Dan McArdle
Dan McArdle is a co-founder of Messari, an open data library around crypto-assets for researchers, investors, and regulators.
Dan McArdle is a co-founder of Messari, an open data library around crypto-assets for researchers, investors, and regulators.
All coin and product reviews by expert Dan McArdle.
I think Bitcoin will scale to meet the demand for the types of uses that BTC is good for. And since LTC is a straight-up clone, there'll be no appropriate demand left over. There will certainly be demand for *other* uses, but unless LTC meaningfully differentiates, it won't benefit.
Full review2018-06-14
2018-05-19
Everyone seems to think that Tether's main problem was whether it's 100% backed...but it's main problem is that it's centralized. And GUSD and USDC are just Tether 2.0.
Full review2018-09-26
Everyone seems to think that Tether's main problem is whether it's 100% backed...but it's main problem is that it's centralized. And GUSD and USDC are just Tether 2.0.
Full review2018-09-26
Governments that mismanage their currencies are often fond of censorship and confiscation . . . which just takes a phone call to Coinbase or Gemini re their citizens' USDC and GUSD holdings. Whereas DAI holders would be unaffected.
Full review2018-12-30
*Why* do people think on-chain assets can sensibly be "backed" by anything off-chain?! . . . I thought we were done debunking the "backing" nonsense 2 years ago. Sigh.
Full review2016-05-07
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