Opinion

Our Opinion column presents ideas, thoughts and commentary from industry leaders. Cointelegraph’s contributors are highly experienced professionals in the fields of blockchain, cryptocurrency and financial technologies. Their individual views do not necessarily represent those of Cointelegraph, its affiliates or its partners.

We can no longer rely on central banks to prop up our investments, which means learning to look at the health of the companies and products in which we invest.

Sky-high interest rates are exactly what the crypto market needs

2023-09-21T20:44:17+01:00

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Bitcoin mining is becoming harder, which means miners will have to spend more to receive fewer rewards. But there are still ways to be profitable.

How Bitcoin miners can survive a hostile market — and the 2024 halving

2023-09-19T23:58:22+01:00

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Critics often overlook the inconvenient fact that “decentralized” blockchains in fact depend on centralized points of failure that have the potential to corrupt...

Decentralized finance needs alternatives to blockchain

Anton Churyumov

2023-09-18T15:54:14+01:00

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Ripple Labs built its XRP token on a centralized system. But with legal action against Ripple coming to a close, it could move toward a more open platform.

Ripple is staring down an opportunity to fix its closed system

2023-09-12T16:21:55+01:00

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The Securities and Exchange Commission will inevitably approve a spot Bitcoin ETF, but we should retain some healthy skepticism about the risks it will create.

10 years later, still no Bitcoin ETF — but who cares?

2023-09-08T18:20:14+01:00

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Facebook was the worst thing to happen to user privacy over the last two decades. Artificial intelligence could be the worst thing to happen in the days ahead.

Meta’s assault on privacy should serve as a warning against AI

2023-09-07T18:36:13+01:00

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A bizarre tale about Carl ‘The Moon” Runefelt asking Cointelegraph to revise history on his behalf by concealing old claims that he co-founded a crypto app.

The story of a crypto influencer’s attempt to bend reality

2023-09-01T22:50:16+01:00

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Worldcoin could make it easier to create digital identities for people worldwide. And even if it fails, more projects like it are coming.

If Worldcoin can improve the world, why not give it a chance?

Dr. Paolo Tasca

2023-08-31T17:16:45+01:00

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