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Enterprise Blockchain Is at a Private-Public Crossroads
The big players in enterprise blockchain face a decision: stay with underwhelming consortia projects, or invest in public networks like Ethereum.
Tag: year in review 2020
Jan 06 2021
Jan 05 2021
The Pandemic Was Just the Catalyst
Harry Dent predicted 2020's economic upheaval several years in advance. The coronavirus pandemic was just a trigger to a long-term reckoning over public debt.
Jan 03 2021
Crypto Long & Short: Looking Back on a Monumental Year
□ Jan 03 2021 □
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Four crypto industry experts share their biggest insights from 2020 and what they mean for 2021.
This Is What Global Open-Source Money Seems Like
Some insist bitcoin simply can't be money because it has no basis in the material world. But the argument owes more to semantics than reality.
Jan 02 2021
Jan 01 2021
Stablecoins, ‘Unsung Heroes and Other Institutional Crypto Takeaways
□ Jan 01 2021 □
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year in review 2020
Vision Hill's Dan Zuller runs through his 10 takeaways from institutional crypto investing, and looks ahead.
Lessons in Failing to Apply Blockchain and AI to Combat COVID
Blockchain tech is well suited to manage aspects of the fight against the coronavirus. Why hasn't it been used more?
Dec 31 2020
Crypto Dollars and CBDCs: The Battle to Come
□ Dec 31 2020 □
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year in review 2020
The future of money will be a tussle between algorythmic and fiat-pegged stablecoins and central bank digital currency experiments.
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; the demarcation line separating the before and the after.
Governments Will Start to Hodl Bitcoin in 2021
□ Dec 31 2020 □
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year in review 2020
Crypto assets not only are not going away. They will become integral to our financial and political lives.
Dec 30 2020
CBDCs: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
□ Dec 30 2020 □
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cbdcs
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policy & regulation
year in review 2020
Almost 50 monetary authorities and central banks are researching and developing wholesale or retail CBDCs. What does 2021 hold in store?
Blockchain Developers Are Focused on the Wrong Problem
□ Dec 30 2020 □
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opinion
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year in review 2020
If it's to reach its full potential, the decentralized economy needs to scale censorship resistance, say Solana's CEO and COO.
Dec 29 2020
16 Ethereum Predictions From a Crypto Oracle
□ Dec 29 2020 □
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predictions
year in review 2020
Andrew Keys has 16 reasons why crypto will take center stage economically, politically and socially in 2021.
The Fight for Consumer Adoption Is Just Beginning
□ Dec 29 2020 □
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justin sun
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year in review 2020
In the next phase, blockchain networks have to find use cases beyond censorship resistance and permissionless access, says TRON's founder.
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?"