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How Much Is Too Much to Spend on FTX's Bankruptcy?

Are Sam Bankman-Fried’s victims being ripped off a second time?

John J. Ray III, CEO of FTX Group, has spent huge sums taking the failed exchange through bankruptcy. Is FTX simply that much more complex than Ray's last big unwind - Enron? (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

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Will Europe’s Digital Euro Really Protect Privacy?

EU officials pay lip service on data rights, but its proposals for a CDBC don’t offer much reassurance for users, says CoinDesk’s Michael Casey.

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Web3 Can Actually Compete in the Computer Chip Race

Decentralized infrastructure, aka DePIN, offers competitive alternatives for GPU-hungry AI startups in need of cheap and secure data storage and other computational resources.

GPU prices have taken a toll, and it's hitting Nvidia's bottom line. (FritzchensFritz/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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Why Tokenized Assets Are Safer During a Banking Crisis

Recent U.S. bank failures exposed a strange truth: depositing your money on-chain is safer than trusting banks to make good on your holdings, argues Copper’s Fadi Aboualfa.

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What New York Can Learn From Hong Kong in Regulating Crypto

A small number of unelected individuals in Washington D.C. are exercising alarming authoritarian power as regulators, counter to the Big Apple’s stated desire to move from antiquated financial systems to digital ones, writes Omer Ozden.

Eric Adams (NYC Gov) and John Lee (Creative Commons)

Finanza

6 Factors Advisors Should Consider Before Using an SMA for Digital Assets

Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) may be the way to go for digital assets, but advisors should fully understand the trade-offs.

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Apparently It's Very Difficult to Custody Crypto

Prime Trust, the allegedly insolvent crypto custodian that owes customers upwards of $156 million, is not helping the crypto industry's shady mainstream reputation.

Prime Trust CEO Tom Pageler. (Prime Trust)

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Blockchain May Offer Answers for AI Challenges

Artificial intelligence is already having a big impact on society, but it also has the potential to harm. Blockchain technology may help create safer, more effective AI systems.

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Bitcoin, Other Digital Assets Surge Late in Q2 on Spot Bitcoin Euphoria

The spot bitcoin ETF filings by BlackRock and other financial services giants ensured bitcoin would finish Q2 in positive territory. Now the SEC’s decision on the applications will likely play a big role in digital asset prices for the remainder of the year.

BlackRock invested $24 million in failed crypto exchange FTX. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Gary Gensler Failed the U.S. Crypto Industry, and So Has Congress

The Securities and Exchange Commission chair is a rational actor. U.S. lawmakers have been derelict in their duties.

Chairman for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler. (SEC, modified by CoinDesk)