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Continue ReadingIt’s hard to tell people not to be angry with capitalism when the system is rewarding failure with millions of dollars in bankruptcy bonuses. Bloomberg has reported recently bankrupt companies…
Continue ReadingCrypto luminary Charlie Shrem is joined by Ray Youssef of Paxful for a wide-ranging conversation on Youssef’s work building schools in Africa, Paxful’s mission to unite the continent through financial…
Continue ReadingSyrian developer Ghass Mo has been living off freelance bitcoin gigs from Kurdistan, Iraq, for nearly two years. “I get paid in bitcoin for doing work on open-source projects related…
Continue ReadingCamila Russo is the founder of The Defiant and author of “The Infinite Machine,” the first book on the history of Ethereum, which launches today. Read an extract here. Almost…
Continue ReadingAs Elon Musk settles into being richer than Warren Buffett, NLW looks at what is driving the Tesla ($TSLA) stock rally. Elon Musk is now richer than Warren Buffett. A…
Continue ReadingA reading of a piece by a Yale professor and former head of Morgan Stanley Asia arguing the U.S. dollar’s status is changing rapidly. In it, he argues: Americans have…
Continue ReadingChaincode Labs researcher Clara Shikhelman has been studying mathematics in university since she was 14 years old. Now, as the bitcoin company’s newest post-doctoral fellow, she is exploring ways to…
Continue ReadingJobless claims are down, coronavirus cases are up and the markets simply don’t know what to do. On The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap, NLW explores: The final tally on the TikTok…
Continue ReadingThe following is excerpted from Camila Russo’s “The Infinite Machine,” an in-depth history of Ethereum, which goes on sale July 14. The sale started on July 22 at midnight in…
Continue ReadingFor a decade, Michael Krieger’s Liberty Blitzkrieg has been an essential alternative financial and cultural voice. As outrage culture ramps up, here’s why it’s ending. Our main conversation is with…
Continue ReadingIn his most recent video, Charles Hoskinson frets that massive egos and bitter conflicts threaten to undermine the cryptocurrency community. But, with a touch of Trumpian hyperbole, he suggests that…
Continue ReadingStephanie Hurder, a CoinDesk columnist, is a founding economist at Prysm Group, an economic advisory focused on the implementation of emerging technologies, and an academic contributor to the World Economic…
Continue ReadingOver the past two years, many bitcoin believers donated cryptocurrency to initiatives in Venezuela, often holding up the small nation as the pinnacle example of the technology’s potential. The truth…
Continue ReadingTey Elrjula is a tech entrepreneur, a refugee and the author of “The Invisible Son,” now available for pre-sale. Bitcoin is good for whatever you need. I’ve used it to…
Continue ReadingFrom the “Robinhood Rally” to the most profit-disconnected stock market in history, these are the most interesting ideas from FinTwit last month. The Macro Media Index is a monthly summary…
Continue ReadingTwo technology developers are trying to keep their workplace harassment lawsuit against the Tron Foundation on the path to trial. A legal challenge is calling on a court to overturn…
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Continue ReadingAfter a week of viral videos on TikTok, dogecoin is up 35% in price and 2000% in volume. What gives? What’s old is new again! What happens when you combine…
Continue ReadingWhen Gyam Queen heard Nigeria would enter a 14-day lockdown, her first thought was about her studies. Queen, who is 26, is pursuing a Hospitality Management course at Wavecrest College…
Continue ReadingA leading economist shares why crisis-time central bank policies are saving zombie companies while hurting small businesses and startups. Our main discussion is with Daniel Lacalle. Daniel is chief economist…
Continue ReadingThe story of the economy as told by five macroeconomic indicators including Chinese stocks, New York City real estate, coronavirus cases and more. In this extended Brief, NLW tells the…
Continue ReadingWith bitcoin volatility sinking, lightning payments to your bank account and real world accountability on the blockchain, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your BTC news roundup! Bitcoin’s positive correlation…
Continue ReadingIn this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Blockade Games co-founder Marguerite deCourcelle talk about bitcoin’s impact on artistic careers. From collecting unique, interactive pieces to designing video games, Cuen…
Continue ReadingTo decrease wealth inequality, one passionate financial adviser argues why financial education needs different content, from different voices, delivered through different channels. Financial education and financial literacy are at crisis…
Continue ReadingA Bitcoin Core dev and her exchange partner discuss Bitcoin and privacy and how to incentivize more developers to contribute to the protocol. OKCoin and BitMEX recently came together to…
Continue ReadingFar from a fly-by-night, uneducated mania, the new day trader class represents a much more significant force for how public markets are changing. Even before the COVID-19 crisis, Reddit’s WallStreetBets…
Continue ReadingWith traditional markets moving up and BTC sticking to its recent tight trading range, Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup. Today’s News: Equities show strength as bitcoin…
Continue ReadingThere is a constant free market competition to define the Bitcoin narrative, and Kraken’s Dan Held argues this is part of what makes the protocol so strong. Satoshi Nakamoto is…
Continue ReadingWhat’s in a name? The power to render someone mute. Last week, Scott Alexander, the author of the influential rationalist blog Slate Star Codex (SSC), abruptly shut down (perhaps temporarily)…
Continue ReadingWith a historically boring update to bitcoin’s mining difficulty and the digital dollar back in the news, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your bitcoin news roundup. Today’s news: Bitwise…
Continue ReadingFrenchman Alex Masmej, 23 years old, recently raised $20,000 on Ethereum by tokenizing himself. Now he wants his investors to vote on his life choices. His “control my life” experiment…
Continue ReadingThe host of the rapidly growing Rebel Capitalist podcast joins to talk macro, inflation and the almighty battle for ideas. What would you do if you were approaching your 40s,…
Continue ReadingAs Zimbabwe embarks on its fifth bout of hyperinflation in modern history, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup. Bitcoin is still outperforming the top traditional financial…
Continue ReadingGuests from the crypto investor Ari Paul to Harvard prof Dr. Vikram Mansharamani discuss bitcoin, the economy and social unrest. June 2020 will go down in the history books as…
Continue Reading“Here lies the huge irony in this discussion. Persistent pseudonyms aren’t ways to hide who you are. They provide a way to be who you are. You can finally talk…
Continue ReadingAs states shutter economic activity because of preventable COVID-19 outbreaks, it’s deja vu all over again. This is a movie we’ve seen before: Rise in what could have been preventable…
Continue ReadingTuur Demeester of Adamant Capital joins for a conversation about what the Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution can teach us about bitcoin. Today on the Brief: A consumer spending…
Continue ReadingThe future of the U.S. federal securities regulator, and perhaps the direction of cryptocurrency policy, is up in the air. Last week, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate…
Continue ReadingA few years ago, when MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini was leading an interactive digital art project, she found the facial recognition technology it employed was far better at…
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