As the Bitcoin behemoth grows, we should expect some of the original OGs to depart in search of decentralized alternatives and bigger gains.
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President Joe Biden hasn't taken a particularly friendly stance toward cryptocurrency. On the contrary, he's been a lot like his predecessor.
2171Visa and Mastercard are both working on cryptocurrency initiatives, and could encourage more adoption if they offered crypto reward programs on a wider basis.
3086The case against Roman Sterlingov showed that Chainalysis tools are flawed — and shouldn't be trusted to convict defendants when they face decades in prison.
4722Unlike games that rely partly on centralization (Axie Infinity), fully on-chain games give players more control — and get them more engaged.
2600Stay calm and avoid getting carried away by the possibly imminent all-time highs for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Open interest needs to get wiped out sooner or later.
26972Unlike traditional interest rates, Bitcoin staking reward rates are determined by the users who participate rather than central banks.
7870Network capacity is a growing issue for Ethereum. The Dencun upgrade may help, but the broader solution lies in multi-chain solutions — appchains and rollups.
5901Ethereum may have spot ETFs in a few months, but Solana has superior speed and UX design. Its market dominance is inevitable.
11984OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to raise $7 trillion for chip production to help AI systems, but he has yet to show AI is moving in a direction that will help us.
4735Coinbase's quarterly earnings report released last week indicated the company is well-positioned to tap into a number of growing revenue streams.
2197Chain development kits (CDKs) are expanding the universe of possibilities open to developers on the Ethereum network.
16089A $100,000 target for Bitcoin isn't off the table for 2024 — but it could be a slow and steady rise rather than the quick one you might be anticipating.
8278Cryptocurrency needs a whistleblower program to diminish the likelihood of FTX-style manipulation or fraud during the bull market ahead.
2805South Korea's young people are known as the "N-Po generation" — a phrase that suggests they were abandoned. But they've found new hope in cryptocurrency.
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