Opinion
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Crypto’s Wild West era is over — it’s time to embrace regulation to secure the future of digital assets
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Crypto still hasn’t shaken one of its most garish primordial tails — funny stories about fraud
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Scientific reputation should be determined by a decentralized community of scientists, not the validation of higher institutions
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If we tokenize all assets in a speculative rush, the risk of creating illiquid markets and trapped value will manifest on a large scale
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It’s now time for the entire Bitcoin community to recognize that Satoshi’s design transcends the confines of a single chain
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We can earn our place alongside gaming’s giants only by embracing both security and decentralization
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Some critics dismiss RWAs as tokenized nonsense — but RWAs could truly revolutionize how we trade assets globally
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MiCA is definitely a step in the right direction, but restrictions on stablecoin issuance and transactions still need work
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For the US to fully realize the benefits of these new technologies, we need Congress to pass a strong legal framework for stablecoins
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Some may argue that the current system is familiar and predictable, but the benefits of tokenization far outweigh the challenges
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Not only are we quite centralized, but the degree to which this centralization is hidden makes it impossible to remain secure
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I can’t help thinking about all of the ways that several million dollars could help US law enforcement prevent active crypto scams
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Leaders on both sides of the divide will need to develop new skills to fully harness new tech innovations
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It may be counterintuitive that a high amount of focus on a technology would lead to security risks — but it’s true
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Despite the approval of the Ethereum ETF, a flurry of approvals for other altcoin ETFs is highly unlikely anytime soon
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Current ETF issuers are simply not quite prepared to grapple with multibillion-dollar inflows and the supreme complexities of managing crypto
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While memecoins may seem harmless, I believe this speculative playground is detrimental to the long-term health of the DeFi
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Despite the hardships and the seedier side of crypto that my first project was subjected to, I’m choosing to stay in this industry and try to make an impact
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We finally have the tools to stop wallowing — and do something — as our industry’s innovations are reduced to gimmicks and get-rich-quick schemes
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It’s refreshing to find those who are willing to openly debate bitcoin with evidence and logical reasoning instead of physical combat
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Proof-of-reserves could have potentially prevented such catastrophic failures like the 2022 crypto market collapse
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