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Central Texas Gun Works, in January 2014, became the first firearms retailer to accept online payment in bitcoin. (Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images)
As the Gun Market Moves to Crypto, Deeply Private Owners Reveal More Than They May Know
Lobbyists don’t want the government to track guns with a registry but the blockchains driving crypto act like one. This piece is part of CoinDesk’s Sin Week.
Central Texas Gun Works, in January 2014, became the first firearms retailer to accept online payment in bitcoin. (Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images)

Russian arms manufacturer Vladislav Lobaev (Lobaev Arms)
Binance Froze Russian Gun Maker's Crypto Assets, Amid Ukrainian Pressure
Vladislav Lobaev, a Russian gun manufacturer, raised $21,000 in crypto for the war in Ukraine before the world’s largest crypto exchange locked down the funds.
Russian arms manufacturer Vladislav Lobaev (Lobaev Arms)

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The Perverse Impacts of the Anti-Money-Laundering System
Do anti-money laundering rules actually stop crime, and is it worth the costs to privacy and fairness?
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Nigel Eccles, in a photo from 2015 (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Getty Images)
Betting Platform BetDEX Labs Likes the Odds for Its Decentralized Sports Exchange
Chairman Nigel Eccles wants to cut out the middleman, and thinks a Solana protocol is the way to go, he told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”
Nigel Eccles, in a photo from 2015 (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Getty Images)

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The Sex Club, Tokenized
Daniel Saynt’s Manhattan sex club has plans for NFT membership and its own NSFW token. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Sin Week.
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The Problem With Betting Exchanges and How BetDEX Aims to Solve it
The Problem With Betting Exchanges and How BetDEX Aims to Solve it
BetDEX, a decentralized sports betting exchange built on Solana, aims to disrupt the legacy gambling industry. BetDEX Labs Chairman and co-founder Nigel Eccles explains the ce...
The Problem With Betting Exchanges and How BetDEX Aims to Solve it

Can the metaverse empower sex workers? (Kunal Patil/Unsplash)
Digital Liberation: How Blockchain Can Be Sexy (and Safe)
Tech is changing the way individuals live and innovate. How will this affect "the oldest profession," sex work? This article is part of CoinDesk's Sin Week.
Can the metaverse empower sex workers? (Kunal Patil/Unsplash)

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How to Pay for Porn With Crypto
Artists and workers in the sex industry routinely face problems with traditional finance, making the case for crypto as a preferred payment.
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Introducing Sin Week: Sex, Drugs, Guns and Web3
Private lives, public ledgers.
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In Defense of Crime
Crime can be an important signal that something in society needs reforming, writes David Z Morris. Financial surveillance that attempts to completely prevent crime could just...
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