September Edition
Even as bitcoin prices continue to hover around $20,000, investors await developments they hope will right the crypto ship. This month, Ethereum and Cardano will adopt, or 'merge' with, proof-of-stake blockchains; next year, the SEC could approve the first spot exchange-traded...
Cryptoworld is Eating Itself
The crypto bubble has officially burst. For the first time since 2020, the end of the last crypto winter, Ethereum mining is no longer profitable for those drawing...
Readings for the Crypto Interregnum
After a generalised fall in the prices of virtual currencies, the crypto-sphere is experiencing a strange sort of interregnum: the standard-bearers are not dying quite yet, but nothing...
Decolonise the Blockchain & other readings on crypto
The crypto world has changed dramatically in recent months, as promises of emancipation give way to harsh reality. The second-largest NFT platform, OpenSea, has acknowledged that 80% of...
Inês Faria on Crypto as Ritual and Religion
Technical mastery has long been part of religious or spiritual awe, as well as a means to create or strengthen power relations... Bitcoin and all the aura surrounding its creation had this same characteristic.