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Coinbase, the exchange that serviced the greatest number of US customers, appeared willing to take more regulatory risk. It listed roughly five hundred coins, including some that the SEC pretty clearly viewed as securities, and its CEO, Brian Armstrong, took to Twitter to criticize the regulators for “sketchy behavior.” Coinbase itself had no excha
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American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
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With the blockchain, you can do all of that with the addition of a new option. You can record your activity in a permanent record that nobody else can alter or destroy. You can also control what that record reveals about you. Some, like me, use real-world names and easily identifiable details. Others--most, I think--use an anonymous identity. So, y... See more
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In Gold We Trust? The Future of Money in an Age of Uncertainty (Kindle Single)
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Why trust Bitcoin? You can find out who wrote every line of the codebase and when, where, and why. This is significantly more transparent than many other finance systems we work with on a daily basis.
Eric Jorgenson • The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
Web3 is pushing from several angles to make creators less dependent on platforms, and expanding the way creators can generate upfront financing would be a key way to do that.
Joey DeBruin • Tokenized Access and Subscriptions
If you’ve been following me and Messari for a while, you know I’m bullish on token-powered information curation. The v1 token-curated registry primitive had some flaws, but in general, curation markets could replace centralized, ad-driven algorithms, improve credentialing and social signaling, reduce low-value redundant work, and crowd-fund high-va... See more