Category: Money Reimagined

Short-sellers, who make money when the price of a targeted financial instrument declines, aren’t always popular with corporate or government leaders. Those on the receiving end of contrarian bets against stocks or currencies tend to portray them as sharks undermining people striving to build, grow and create value. This, if you’ll excuse the pun, is […]

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In the lore of digital disruption, Eastman Kodak Co.’s downfall looms large. Kodak was once one of the world’s most powerful companies. But it failed to act on digital cameras and online photo sharing, despite seeing the trends years before. (Kodak engineer Steve Sasson created the first digital camera in 1975.) It’s an apt story […]

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Nov 6, 2020 at 16:48 UTCUpdated Nov 6, 2020 at 17:11 UTC Money Reimagined: Crypto-Informed Ideas for the Future of Government The good news is America is not in the midst of a full-blown civil war – not yet, at least.  But, however you feel about Joe Biden’s apparent victory in the most difficult presidential […]

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Oct 30, 2020 at 17:31 UTCUpdated Oct 30, 2020 at 19:20 UTC Money Reimagined: Who Are the Real Monsters? For this special Halloween edition, CoinDesk Executive Editor Marc Hochstein weighs in with a guest column about the spookier aspects of the banking system.  It’s a perfect follow-up to last week’s newsletter on the harmful legacy […]

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