Retail customers who held assets on FTX are learning a hard lesson on the importance of taking custody of their own wealth. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American conservative online …
When a cryptocurrency exchange holding $16 billion worth of customer deposits suddenly collapses, what does that portend for the future of the crypto industry? How did Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old …
To bitcoin enthusiasts, the advantages of cryptocurrency are obvious: It’s a global, decentralized financial network that no government or centralized entity can control. But bitcoin is also incredibly transparent. That’s by …
Bitcoin’s true believers hold on through the wild price swings because they see enormous value in its properties as a currency with a fixed number of units that can’t be …
Fadi Elsalameen is a political commentator on Arab-Israeli affairs and an adjunct senior fellow at the American Security Project. He’s a vocal critic of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the …
The New York Times published a 1,700-word article Wednesday alleging that the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken had been roiled by an internal culture war, whipped up by CEO Jesse Powell and …
Big governments have many reasons to oppose sovereign monetary technologies like bitcoin. The existence of a permissionless money network provides escape hatches for these states’ many levers of centralized control. …
Can bitcoin really become the world’s reserve currency if it doesn’t displace the dollar, the euro, or the yuan as an everyday medium of exchange? Why isn’t its price increasing …
Who actually uses cryptocurrency, and why? A new report from the Federal Reserve shows that for some, digital currencies like bitcoin can be a real alternative for those who lack …
During the last year, several professional athletes and two big-city mayors announced that they would take a portion of their salaries in bitcoin. If you get paid via direct deposit …