Why Bitcoin Is Worth at Least a Penny
As the cryptocurrency hits another all-time high, investors unfamiliar with the asset class may wonder why it has value at all. Here’s a brief explanation.
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Contango Conmigo: Why a Bitcoin Futures ETF Could Be a Bloody Ride
Regulators maintain the futures market is a lower-risk way to list bitcoin. But there’s a major catch.
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How to Do Business as a DAO
Should a DAO retain a law firm? Three representatives from Morrison Cohen LLP discuss the emerging legal issues around this new type of business enterprise.
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What Stablecoins Might Become
At issue is whether issuers of the digital assets will be regulated like banks.
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Kill the BitLicense
The state’s regulatory regime has been bad for New York and bad for crypto.
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Oct 19, 2021 at 7:28 p.m. UTC
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The CFTC Was Proved Right on Bitcoin Futures. What’s Next for the Agency?
For years the commodities overseer was the de facto regulator of crypto markets.
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Oct 19, 2021 at 6:09 p.m. UTC
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Gensler for a Day: How Rohan Grey Would Regulate Stablecoins
Stablecoins make use of the same shadow banking carveout that imperiled the financial system in 2008. That can’t continue, says the co-author of the Stablecoin Tethering and B...
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DeFi Is Like Nothing Regulators Have Seen Before. How Should They Tackle It?
Without middlemen to deputize, the SEC and other regulators will have to rethink their approach to enforcement. A lot could go wrong.
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Put America’s Geeks to Work, Don’t Cage Them
If the U.S. wants to beat China and Russia in cyberspace, we’ll need help from our nerds – even those with criminal pasts, writes the mother of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht...
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The NFT Market Is Already Centralized
Decentralized computing doesn’t always lead to a decentralized market structure.
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Oct 18, 2021 at 7:28 p.m. UTC
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