Stop Blaming Crypto for Traditional Finance Failures
After the recent collapse of three banks – Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank – many pointed...
Crypto Long & Short: Why Layer 2 Protocols Matter
They’re the overflow rooms for the bustling Bitcoin and Ethereum ecosystems.
Ethereum Activates ‘Account Abstraction,’ Touted by Founder Buterin as Key Advance
The news of the upgrade, via the deployment of ERC-4337 as a smart contract, will be shared at an...
Canadian Crypto Trading Platforms Face ‘Enhanced’ Rules Under New Regulations
They have 30 days to comply.
A Majority of US Voters Want More Crypto Regulation, Poll Shows
The crypto industry may be fretting over tightening regulations and upcoming legislation, but new poll results released Wednesday indicate...
Finance Can Never be Fully Decentralized, Says UK Central Banker
Finance can never become truly decentralized, a member of the Bank of England’s financial-stability committee has said, citing an...
Crypto and Payments Firm MobileCoin Launches New Stablecoin – ‘Electronic Dollars’
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency and payments firm MobileCoin, in collaboration with stablecoin platform Reserve, has launched a new stablecoin ...
EU Project to Fight Fakes Succeeds By Being Open, Founder Says
Eonpass is the latest startup to try to find business applications for Web3 technology that can grow to real-world...
Metaverse Scammers Have a Bridge to Sell You. This Financial Regulator Is Fighting Back
Crypto investors have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into buying up virtual land – and thieves are taking...
Can Ethereum Out-Engineer the Censors by ‘Shuttering’ the Beacon Chain?
In a previous edition of the Valid Points newsletter, we dove headfirst into the debate around censorship on Ethereum....
Slow Ventures Raises Stakes on Crypto Governance with ‘Timber sDAO’
The idealism of decentralized crypto ownership doesn't always play nice with the realities of U.S. securities law – especially...
Diving Deep into DeFi to Navigate the New Wave of Finance
Max Good, senior index research analyst at CoinDesk Indices, contributed writing for this report. Introduction In December 2021, CoinDesk...
Inflation Hedge or Not, Bitcoin’s True Value Is Separation of Money and State
For the first week in a while, the non-crypto world was louder than the crypto world. Everyone is talking...
Kenya’s Crypto Crowd Hopes President-Elect Will Be Better Than Predecessor
Kenya President-Elect William Ruto is "assumed" to be a better hope for the crypto community in Kenya than the...
Direct Blockchain Scrutiny Can Spot Financial Hacks, but Not Easily, German Study Says
Regulators can better fight cybercrime by looking directly at the blockchain – but it will take a lot of...
Investors Waiting for Safe Token Can Buy Gnosis Tokens for Now
A blockchain project called Safe has grown over the past year to become one of the biggest institutional-grade wallets...