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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)

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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)

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Fewer Than Half of New Ethereum Blocks Over the Past 24 Hours Are OFAC Compliant
For the first time since October, fewer than 50% of new blocks over a 24-hour period are OFAC compliant, partially thanks to more noncensoring options that make up a larger share of the blockspace market.
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Jack Dorsey-Based Social Network Nostr's Damus App Banned From China App Store
A notification from Apple says Damus “includes content that is illegal in China.”
Nostr's Damus

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Craig Wright’s Blacklist Resembles Bitcoin ‘Kill Switch’ Satoshi Never Followed Through On
The blacklist manager was unveiled in October and is part of Bitcoin SV’s digital asset recovery process.
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CDCROP: AI Ethereum Cityscape Art (Midjourney/CoinDesk)
Ethereum Upgrade Could Make It Harder to Lose All Your Crypto
Account abstraction – a concept recently embraced by Visa – could make Ethereum wallets significantly more user friendly.
CDCROP: AI Ethereum Cityscape Art (Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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Ethereum in 2023: Here’s What to Look Forward To
Staked ETH withdrawals, scalability and more cool events are on the horizon for Ethereum.
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Ethereum’s 2022 in Review: The Merge, MEV and Mayhem
Ethereum’s year was marked by reductions to energy costs and improved scalability, but it was also racked by hacks and “censorship.”
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CDCROP: AI Artwork Ethereum Muzzle on statue (DALL-E/CoinDesk)
Is Ethereum’s Censorship Problem Taking a Turn?
New relayers and community efforts have contributed to a decline in censorship on the blockchain
CDCROP: AI Artwork Ethereum Muzzle on statue (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Friends on a road trip looking at a map lost (Image Source/Getty Images)
Vitalik Buterin’s New Ethereum Road Map Takes Aim at MEV and Censorship
Amid a number of new changes, Buterin’s new vision for Ethereum adds a section aimed at curtailing the threats of centralization.
CDCROP: Friends on a road trip looking at a map lost (Image Source/Getty Images)