Alex Tapscott

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  • TOPSHOT – US President Joe Biden looks on as he participates in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Forget the pundits and polls—internet prediction markets anticipated Biden’s withdrawal weeks ago

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  • Collection of African paper currencyCommentary

    How stablecoins are accelerating dollarization in the Global South—and why financial inclusion needs Web3 solutions

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  • Abstract depiction of internet users and dataCommentary

    Web3’s 4 key principles for reshaping the digital landscape

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  • PayPalCommentary

    As PayPal joins the fray, the stablecoin wars draw ever closer

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  • Crypto photo illustrationRegulators

    5 Lessons the Crypto Industry must learn from the FTX Disaster

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  • Crypto coinsRegulators

    Crypto is about to change bookkeeping rules—and soon the accounting profession

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  • Two people exchanging coinsCommentary

    Does the future of money belong to Bitcoin, CBDCs, or stablecoins?

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  • Crypto photo illustrationNFTs and Culture

    Decentralization vs. growth: A practical way to bring Web3 to a billion people

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  • The Tornado Cash website displayed on a laptop and smartphone screen arranged in London, U.K., on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Crypto protocols that allow digital-asset traders to obfuscate their transaction activity should be more regulated, the U.K.s National Crime Agency said. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    The recent crackdown on Tornado Cash sets a dangerous precedent. Here’s why it could be the beginning of an all-out ‘war on code’

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  • Sam Bankman-FriedCommentary

    The crypto crash resembles the Panic of 1907, with Sam Bankman-Fried in the role of J.P. Morgan

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  • Showing support for Ukraine.Commentary

    How crypto donations became Ukraine’s financial lifeline, and what it means for the future of money

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  • This picture taken on April 7, 2021 shows blockchain entrepreneur Vignesh Sundaresan, also known by his pseudonym MetaKovan, showing the digital artwork non-fungible token (NFT) “Everydays: The First 5,000 Days” by artist Beeple in his home in Singapore. – Last month the programmer bought the world’s most expensive NFT for $69.3 million, highlighting how virtual work is establishing itself as a new creative genre.  – RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION TO GO WITH Singapore-US-arts-IT, INTERVIEW by Catherine LAI (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION TO GO WITH Singapore-US-arts-IT, INTERVIEW by Catherine LAI / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION TO GO WITH Singapore-US-arts-IT, INTERVIEW by Catherine LAI (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    With NFTs, the digital medium is the message

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  • Illuminated mining rigs operate inside racks at the CryptoUniverse cryptocurrency mining farm in Nadvoitsy, Russia, on Thursday, March 18, 2021. The rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has prompted the greatest push yet among central banks to develop their own digital currencies. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    Can we fix Bitcoin’s climate problem?

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  • A bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal is installed outside the BitCluster cryptocurrency mining farm in Norilsk, Russia, on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Norilsk may soon be famous for a different type of mining  it now hosts the Arctic’s first crypto farm for producing new Bitcoins. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    Busting Bitcoin myths: 7 misconceptions about the cryptocurrency

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  • A feminist activist takes part in a flash mob with photographs of women imprisoned after Belarus presidential elections on August 9, 2020, as they protest against police violence in Minsk, on February 14, 2021. – According to the “Viasna” Human Rights Center, 246 people are considered as being political prisoners in Belarus. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Bitcoin offers freedom from political repression—and that’s a key to its future

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