Why Crypto Crosses 'The Chasm' in a Post-Coronavirus World
2020 will be looked back on as the year that marks the present era from the past, says Bitwise Asset Management's CEO.
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Dec 31, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
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Governments Will Start to Hodl Bitcoin in 2021
Crypto assets not only are not going away. They will become integral to our financial and political lives, says Blockchain.com's head of research.
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Dec 31, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
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How DeFi 'Degens' Are Funding the Next Wave of Open-Source Development
Gitcoin's Kevin Owocki coins the phrase "regenerative finance" to describe the future of funding open-source development.
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Dec 30, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
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CBDCs: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Almost 50 monetary authorities and central banks are researching and developing wholesale or retail CBDCs. What does 2021 hold in store?
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Dec 30, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
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Blockchain Developers Are Focused on the Wrong Problem
If it's to reach its full potential, the decentralized economy needs to scale censorship resistance, say Solana's CEO and COO.
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Dec 30, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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16 Ethereum Predictions From a Crypto Oracle
Andrew Keys has 16 reasons why crypto will take center stage economically, politically and socially in 2021.
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Dec 29, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
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The Fight for Consumer Adoption Is Just Beginning
In the next phase, blockchain networks have to find use cases beyond censorship resistance and permissionless access, says TRON's founder.
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Dec 29, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
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The Year the Narrative Became the Truth
Bitcoin proved it could change how people think. But will the new system it enables be "better" or just "a system that better serves me"?
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Dec 29, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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Charting Asia’s Dominant Fintech Frontier
Asia looks poised to continue its trajectory towards digital dominance, says the co-founder of Zilliqa.
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Dec 28, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
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That Decoupling Sound: China, the US and a Year of CBDCs
This year China and the U.S. faced off over trade and technology bans. But the battle for monetary hegemony has just begun.
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Dec 28, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
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