The Best Articles in Crypto
The most useful articles and videos in Crypto from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
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Top 5 Crypto Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Crypto by Refind users in 2024 so far.
Videos
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The Problem With NFTs
If someone pitches you on a "great" Web3 project, ask them if it requires buying or selling crypto to do what they say it does.Sources and Further Readinghtt...
Is This the End of Crypto?
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The FTX Collapse, Explained
Former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was hailed as a savior of crypto before FTX’s implosion.Cryptocurrency exchange FTX was seen as a survivor in a struggling indus...
Balaji's Prediction: Bitcoin Is Going From $26k To $1M in 90 Days (#434 Pt.1)
Episode 434 Part 1: In part one of today's show, Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) are joined by entrepr...
SFF 2022 | Next 10 Years: Building the Crypto Economy, Scaling Web3 Innovation & Weathering Storms
SFF 2022 | Next 10 Years: Building the Crypto Economy, Scaling Web3 Innovation & Weathering Storms4 Nov, 12:15 PM at the Global Plenary, SFFThis session will...
What is ...?
New to Crypto? These articles make an excellent introduction.
What is the point of crypto?
Crypto is a solution in search of a problem — or problems.
«there’s no situation in which a hyper-capitalist, unregulated system will just sort of naturally trend toward a more equitable society.”»
A beginner’s guide to how cryptocurrencies work
For those who are just wading into the crypto territory, here’s a basic explainer on how the computer science behind these systems work.
«Whether you’re on the head or tail end of the cryptocurrency craze, one thing is for sure: These digital assets are hitting the mainstream hard, and don’t seem to be going away anytime soon. Notably, the country of El Salvador recently adopted bitcoin as legal tender, and New York’s incoming mayor Eric Adams is intent on transforming New York City into a hotspot for cryptocurrency. »
The Blockchain Economy: A beginner’s guide to institutional cryptoeconomics
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts are from the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub, the world’s first social science research centre…
How to ...?
How to Move Money in the 21st Century
“Financial operations” (FinOps) is an emerging software category with a massive opportunity to streamline, automate, and optimize how we move money, while giving the entire organization a real-time…
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Bitcoin Surges Toward All-Time High as Everyone Forgets What Happened Last Time
Crypto investors lost $2 trillion in the crash of 2022.
Bitcoin is setting itself up for another fall
The cryptocurrency is nearing $70,000, and as cash pours into new ETFs skeptics warn its price levels are increasingly unstable.
Winklevoss crypto firm Gemini to return $1.1bn to customers
Gemini was co-founded by twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss - known for their legal dispute with Facebook.
The Everything Token by Steve Kaczynski, Scott Duke Kominers
A Harvard Business School professor and a16z crypto research partner and a career marketer and Web3 entrepreneur demystify the coming digital revolution, showing how NFTs will transform our online…
Review: Chris Dixon's Read Write Own
Prominent crypto venture capitalist Chris Dixon provides an unconvincing bible for blockchain solutionists.
Short Articles
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial pulled back the curtain on crypto
The criminal conviction of the once-lionized cryptocurrency billionaire will have ripple effects on the entire industry.
They Cracked the Code to a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got…
Stefan Thomas lost the password to an encrypted USB drive holding 7,002 bitcoins. One team of hackers believes they can unlock it—if they can get Thomas to let them.
Welcome to the cashless dystopia
Your digital identity is the world's most precious currency
«The poor are the test subjects for future surveillance: “You should pay attention to what happens to us,” a mother on welfare payments warned. “You’re next.»
Does crypto need a rebrand
Following the conviction for one of its figureheads, the cryptocurrency movement is on the skids. Is the game up, or is this a bump in the road to inevitable world domination? We ask leading…
Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost
Bankman-Fried doubled down until the end.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Crypto.
The Only Crypto Story You Need, by Matt Levine
Where it came from, what it all means, and why it still matters.
The Big Coin Heist
It was a piece of currency so large it seemed unimaginable anyone would try to steal it. But that was part of the appeal.
My first impressions of web3
Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the words “get off my lawn,” but I’m much more likely to click…
«Also – cards on the table here – I don’t share the same generational excitement for moving all aspects of life into an instrumented economy.»
The insider: how Michael Lewis got a backstage pass for the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
The long read: As author of The Big Short and Moneyball, Michael Lewis is perhaps the most celebrated chronicler of his generation. Now he delivers an astonishing portrait of the fallen crypto…
Podcasts
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Odd Lots: Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How the Crypto Market Really Works on Apple Podcasts
Show Odd Lots, Ep Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How the Crypto Market Really Works - Aug 5, 2021
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