Where Peer-to-Peer Finance Grabbed Hold This Year
Nigeria, China, India, the U.S. and Vietnam were leading markets for peer-to-peer finance. South Africa and Turkey saw more stablecoin use.
Nigeria, China, India, the U.S. and Vietnam were leading markets for peer-to-peer finance. South Africa and Turkey saw more stablecoin use.
A reading of Jeffrey Snider’s latest essay and Caitlin Long’s companion tweet thread.
Before this year, social tokens were an intriguing but mostly hypothetical way to build a creator community.
Arca's CIO on DeFi's big year, Bitcoin's ascent to “mainstream global investment,” and the promise of digitizing the live sports experience.
End-to-end encryption was never more important than this year. In 2021, battles over the future of online privacy – and therefore the nature of the internet itself – will come to head.
The revolutionary power of blockchain will play a significant role in the golden age of African development.
A recap of 5+ insanely bullish stories that got buried in the bitcoin price action.
Culture nuance defines a business climate. Multicoin investment principal Mable Jiang breaks down the divisions between East and West.
Socioeconomic forces have tipped in crypto's favor this year.
Validation. Psychology. FOMO. NLW looks at why today’s price achievement marks a turning point in bitcoin’s history.
Betting your career on crypto is dangerous now we have billion dollar businesses and people like Paul Tudor Jones have endorsed Bitcoin.
MassMutual’s $100M BTC investment has the potential to open a massive new investment category, according to analysts.
The MicroStrategy CEO took to Twitter to dismiss widespread speculation that his company's recent massive purchases of bitcoin have turned it into an investment firm or de facto ETF.
As conventional wisdom grows that central banks can go more deeply into debt than previously thought, one economist asks, how much is too much?
Banks are moving into crypto and crypto companies are trying to become banks, so how does it all play out?
MassMutual becomes the latest announced institutional buyer of bitcoin, and this one could be even more significant in terms of precedent.
A 19-year-old Rostislav Solod is a Ukrainian politician and a monero whale dreaming of launching his own token
A contest for inclusive fintech shows the potential for crypto-related tech to help the world's poor, but also how much it still needs to develop.
Most Influential 2020 features art from Alotta Money, XCopy, Osinachi, Matt Kane, Sarah Zucker, Yonat Vaks and Olive Allen.
Michael Saylor announced plans to offer convertible bonds with the express intent to buy BTC. The community reacts.
More money, more participants, more participating banks and merchants – a look inside the latest DC/EP trial in Suzhou.
The well-known economic historian connects the dots between bitcoin and CBDCs in the COVID-19 money era.
A new crypto outlook from Bloomberg suggests BTC could reach $50,000 in 2021, topping off a month of major institutional momentum for the asset.
Since 1969, 34 out of 45 years have seen a late December rally. Here are 5 reasons why that might not happen this year.
The STABLE Act would force all stablecoin issuers to have bank licenses, a shot across the bow that portends an emerging legal challenge for the industry.
CoinDesk marks its seventh Most Influential list with two CoinDesk Live events Dec. 7-8.
In a research note intended for clients, investing giant AllianceBernstein says it changed its mind on bitcoin’s role in asset allocation.
Hoptner comes from Borse Stuttgart GmbH and Euwax AG, where he has been CEO since 2018.
Why a price surge is not only attracting a new cadre of institutional investors, but also producing the beginnings of a new set of FUD.
Another look at the bitcoin valuation models that could possibly lead to a six-figure bitcoin valuation over the course of the next year.
