Bitcoin’s 20-year quantum timeline collapses. 25% of the Bitcoin supply sits in vulnerable addresses requiring urgent migration.
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.
- Opinion1975
- Opinion
Trade finance’s financing gap and paper-based inefficiencies create blockchain’s largest opportunity. Tokenized receivables can unlock global liquidity for SMEs.
1257 - Opinion
Passive crypto hoarding exposes DATs to compliance risks while missing opportunities to provide patient capital. DAT 2.0 invests in infrastructure supporting ecosystem longevity.
1339 - Opinion
Cross-chain bridges concentrate risk and centralize trust, creating vulnerabilities that could trigger a systemic crypto crisis under stressed market conditions.
2195 - Opinion
General-purpose blockchains can’t solve industry disputes over construction changes or equipment usage. Specialized layer 1s are optimized for stateless audit trails and regulatory compliance.
3817 - Opinion
Banks risk falling behind if they cling to private blockchains. Upgrading to public, permissioned layer-2 infrastructure with ZK-proofs is essential for modern finance.
2608 - Opinion
Innovation thrives only when blockchain and crypto remain apolitical, compliant and interoperable, ensuring technology serves trust, not political agendas.
2778 - Opinion
Institutions must stake ETH on decentralized networks using Distributed Validator Technology to secure Ethereum and maximize returns.
2590 - Opinion
Bitcoin won’t win as a monetary asset while tokens power adoption through incentive layers. Zero-knowledge transport layer security unlocks verifiable data portability.
3334 - Opinion
Crypto wallets have evolved beyond asset storage into portable identity containers and self-custodial hubs, using zero-knowledge proofs.
3000 - Opinion
Money was anonymous for thousands of years until the recent experiment in financial surveillance. Privacy-preserving crypto offers a path back to normalcy.
2296 - Opinion
Zero-knowledge proofs replace shared observation with shared verification, enabling accountability without revealing sensitive information. Regulators must embrace privacy as infrastructure.
2791 - Opinion
AI isn’t a bubble. It’s already reshaping markets. Autonomous AI agents now drive trading, outperforming humans and rewriting how money moves.
3547 - Opinion
Tokenomics favor speed over conviction, using genuine supporters as exit liquidity. Crypto’s mainstream future requires replacing extraction with participation incentives.
2052 - Opinion
Dollar-backed stablecoins reinforce U.S. currency dominance while democratizing finance in developing nations, countering China's debt-trap diplomacy.
1349