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NFTs are a powerful trend – and an emerging opportunity. In fact, transcending expensive cartoons, NFTs represent “the number one growing trend,” according to our friend and LikeFolio co-founder Andy Swan.

Numerous companies are throwing money and effort into their exploration of the Metaverse. That enthusiasm trickles down to the consumer level, even if most people have no idea what they are buying or getting themselves into.

I’m spending this week at ETHDenver, an Ethereum-focused conference in … well, Denver. I expect to be publishing regular updates from the Mile High City. First impression after landing last night: Denver, keep your bars open later.I’m excited, partly because ET

When is DeFi truly decentralized? That question could soon be at the center of an SEC investigation.One of the strangest stories in the history of decentralized finance (DeFi) may soon also count among the most legally significant, experts told CoinDesk in a series of interviews.

Many people are aware that they can invest in Bitcoin directly, but much less is known about the opportunity to invest in the Bitcoin miners that run the network.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.To the surprise of absolutely no one, the ads of last night’s Super Bowl broadcast were dominated by the usual stuff – beer, cars, snacks, sports betting – but also, inevitably, crypto.

The cryptocurrency market has taken a beating recently. At its worst point, approximately $1 trillion had been wiped off crypto’s total market cap, Bitcoin (BTC) had lost around 50% of its value compared to its all-time highs in 2021.

Although Russia’s central bank and its ministry of finance had previously disagreed on the path for bitcoin inside the country, an agreement has been reached that is allowing crypto-friendly regulation to begin moving forward.

The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has big plans to regulate the country’s fintech space. As a first step, it is hosting its first ever fintech hackathon next month.The ISA is looking to attract blockchain-based solutions that can improve the infrastructure supporting th

After the best part of two years away from live-soccer matches, football fans deserve better (by football, I mean the older, actual kind.)Instead, fans are being offered NFTs. The English Premier League, the most popular league in the world, has 20 different clubs; 17 of these cl

The current Web 3 stack is an evolving canvas of composable protocols, each totally open source, and susceptible to competitive projects forking their code. The ease of building a look-a-like project in the Web 3 space can make it hard to decipher which protocols will become more

The world’s first central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) outside mainland China will start arriving in 2022. Indeed, a couple, like the Bahamas sand dollar and the Nigerian eNaira, have already arrived. And people should have appropriate expectations, because these early C

It was striking how quickly Crypto Twitter’s obsessions this week went from "How dare you dox that couple of Floridians" to "Woo-hoo, give me all the crazy dox you’ve got on that New York couple."Many in the community were incensed when BuzzFeed journalist Katie Notop

After reaching an all-time high of $4,800 in late 2021, Ethereum (ETH) came crashing back to earth (along with the rest of the crypto market) to start the year with lows around $2,200. But its value looks to be on the ascent

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Here’s one take on formerly anonymous figures in the crypto world being publicly revealed: The two founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) weren’t “doxed” by BuzzFeed News. In fact, they doxed themselves.Last week, the crypto community was embroiled in

Recently, a popular financial Twitter (or #FinTwit) personality joined the financial TV channel Real Vision and said that “bitcoin is a pretty terrible form of money.” The same day, Fidelity Digital Assets released a report called “Bitcoin First: Why investors n

New crypto investors have likely noticed the drastic price drops and bearish sentiment detectable throughout the crypto market, with bitcoin at a six-month low and altcoins not far behind.Yet crypto industry insiders remain optimistic – at least from a long-term perspective

Game developers have solved staking, liquidity pooling and other aspects of blockchain technology, but they are still whiffing on the gaming part of their projects.They focus too much on token implementation. If we want to expand the metaverse, developers must do better. Pre-bloc

Yesterday we got stunning news of the arrest of a New York couple, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein and Heather R. Morgan, for their alleged role in attempting to launder bitcoin now worth a staggering $4.6 billion. That bitcoin was stolen from the global exchange Bitfinex i