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Moving Beyond Incentives: Strategies for Building Resilient DeFi Ecosystems
The DeFi landscape is expanding with the emergence of new blockchains like BeraChain, TON, Plume, and Sonic, each offering a wave of incentives to attract users. However, the question remains whether these incentives can lead to sustainable ecosystems. Incentives are powerful tools for bootstrapping user acquisition and liquidity but are only the starting point. The ultimate goal is to create sel…
April 22, 2025, 6:06 p.m.
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5 Key Strategies for the SEC to Foster Innovation
For nearly a century, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been the most influential financial regulator globally, playing a crucial role in ensuring the depth, fairness, and accessibility of our capital markets. However, its continued relevance hinges on its ability to not only respond to innovation but also to proactively nurture it. Throughout its history, the SEC has demonstrated …
April 21, 2025, 3:27 p.m.
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Ethereum's Struggle to Find Its Growth Narrative
As the second-largest crypto asset and a key gateway for traditional investors into DeFi, Ethereum is held to high standards. However, to achieve mainstream adoption, a strong growth narrative is necessary, and so far, Ethereum has been falling short. With a year-to-date decline of 53% and a 50% drop over the past year, Ethereum's market capitalization has significantly dwindled, even potentially…
April 21, 2025, 3:11 p.m.
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Making the Case for AI That You Own and Control
The question of who truly has control over your AI assistant is one that many people have not yet considered. With millions of people relying on digital assistants, from voice-controlled devices to smart bots embedded in tools like Google Workspace or ChatGPT, these systems play a significant role in helping us write, organize, search, and even think. However, the vast majority of these assistant…
April 18, 2025, 4:35 p.m.
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Why the DOJ's Shift on Crypto Enforcement Should Be on Our Radar
The US Department of Justice has recently introduced new guidelines, directing prosecutors to reduce their focus on investigating and litigating cryptocurrency-related crimes. This move effectively disbands the government's National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), prioritizing immigration and procurement issues over cryptocurrency enforcement. Although the DOJ frames this as a resource-st…
April 15, 2025, 2:13 p.m.
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Bitcoin Outlook Remains Favorable, Data Suggests — CoinDesk Indices
This week has been significant for those advocating for bitcoin and cryptocurrency as a viable investment option. Despite the recent turmoil in global markets, digital assets have shown resilience with moderate volatility. Bitcoin saw a 5% increase, and the CoinDesk 20 Index rose by 6% last week, offering a compelling narrative for crypto's legitimacy amidst market stress. The traditional asset m…
April 14, 2025, 5:48 p.m.
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Bridging the Gap: Why User Experience is Crypto's Biggest Hurdle
As the crypto landscape evolves, discussions often revolve around regulation, custody, and scalability. However, in 2025, the primary obstacle to mainstream acceptance is not policy, but rather the complexity of user interfaces. The onboarding process, from managing seed phrases to understanding blockchain transactions, is akin to navigating a labyrinth, deterring everyday users. The fragmentatio…
April 12, 2025, 7:31 p.m.
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Repealing the IRS DeFi Rule Marks a Temporary Victory for the Crypto Industry
The US Congress has recently voted to overturn the Internal Revenue Service's contentious decentralized finance broker rule, a major triumph for the crypto sector. Following this, President Trump has formally abolished the measure. However, this victory may be short-lived. In December 2024, the IRS proposed a rule that would have forced DeFi platforms to adhere to standard crypto broker tax regul…
April 11, 2025, 2:06 p.m.
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Why Bitcoin Doesn't Need to Be a Payments Platform
Recently, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey stated that for Bitcoin to remain relevant, it needs to focus on scaling payments. However, as someone who works closely with Bitcoin builders and interacts with market-makers and investors, I strongly disagree with this notion. The key to growing Bitcoin's relevance lies in creating more functionality for everyday users, allowing them to utilize their bitcoi…
April 10, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
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Navigating the Complexities of Tokenized Securities
The journey to harness the potential of blockchain technology in finance has been likened to the ancient tale of Oedipus, where solving complex riddles was crucial to unlocking great rewards. In the early days of cryptocurrency, circa 2017, two significant hurdles stood in the way: securities laws that were not designed for decentralized systems and a regulatory environment hostile to digital ass…
April 10, 2025, 3:30 p.m.