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Year in Review 2019

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Tech
Year in review 2019
For Quick Wins, Focus on Decentralization Within Existing Businesses
Instead of creating new solutions to replace existing businesses with decentralized ones, startups should focus on improving existing businesses using decentralization.
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By Tal Kol
Dec 21, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 21, 2019
Year in Review 2019
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Tech
Ethereum
3 Under-the-Radar Product Trends for 2020
Here's what 1confirmation partner Richard Chen is expecting to pop in the new year.
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By Richard Chen
Dec 21, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 21, 2019
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Markets
Year in review 2019
An Identity Layer for the Web Would Identify Us Everywhere
With the digital subsuming our reality, an identity layer for the web would be an identity layer for our lives.
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By Elizabeth Renieris
Dec 21, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 21, 2019
Year in Review 2019
Lou Kerner is Advisory Board Member at Blockchain Coinvestors
Markets
Year in review 2019
2019 Set the Stage for DeFi to Go Mainstream
DeFi's biggest strength is the ability to recreate itself and scale endlessly without regulatory approval.
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By Lou Kerner
Dec 21, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 21, 2019
Year in Review 2019
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Central banks
A Decade of Quantitative Easing Has Paved the Way for the Age of Digital Currency
Ten years of central bank quantitative easing have fostered big distortions in the global financial system, setting it up for a major architectural shift.
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By Michael J. Casey
Dec 20, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2019
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Markets
Year in review 2019
Crypto Must Embrace the Fringe to Win Over the Mainstream
Leaders should ask who is under-served by the current financial system and how blockchain addresses those needs.
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By Jeffrey Amico
Dec 20, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2019
Year in Review 2019
Ari Paul, CIO and managing partner at BlockTower Capital
Markets
Year in review 2019
With So Much Debt Around, Investors Need Bitcoin as a Reflation Hedge
Market prices don't reflect rational decisions and central banks can hardly manage inflation. That's where bitcoin comes in.
Ari Paul, CIO and managing partner at BlockTower Capital
By Ari Paul
Dec 20, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2019
Year in Review 2019
Jalak Jobanputra, founder of FuturePerfect Ventures, at Consensus 2018 in New York.
Policy
Year in review 2019
The Central Bank Business Model Is Under Attack
Libra spurred central banks into action on digital currency projects this year.
Jalak Jobanputra, founder of FuturePerfect Ventures, at Consensus 2018 in New York.
By Jalak Jobanputra
Dec 20, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2019
Year in Review 2019
Charlie Shrem is the former founder of BitInstant and co-founder of cryptocurrency intelligence service CryptoIQ.
Markets
Year in review 2019
Charlie Shrem: What I Still Love About Crypto
A early pioneer in the crypto space reflects on the past year.
Charlie Shrem is the former founder of BitInstant and co-founder of cryptocurrency intelligence service CryptoIQ.
By Daniel Kuhn
Dec 20, 2019 at 1:43 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2019
Year in Review 2019
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Policy
Year in review 2019
How Decentralized Tech Can End the Privacy Crisis in 2020
If we’re not careful, blockchain will be remembered for perfecting the surveillance economy.
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By Tor Bair
Dec 19, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 19, 2019
Year in Review 2019