Stablecoins are “something we're putting strong resources towards, because we know it's a growing area both in traditional and new financial areas,” a leading S&P analyst said.
From bringing bad actors to book to scaling Ethereum, this year prepared the ground for bigger things to come, says E&Y’s Paul Brody.
The U.S. Congress is still wrestling over crypto, so it's unlikely that a full regulatory regime will be in place before 2025, though court rulings and agency policies will keep emerging.
U.S. crypto regulation has much to learn from Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. But while these jurisdictions offer legal clarity around digital assets, they also have some of the toughest rules in the world, says CoinDesk’s Emily Parker.
In today's issue of Crypto for Advisors, we share what advisors need to know about how ETH staking works and what’s coming.
Aragon had a dream to remake capitalism with DAOs. As it faces a governance crisis, what can we learn about how to organize DAOs in the future?
On Monday, a New Hampshire state representative asked a mostly-filled room at an industry campaign event to raise their hands if they were visiting from another state. More than half the people in the room raised their hands. These visitors had come to hear from industry representatives, state lawmakers and – perhaps most importantly – three presidential candidates talk about the upcoming election.
The cryptocurrency's volatility cuts both ways.
Sometimes, the law is the law, industry experts say.
What are on-chain index products and how do they work? In today’s Crypto for Advisor newsletter Jordan Tonani from Index Coop takes us through the topic.
History shows there's likely a bright year ahead for BTC's price.
CoinDesk published its annual Most Influential list (it's not a ranking, except for the top 10 being maybe more influential than the other 40). I wrote a few pieces (I had nothing to do with the art and didn't know about it when I wrote the pieces), as did my CoinDesk reg team colleagues, but I wanted to take a minute to recognize other influential figures who we may see pop up again. This is not meant to be a comprehensive or objective list; just a recognition of some of the folks whose work I've paid attention to this year.
BTC just hit $45,000 days after topping $40,000 for the first time since early last year – and crypto-skeptics are buying.
The artist made an NFT of the crypto hardware wallet executive for our Most Influential package.
The artist made an NFT of the Friend.tech co-founder for our Most Influential package.
The artist made an NFT of the digital artist for our Most Influential package.
The artist made an NFT of the Ripple Labs CEO for our Most Influential package.
The artist made an NFT of the Worldcoin co-founder and OpenAI CEO for our Most Influential package.
An in-depth magazine story about the SEC chair reveals the breadth of the man’s ambition and the limitations of his record.
After several years of being the next-big-thing, next year will be when tokenization of real-world assets really takes off, says Colin Butler, Global Head of Institutional Capital at Polygon Companies.
The staking market was the brightest spot in DeFi this year. The arrival of liquid staking token finance is set to turbocharge activity next year.
COP28 kicks off in the UAE this week. While it is likely to deliver the usual ineffective hand-wringing, at significant cost, this year there is a twist: the presence of Bitcoin delegates shows just how far the industry has come, says Noelle Acheson.
David Hoffman, cofounder, responds to criticism surrounding the media brand’s DAO. Should he have been more hands-on?
We probably will never see another company quite like Binance. Crypto itself might be borderless, but crypto companies are not beyond the reach of US law.
After the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Kraken, a small but trusted exchange, CoinDesk asked passersby for their views on crypto and regulation.
Will crypto be the currency of choice for the AI of the future? Crypto investors are betting on it.
The victory of Javier Milei in Argentina’s general election is good news, but not in the way many crypto enthusiasts seem to think. Noelle Acheson looks at the pros and cons to the abrupt change the South American nation is about to undergo.