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The Node: Bitcoin Is 'Armageddon Insurance'?
What would it take for governments to add bitcoin to their balance sheets? Here's what one expert thinks.
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The Node: Beeple Sold Out. So What?
Crypto could do with a little less tribalism.
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The Node: Biden's Grid Plans Can Clean Bitcoin
Proposals for bitcoin to act as a "money battery" within the renewable system show how technology can reduce the network's footprint.
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The Node: NFTs Made It to ‘Then They Mock You’ Even Faster Than Bitcoin Did
When rarefied art critics sneer at non-fungible tokens, it’s not about art. It’s about instructing the in-group what they should and should not care about.
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A MORE CIVILIZED AGE? Lindsay Lohan at the premiere of “Mean Girls” in 2004, 11 years before the first non-fungible token was minted.
On Covering the NFT Hype
In a bull market, people new to crypto will seek out any information they can, from serious to silly. What should they find?
A MORE CIVILIZED AGE? Lindsay Lohan at the premiere of “Mean Girls” in 2004, 11 years before the first non-fungible token was minted.

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The Node: Hard Money and a Dovish Fed
Fed Chairman Powell was praised for his clear policy forecasts yesterday. What might it mean for bitcoin, which means different things to different people?
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The Node: Bitcoin Is 'Digital Gold' Because People Say It Is
Software firm Meitu, which just bought more ETH and BTC, points to the meta-nature of modern investing driven by consensus opinions.
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The Node: 'Green' Bitcoin Is the Price of Mass Adoption
Bitcoiners may want to dismiss the energy/environment debate, but it's not going away as more corporates look to make an allocation.
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Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" presented by Perrotin Gallery and on view at Art Basel Miami 2019.
How Bananas and Mortgages Can Explain the NFT Craze
A banana can be removed from its peel. A loan can be separated from the right to bill you every month. Now NFTs have cleaved bragging rights from artwork. What these things ar...
Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" presented by Perrotin Gallery and on view at Art Basel Miami 2019.

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The Node: The Problem of Authenticity in NFT Art
“This work does require a context. It's not just the blockchain," Foundation's CEO said.
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