On Long Reads Sunday, a reading of a John Street Capital piece on the realities of a market characterized by zero-bound interest rates. The piece examines how different asset classes – from stocks to bonds to bitcoin and beyond –…
In 2030, at the interminable tail end of another hot, smoky summer in Mexico City, the power went out again and she went down into the basement where it was cooler. Other people from the apartment block were already sitting…
OKB, the native exchange token for OKEx, has lost nearly an additional 20% of its market value Saturday, bringing its total drop to roughly 30% since the second-largest cryptocurrency derivatives exchange suspended withdrawals early Friday morning due to a keyholder…
Are cryptocurrencies a new form of money and, if so, do they threaten state power? Our friend Nic Carter has recently commented on these questions in dialogue with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. We would like to add our perspective and thoughts…
When will we ever learn? Not your keys? Not your coins. On Friday morning as the OKEx withdrawal-freeze story twisted and turned, CoinDesk’s editors had an off-the-cuff discussion about the fundamental realities and unique challenges of security for even the…
Atomyze, a tokenization startup by Russian mining and smelting giant Nornickel, is setting up shop in Greenwich, Conn., to sell tokenized metals in the U.S. The company, whose legal name is Atomyze LLC, will become the second foothold for Nornickel’s…
How many Libertarians do you think there are in the United States? Everyone, right? Everybody wants personal freedom and a limited government. Just listen to Twitter bots and the talking heads on the propaganda channels. Everybody votes their principles and…
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Mt. Gox’s rehabilitation plan deadline of Oct. 15 has been extended yet again this time to December.
Coinbase is sponsoring at least two Bitcoin Core developers with a new grant program, the San Francisco-based exchange announced Thursday. “We believe helping to connect and grow the cryptoeconomy is essential to building an open financial system for the world,”…
[unable to retrieve full-text content] DLT is among 20 “critical and emerging” technologies in the Trump Administration’s new strategy for preserving the U.S.’ technological edge.