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What ‘Line Goes Up’ Gets Wrong (and Right) About NFTs

A new documentary makes the case that NFTs are the top of the funnel for this whole crypto-pyramid-scheme-thing.

By Daniel KuhnFeb 1, 2022

(Dan Olson/Folding Ideas, modified by CoinDesk)

NFTs, Celebrities and Perverse Deal-Making

As crypto company MoonPay continues its marketing push, it's unclear whether celebrity enthusiasm for NFTs is real.

By Will GottsegenJan 31, 2022

(Nicholas R. Andrew/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Reflecting on Facebook's Hilarious, Well-Deserved Crypto Failure

Diem: derailed, deferred, now dead.

By David Z. MorrisJan 28, 2022

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during testimony about the Libra digital currency project before the House Financial Services Committee on October 23, 2019.

Watch Out for the Pols Bearing Crypto

Rio de Janeiro is the latest city to invest in bitcoin. The public needs transparency.

By Daniel KuhnJan 27, 2022

Christ the Redeemer statue, a prominent symbol of Rio de Janeiro. (Fernando Santos/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

What Today's Fed Decision Could Mean for Crypto

Interest rate hikes are likely to be modest in 2022 - but that could still be enough to change the equation for speculative bets.

By David Z. MorrisJan 26, 2022

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at his renomination hearings in January. The Fed is mulling its 2022 interest rate plans. (Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images)
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