Opinion

The hunt for a killer app on Base hits a wall

Everyone knows that crypto is psychological torture

The token has crashed over 65% and been marked as dangerous due to its contract’s permissions

Purity tests are the only things keeping crypto “crypto”

Roman Storm was found guilty in a case experts say criminalizes non-custodial code

Rarity, exclusivity, and community are key tenets of NFTs — how did Labubus execute them so much better?

Blockchains, when done right, are built to last forever

Bitcoin’s recent peak is a victory lap for curvers left and right

Pinata CEO Kyle Tut reveals why data verification is only going to become more necessary

BlueYard’s head of crypto research developed FreePay to make fee-free, tap-to-pay crypto payments a reality

Long before BlackRock’s ETF, there was the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust

Prediction markets have found a mainstream fit

Onboarding the world to Bitcoin takes a series of firsts

With the June FOMC meeting coming up, the Fed remains unlikely to cut interest rates. Is this the right move?

Bitcoin needs a price, but its magic runs deeper

Tokens still suffer from a lack of transparency

Single-player and mobile games can still offer robust in-game economies for players

Cash enables law evasion at a small scale and crypto enables it on a large scale

Vibe coders are shipping faster than you think

The new Pectra feature enables smart account delegation where the benefits should outweigh the risks

A new policy framework says decentralization should be judged by control — not vibes

It might be time to get out of US-denominated assets, writes Forward Guidance

Blockworks managing editor Michael McSweeney and news editor Katherine Ross give their thoughts on content coins and their viability.

While the head of Base may support legal sex work, Coinbase policies prohibit said workers from using its exchange.