Against the US Senate’s Heavy-Handed Crypto Provision
The bill as written has the potential to thrust every single transaction by U.S. crypto users into an invasive dragnet.
The bill as written has the potential to thrust every single transaction by U.S. crypto users into an invasive dragnet.
Private networks, a lot like corporate private intranets, may never go away but they will never be as relevant as the public internet or open chains like Ethereum.
Do digital assets have intrinsic value?
The SEC chief's speech this week on crypto regulation proved that hopes for a change of policy at the regulator may have been wishful thinking.
With two competing amendments and pressure from the White House and Treasury, crypto taxation is suddenly the crux of the massive infrastructure bill.
Bitcoiner's bitcoiners give me their spiel.
A mix of high taxes, burdensome regulation and an antagonistic banking sector makes starting a crypto business in the Holy Land unviable.
Bitcoiners were quite receptive to the new SEC chair’s sweeping statement of purpose on crypto regulation. Others, predictably, were not.
Central bank digital currencies, like the digital shekel, can be programmed to stop money reaching the wrong people, says Orbs' co-founder.
Bitcoin does not have a CEO but it does have lawyers.
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A late addition to the infrastructure bill moving through Congress would impose impossible reporting requirements on miners and wallets.
Uniswap’s move to restrict investor access to certain tokens, apparently from regulatory pressure, raises questions about DeFi's decentralization.
The ancient Daoist philosopher has lessons for the crypto age, in the latest essay for Crypto Questioned.
Recent regulatory developments could push stablecoins closer to the existing fiat system, unleashing competition for control over a lifeblood of the crypto industry, says our columnist.
NFT games are doing more to deliver financial inclusion than a bank account ever has or will, says the co-founder of Yield Guild Games.
The coming media-internet – aka the metaverse – will change how economic value is created and distributed, says our columnist.
Demand was high for Stoner Cats NFTs.
The International Monetary Fund has finally expanded on its "issues" with El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin. There's not much behind the curtain.
Mining bitcoin can guide the network to sustainability, protect it from being commandeered and maintain decentralization.
Goldman Sachs filed for a "DeFi" ETF that would track stocks mostly associated with enterprise blockchain.
MEV is a growing problem for Ethereum, but it can be mitigated through careful protocol design and economic theory.
Possible criminal charges against Tether executives will put even more pressure on a product that the market is already cooling on.
Oracles, algorithms and blockchains provide an alternative to a system where you have to form all-or-nothing business relationships.
Are folks already out of new ideas?
Much like the deranged lead of "Censor," financial regulators are deluding themselves that centralized control will lead to a crime-free utopia.
Auction houses are struggling to cater to India’s growing appetite for art, and with 624 million internet users in India, NFTs could be the perfect disruptor.
Although Europe isn't banning anonymous crypto wallets, proposed rule changes could hurt the crypto industry. It's time to fight back.
Haste is not conducive to the kind of nuanced regulatory approach needed for this fast-growing class of cryptos. Nor is scaremongering about “bank runs.”
