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Arbitrum Governance Fracas Reopens the Question: Why DAOs?
A messy governance dispute over a major Ethereum scaling system has some complaining about “decentralization theater.”
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Sen. Warren’s ‘Anti-Crypto Army’ Is Just the Beginning of Crypto’s Politicization
As the 2024 U.S. election cycle approaches don’t be surprised to hear politicians discussing bitcoin, crypto and CBDCs.
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CASH app on Smartphone next to $100 dollar bill (Shutterstock)
What Hindenburg Research’s Takedown of Block Says About Money and Crime
Expecting centralized money services to halt crime only helps politicize money and disempower users.
CASH app on Smartphone next to $100 dollar bill (Shutterstock)

CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)
How Bad Is the Binance Suit?
If the commodities cops are taken at their word, Binance sacrificed regulatory compliance for the sake of growth.
CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Historic photograph of a German bank during a period of hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic. (Bain News Service/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
A Sudden Onset of Hyperinflation: What Will Happen to Bitcoin?
If the world is thrust into hyperbitcoinization – as Balaji Srinivasan predicts – before the ecosystem is ready, then even bitcoiners might not be in a position to use bitcoin.
Historic photograph of a German bank during a period of hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic. (Bain News Service/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Silvergate Bank HQ (CoinDesk)
The Banking Crisis Is Not Crypto’s Fault
Crypto might have a banking problem, but banks don’t have a crypto problem.
CDCROP: Silvergate Bank HQ (CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Silvergate Bank HQ (CoinDesk)
A Tale of 2 Banks: Why Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed
Every U.S. bank is facing similar structural pressures to what drove crypto’s one-time favorite bank to the moon and then into the ground.
CDCROP: Silvergate Bank HQ (CoinDesk)

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Paul Krugman Is Having a Bitcoin Moment
Venmo blacklisted the die-hard crypto skeptic. Maybe now he’ll see the light.
Paul Krugman (David Shankbone/Creative Commons)