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Crypto Terms Become Dirty Words as Bear Market Lingers

3 years 9 months ago
For years, drawing attention to your company could be as simple as adding a crypto-y word to your name or touting new cryptocurrency-related initiatives.From Long Island Iced Tea Corp.’s infamous 2017 decision to rebrand itself as Long Blockchain Corp., which sent its stock

Ethereum Upgrade Could Make It Harder to Lose All Your Crypto

3 years 9 months ago
Ethereum developers are hard at work trying to make its blockchain more user-friendly.One of the downfalls of crypto is the costliness of simple screw-ups. For instance, if a user loses the keys to their crypto account, they could lose access to their crypto holdings forever. In

A New Philosophy of Markets: Assets That Embody Technology

3 years 9 months ago
Amid all the “bah, told you it was all worthless” commentary from skeptics recently, something crystallized for me. I did not fully appreciate how much public perception of crypto had shifted since the last time prices were bouncing along cyclical lows. Back then, cry

Now I Know the Cryptocurrency Industry Is Here to Stay

3 years 9 months ago
As a long-time crypto skeptic, it may seem odd that I am helping organize a digital assets conference at Duke University on Jan. 20-21. After all, I once wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed calling for a cryptocurrency ban. While I continue to believe that unbacked cryptocurrencies

DeFi, CeFi, and the FTX Wake Up Call

3 years 9 months ago
On the surface, decentralized finance (DeFi) and centralized finance (CeFi) appear to be opposites. Over the past few years, however, DeFi and CeFi have become complementary, respectively providing the decentralized infrastructure and compliant onramps for crypto to grow.

CoinDesk Research’s 2022 Annual Crypto Review

3 years 9 months ago
As with all financial assets, market performance is usually the first thing that comes to mind when considering a “year in review.” Bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) followed a blistering-hot 2021 with a 65% and 67% pullback in 2022.As for macro assets, their correlation

The Niche Application of Stablecoins Is Not a Bad Thing

3 years 9 months ago
In December, the United Nations announced a plan to start sending aid to Ukrainians displaced by the ongoing war with Russia using a stablecoin. Beginning in the cities of Kyiv, Lviv and Vinnytsia, the Office of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) would send direct paymen
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