Andrew Singer

Declaring BTC a store of value — e.g., gold 2.0 — but not a medium of exchange, defies logic. It must first have a use case.

More taxes may cause short-term volatility, “but long term, you may see more demand for DeFi applications and other collateralized use cases.”

While Bitcoin may evolve to become gold 2.0, Ether-based funds could offer investors exposure to a new utility technology.

While the defendants may have gained an edge in pre-trial rulings in SEC v. Ripple Labs, are Ripple’s legal troubles now over?

Evidence suggests crypto’s role in terrorism remains relatively minor: “It has not yet become a primary means of terror financing.”

The SEC is pitching a shutout against Bitcoin-based ETFs, and not even Fidelity’s storied name may be enough to overcome the obstacles.

Is a $100-billion valuation justified? Profit margins could tighten with increased competition.

An important new role for the world’s first cryptocurrency as an inflation gauge — or just another fantasy of Bitcoin maximalists?

A pyramid scheme where “somebody will be burnt” or an “exciting innovation?” Is this the year of the nonfungible token?

As Bitcoin ETFs launch in Canada, an approval from U.S. authorities appears to be closer than ever before as naysayers start to run out of reasons to deny it.

While Wyoming was luring crypto businesses, such as Ripple Labs, New York’s AG was bringing enforcement action against Bitfinex.

Is the crypto custody market becoming too big for established banks to ignore?

Are business leaders signaling the technological future they believe is coming to pass — i.e., international and decentralized?

Was stock trading app Robinhood the villain in the GameStop saga? “In a decentralized trading market, no one would have that power.”

In the future, owning unique art won’t be restricted to the elites, but will everyone have digital art on their walls?

“What happens when the world and the U.S. dollar is in a continual state of quantitative easing?” Can BTC find a new and unexpected role for itself?

The yuan is not seen as a major currency. Could digitizing it change that? China is breaking new ground in the Shenzhen region and beyond.

Can privacy coins be better managed to satisfy both law enforcement interests and those who like the greater anonymity they provide?

Corporations and institutional investors seeking an alternate store of value amid the pandemic crisis drove crypto to new heights in 2020.

“It is a massive event,” and not only in the U.S. but in Europe too, as it will show markets how to value crypto firms.

Pressured by U.S. authorities, more foreign exchanges are blocking American investors, but are vague U.S. regulations the real problem?

Bitcoin may never be a widely used medium of exchange, but it has become a useful store of value, former critics concede in 2020.

Some predicted the pandemic would provide the “perfect storm” for blockchain adoption. Did they overpromise?

Are a raft of recent FUD events coincidental, or are global authorities targeting unregulated crypto exchanges?

An assessment of Satoshi Nakamoto’s Oct. 31, 2008 paper that “set in motion a revolution in finance.”

Fed Chairman Powell sees no urgency to develop a CBDC, but eventually, the world’s top central bank must act, say experts.

The entry of firms like Square, MicroStrategy and Stone Ridge may open the BTC floodgates and provide “confidence for the rest to follow.”

More regulation is coming, and it will be costly, but compliance can also expand an exchange’s customer base.

A society without paper money might be a less equitable society. Those lacking digital connectivity would suffer.

Historically, digital art has been almost impossible to monetize. Blockchain technology can solve that problem.