ethereum conference set for Paris is not drawing the same criticisms and concerns around last year’s DevCon in Bogota, Colombia. If the industry wants to grow, it must take a truly global perspective.
The Big Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Bitcoin Nothingburger
The candidate isn’t necessarily biased just because he owns BTC.