Why $1 Million Bitcoin Is Coming

Bitcoin is officially mainstream. By the end of the last mega-bull market in 2017, most of the world had heard of bitcoin. But after Tesla recently...

The Node: SEC Worried About Default Bitcoin ETFs

It’s Gary’s day.  Gary Gensler, a former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is due before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee...

Money Reimagined: COVID Economy Shows Monetary Failure

Welcome to Money Reimagined. A lot of red in crypto markets this week. The sell-off has likely given pause to latecomers. Among crypto old-timers,...

Where Value Is Going in Blockchain Networks

When predicting how the cryptocurrency economy will evolve, many people have looked to the start of the internet itself. They imagine certain...

Crypto Long & Short: How Coinbase Going Public Is Reshaping Trust in Markets

Finally, what we’ve been waiting for: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commisison has published Coinbase’s S-1, clearing the way for a direct...

NFTs Aren’t Art? OK, Boomer

But is it art? It’s the same overwrought quandary that pops up every time technology invents a new kind of paintbrush. And with digital art and...

Lessons from CoinDesk’s One-Day YouTube Shutdown

Last week, CoinDesk was served a powerful reminder that the ability to disseminate information in the Web 2.0 era remains subject to the permission...

Why Money Scarcity Means Someone Goes Hungry

Money is both a store of value and a medium of exchange. People want to hold it as part of their wealth and they also need to spend it on food,...

State of Crypto: How SEC Chair Gary Gensler Could Differ From Predecessor Jay Clayton

Gary Gensler ran the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) after the 2008 financial crisis. Now, he’ll get a chance to run its securities-...

State of Crypto: The US Government Keeps Mentioning Terrorism

Welcome to State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. I’m your host, Nikhilesh De. The...

How Institutions Will Take Crypto Mainstream

Traditional finance is often viewed as the antithesis of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. However, there should be, and needs to be, an overlap...

How Coinbase Is Worth $100B

The capital markets feel like one giant game. With the profound volatility of crypto assets, the billions of issuance in special purpose...

Crypto Long & Short: Interest in DeFi Is Surging. You Can Thank GameStop

One of the most iconic moments of the past week was when Keith Gill, otherwise known as Reddit trader DeepF**kingValue, testified in front of the...

How to Win a Bitcoin Street Fight (Without Mortal Combat)

In old gaming arcades there used to be two fighting games competing for attention. One was Street Fighter, and the other Mortal Kombat. You could...

Nigeria’s Crypto Ban Fuels Mistrust in Government

Nigeria is committed to building its digital economy, but the central bank’s recent cryptocurrency prohibition counteracts this goal and fuels...

Money Reimagined: Tucker Carlson Is Right About Financial Privacy

Welcome to Money Reimagined.  I’m on vacation. So this week’s main-bar column comes to you from Executive Editor Marc Hochstein. In it, Marc...

No, Bitcoin Is Nothing Like the South Sea Bubble

Every asset that moves fast attracts the B-word.  But what the last few decades of research in finance has taught us is that it’s not so easy to...

What Happens if All Stablecoin Users Have to Be Identified?

Imagine the following scenario: Sometime in 2021, financial regulators declare that all stablecoin owners must be verified. What would happen to...

Why We Should Take Dogecoin Seriously

Nothing says 2021 like dogecoin, a dog-themed cryptocurrency that has recently skyrocketed in value, thanks in part to the support of Elon Musk and...

Why the US Needs Bitcoin

How to Bring Off-Chain Assets to DeFi

The recent GameStop short squeeze has brought decentralized finance (DeFi) into mainstream public consciousness. Well-known crypto influencers such...

Taking Stock of How Far Crypto Has Come

Crypto Long & Short: What Does Dogecoin Have to Do With Government Bans?

Dogecoin is not a cryptocurrency you would expect to read about much in this column since it is not exactly an “institutional grade” asset. It has...

Here Comes the Virtual Real Estate Boom

I have spent my entire professional career devising novel ways to invest in real estate, and recently I have been spending a lot of time in...

State of Crypto: Will 2021 Finally Be the Year of the Bitcoin ETF?

There’s been renewed interest in bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with the nomination of Gary Gensler to head the Securities and Exchange...

Money Reimagined: Musk Masters the Attention Economy

Welcome to Money Reimagined. Well, this past week felt historic. As bitcoin surged to all-time highs and found its way into TV studios and onto...

Banks Likely to Adopt Stablecoins Cautiously Despite Guidance

Arguably, Brian Brooks has done more than anyone to spur the epic bull run of the last few months. The former head of the Office of the Comptroller...

How Traditional Exchanges Are Boosting Crypto Adoption

Over the past year, demand for regulated crypto investment products has soared. The increasing variety of exchange-traded products (ETPs) listed on...

Building Black Wealth With Satoshis and Cash App

In an environment that is proving less secure over time, we’re giving more thought to the preservation and proper allocation of our wealth. But...

‘Market Battleship’: Why It’s Rigged and How DeFi Can Help

You’ve probably heard there’s a war on Wall Street right now between hedge funds and retail investors over GameStop ($GME) stock and a few others...