Coinbase and Base: Is crypto just becoming traditional finance 2.0?
The future of crypto looks more like Facebook’s abandoned Diem project than the cypherpunk ethos that Bitcoin started with 16 years ago.
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Opinion: GOP crypto maxis almost as bad as Dems’ ‘anti-crypto army’
Fighting between GOP crypto maxis and anti-crypto Dems fails to appreciate blockchain’s importance to the U.S.’ long-term economic interests.
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Powers On… Summer musings after two particularly bad months in cryptoland
“I believe Bitcoin, Ether and other cryptocurrencies are here to stay. No one country, or group of countries or regulators, can stop their use and development.”
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Powers On… When will we learn from recent history to protect our crypto and ourselves?
What the recent collapse of TerraUSD and LUNA demonstrated was already made clear by the collapse of a money market fund in 2008. What should we learn from these lessons?
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Terra collapsed because it used hubris for collateral — Knifefight
What happened, why it happened and how to see it coming when it happens again.
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Powers On… It’s been a wonderful life (week): SEC Commissioner Peirce, Bitcoin 2022 and more
In one important week this month, SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce spoke at my “Blockchain & the Law” class at Florida International University College of Law and I attended the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami.
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