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Consensus Magazine

This Crisis Will Define the Future of Money

The recent collapse of three high profile banks Silicon Valley Bank Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank has caused worrying outflows at hundreds of regional banks Now with the U S Federal Reserve creating a new backstop facility reportedly worth 2 trillion and Switzerland’s central bank bailing out Credit Suisse to the tune of 54 billion [...]

By Michael J. Casey

Mar 17, 2023 at 6:11 p.m. UTC

Mar 17, 2023

Policy

Regulations

Is Ether a Security?

Last week was chaotic.

By Nikhilesh De

Mar 16, 2023 at 11:38 p.m. UTC

Mar 16, 2023

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Finance

Opinion

Stop Blaming Crypto for Traditional Finance Failures

After the recent collapse of three banks – Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank – many pointed fingers at crypto as the cause. But crypto may actually be the solution, not the problem.

By DJ Windle

Mar 16, 2023 at 12:45 p.m. UTC

Mar 16, 2023

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Finance

Opinion

Crypto Long & Short: Finding Alpha in AI-Related Crypto

Artificial Intelligence may be a theme worth exploring – potentially transformative in the way that cryptocurrencies have been.

By Glenn Williams Nick Baker Joe Orsini

Mar 15, 2023 at 3:55 p.m. UTC

Mar 15, 2023

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Technology

Valid points

MEV Rewards on Ethereum Reach All-Time High During SVB Bank Run and USDC Depeg

Profits made from MEV were more than twice as high as the last peak during the FTX implosion.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Mar 15, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. UTC

Mar 15, 2023

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Consensus Magazine

Opinion

The Banking Crisis Is Not Crypto’s Fault

Crypto might have a banking problem, but banks don’t have a crypto problem.

By George Kaloudis

Mar 13, 2023 at 5:34 p.m. UTC

Mar 13, 2023

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Consensus Magazine

Opinion

A Tale of 2 Banks: Why Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed

Every U.S. bank is facing similar structural pressures to what drove crypto’s one-time favorite bank to the moon and then into the ground.

By David Z. Morris

Mar 10, 2023 at 5:40 p.m. UTC

Mar 10, 2023

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Consensus Magazine

Money reimagined

How U.S. Judges Might Save Crypto From the SEC

Separation-of-powers offers hope to an industry under attack from unchecked executive power, says Michael Casey, CoinDesk's chief content officer.

By Michael J. Casey

Mar 10, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 10, 2023

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Finance

Crypto for advisors

Price, Not Intrinsic Value, Is the True Measure of Bitcoin’s Success

Many financial advisors cite lack of intrinsic value as a case against bitcoin. But demand and global adoption, evidenced by bitcoin's steadily increasing price, are what they should be paying attention to.

By Isaiah Douglass

Mar 9, 2023 at 1:45 p.m. UTC

Mar 9, 2023