Is the media anti-tech—or just anti-crypto?

The New York Times has long had an implacable animus towards all things blockchain, and last week decided to double down by publishing a stupid and dishonest op-ed titled “Crypto is pointless. Not even the White House can fix that.” Authored by a pair of economists from the Biden administration, the piece seized on Bitcoin dipping below $70,000 to make the case that this time the crypto industry is truly cooked, and that blockchain technology is just a glorified database that even Big Tech firms won’t touch.