US President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to lead the Fed, but the financier’s plans to lower interest rates may come up against hard economic realities and a split board.
Features
Long-format, in-depth features and op-eds covering blockchain and cryptocurrency, covering the social impact and use-cases for these emerging technologies.
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The Ethereum Economic Zone promises to stitch fragmented rollups back into a single system, but a similar model struggled to gain traction on Cosmos.
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Yields for five-year US Treasury bonds are up 4%, putting a damper on Bitcoin price, which has ended the month much where it started.
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Arbitrage opportunities in prediction markets often exist for seconds, giving AI-driven systems a structural advantage over humans.
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If betting markets are to be believed, the chances of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried getting a presidential pardon this year aren’t looking good.
2129 - Analysis
BOLT Technologies founder Yoon Auh says the real challenge in the quantum transition is whether blockchain networks can coordinate system-wide upgrades.
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Bitcoin is beating gold during the Iran war, but its dependence on liquidity cycles keeps the safe haven narrative in question.
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Kalshi is facing off with state regulators around the US, who claim that prediction markets are a form of gambling and recognize that they are a significant source of potential revenue.
2163 - Analysis
The crypto industry has seen a number of regulatory changes over the past year, with the Canadian government taking a risk-management, rules-first approach.
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Ties to the crypto industry became a vector for attack in a recent Democratic primary election in the state of Illinois.
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Saifedean Ammous, the author of The Bitcoin Standard, released an alternate history last fall, in which a decentralized gold system uproots central banking.
2574 - Analysis
Crypto’s push into institutional adoption is forcing DAOs to choose between maintaining decentralization and business deals.
1709 - Analysis
The Bank of England is open to fixes on its proposed stablecoin framework, but one official said it needs better feedback from crypto industry participants.
2037 - Analysis
Chains are launching perp DEXs to capture trading activity, but history suggests liquidity will consolidate around only a handful of platforms.
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Republicans in the US House of Representatives have threatened the future of an affordable housing bill if it doesn’t include an outright ban on CBDCs.
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