The systemic-risk debate over perpetual futures is aimed at the wrong target
As perpetuals enter regulated markets, critics warn they import systemic risk. But the risk comes from venue design — leverage limits, margin rules, index…
SpaceX is a battleground Solana must win
Perps are a trojan horse to bring all of traditional finance onchain, argues Brian Smith, president of the Jito Foundation. Source:CoinDesk
Democratizing weather derivatives through tokenization could be crypto's most important real-world use case
Main Street, which faces the most significant climaterelated financial risk, currently lacks an avenue to hedge weatherrelated risks, argues CoinDesk’s Omkar…
The KIDS Act is way worse than digital carding — it is a mass surveillance system
The fact that lawmakers are even contemplating a bill that would create a surveillance and censorship regime should be a wakeup call for everyone who values…
AI is destroying the internet. Math is our only hope.
The rise of autonomous AI agents necessitates the utilization of zeroknowledge proofs, argues Brian Trunzo, chief growth officer at Succinct Labs.…
End of an era for this long-term bond bull as inflation takes hold and yields trend higher
For more than three decades, Hoisington Investment Management and its chief economist Lacy Hunt have been bullish on bonds. But now their opinion has changed.…
The Clarity Act is the most important consumer protection effort in years
Consumers should not have to wait for another crisis to get the protections they deserve, argues Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association.…
The privacy paradox of protecting kids online
We don’t need to imagine the privacy pitfalls of age verification. They’ve been happening for years, argues Cardano Foundation CEO Frederik Gregaard.…
The Clarity Act isn't a ticket to sanctions evasion, actually
The bill, as currently drafted, has the power to stop sanctions evasion at scale, argues Ari Redbord, global head of policy at TRM Labs. Source:CoinDesk
The UK has finally shown it’s serious about crypto
Several recent regulatory steps indicate the UK might finally stop dragging its feet when it comes to crypto, argues Wirex CEO Chet Shah. Source:CoinDesk
Age verification is the surveillance nobody voted for
KOSA and Chat Control both retreated on their mostcriticized measures this week, but both kept mandatory age verification, the quiet mechanism that turns…
Collateral, not yield, will decide which stablecoins win
As yieldbearing stablecoins race toward a $50 billion market capitalization, the industry is optimizing for the wrong metric, argues Artem Tolkachev, chief RWA…