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Cory Doctorow: The Monopoly Web Is Already Here
Cory Doctorow doesn’t buy the hype. While many critics of Big Tech ascribe diabolical genius to the dominant internet firms of today, Doctorow sees a collection of mediocre sociopaths. This article is part of CoinDesk's "Internet…
Microsoft Marketing Exec Joins Blockchain Gaming Platform Enjin to Lead Enterprise Push
Blockchain gaming platform Enjin is launching a bid to attract more enterprise business, and it has hired an executive with two decades of experience at Microsoft to lead the effort.Announced Monday, Alex Solomon, whose last role at…
Record Levels of Negative-Yielding Debt Strengthen Case for Bitcoin: Analysts
Bitcoin’s long-term bullish case may have gotten another boost as the global stockpile of negative-yielding bonds hits a new high.The value of the Global Negative-Yielding Debt Index from Bloomberg and Barclays is now at a record level of…
The SEC Is Still Working Out What ‘Qualified Custodian’ Means for Crypto
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is once again asking about qualified custodians and how crypto custody fits into this regulatory framework.Last month, the Wyoming Division of Banking granted a no-action letter to Two…
Fidelity’s Crypto Arm Responds to 6 Common Bitcoin Criticisms
Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, has responded to some of bitcoin’s most frequent criticisms, suggesting clarity is needed amid heightened interest in the cryptocurrency.In a blog post on Thursday, Director of…
Dollar Decline and the Paralysis of Conventional Monetary Policy
A reading of Kenneth Rogoff’s latest piece on the strange reality of the dollar’s global status. On this week’s edition of Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads former IMF chief and current Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff’s latest Op-Ed, “The…
Data Is Labor: Why We Need Data Unions
In the aftermath of a divisive U.S. presidential election that seems to mark the tail end of the 20th Century, I’m reminded of the daughters of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The “Mill Girls” of Lowell, Mass., made up 75% of…
Value DeFi protocol suffers $6 million flash loan exploit
After a boast about the protocol’s resiliency, Value DeFi loses $6 million to exploit Following a Twitter thread on Friday that highlighted the decentralized finance protocol’s flash loan exploit prevention methodology, Value DeFi appears…
Dalio Says Governments Will Kill Bitcoin. Is He Right?
In an otherwise extremely bullish week, famed investor Ray Dalio reiterated his skepticism of bitcoin and digital assets.On this edition of the weekly recap, NLW looks at bitcoin’s surge past $16,000. Additionally, he explores some recent…
Roger Ver: Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks Could Have Thwarted PayPal Support
There are still a lot of uncertainties around the scheduled Bitcoin Cash fork event on Nov. 15, but one thing is for sure: The cryptocurrency’s biggest advocate, Roger Ver, executive chairman of Bitcoin.com, is not a fan of the scheduled…