Is Bitcoin The Ultimate Equalizer?
Is Bitcoin The Ultimate Equalizer?
New book claims to reveal the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto
Bitcoin is destined to be one of the best assets on planet earth. Some might say it already is. It could also be the ultimate equalizer.
The Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Discord server was hacked. Hackers got away with $360,000 worth of NFTs.
Binance to open an office in Idaho. Is CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) the new Mr. Potato Head? CZ says Binance Labs lost $1.6 billion on Terra investment.
Robinhood to release a non-custodian Web3 crypto wallet. Robinhood is a popular Web2 investing app. They really don’t want to miss the Web3 boat, and I don’t blame them. The question is, are non-custodian wallets the future of crypto wallets? Other than MetaMask, the most popular wallets on the market today are custodial wallets. That’s a problem.
USDC outperformed USDT in May. But USDD’s market cap climbed 635 percent. Tron modifies its stablecoin to prevent another TerraUSD fiasco.
Do Kwon, founder of the Terra blockchain, isn’t likely to face criminal charges in the U.S., legal experts say. Meanwhile, Terra developers are getting offers from other blockchains. Last month, South Korea initiated an investigation into Do Kwon. The outcome of that is yet to be determined. In the U.S., there’s got to be clear evidence that he purposefully set out to defraud investors, and it’s not likely that anyone is going to see that he did that. However, he could be the subject of civil lawsuits.
KuCoin is launching a decentralized wallet platform.
If there’s one thing Americans love, it’s a good drama. For the past month, they’ve had their thirst quenched with the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation lawsuit (Jack Sparrow v. Mera). Nevermind the outcome, after the verdict, Johnny Depp’s NFT collection soared to the moon. Just one more evidence that Americans admire bad boys more than bad girls.
How super networks could take over traditional business models. (An excellent read!) While I like the idea of the network economy, I think it will be a long time before it replaces the traditional business model. Three things that will need to happen before today’s business models are replaced by DAOs are … 1) mass adoption of crypto; 2) the death of the entire Baby Boomer generation and half of Generation X; and 3) the fall of America as a superpower. Great idea, though.
Newly published book claims to take readers on a journey to discover the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of bitcoin. Paint me skeptical. Full disclosure: I have NOT read the book.
The next time you eat at Chipotle, you could pay for your taco bowl with crypto.
Solana surpasses $2 billion in all-time NFT sales.
What one Web2 fintech founder discovered after diving head first into Web3. Is Web3 the promised land, or just an empty promise?
How cryptocurrencies create a memetic economy. (ANOTHER GREAT READ)
A Staten Island Metaverse is offering potential buyers access to Don Corleone’s house in its virtual world. The only thing that could make this more meta is for Marlon Brando to make an appearance. Think we can make him an offer he can’t refuse?
Scammers have got away with $1 billion in crypto since 2021. But thank God for that free NFT airdrop!
How to get your .vr NFT domain name.
Crypto skeptic says mom and dad investors will get crunched.
The metaverse is dead, and it hasn’t even been born yet. But did you know you can create your own metaverse (A TED Talk podcast)?
Looking for stablecoin alternatives? Look no further. You’ll love these. Or maybe you won’t.
Snark and commentary in italics. Call me a superhero. Just don’t call me Johnny Depp.
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