I woke up yesterday morning at a campsite in South Carolina ready to write and publish this edition of Cryptocracy when my laptop’s battery suddenly ran down to zero. I thought I had more than an hour of battery life left. In fact, that’s what Windows 10 said I had, then … dead zone.
Since I was primitive camping, I didn’t have electric hookups and the batteries on my campervan needed charging. My solar panels were set up, but I discovered I’m going to need another 200 watts to power up my batteries faster. Live and learn.
Hey, that’s life on the road.
But I’ve managed to keep up with what’s going on in the crypto world. This week there are some awesome things happening. Let’s take a look.
The Hot Potatoes in Crypto This Week
Binance is launching an NFT marketplace.
MasterCard is investing in smart contract technology.
Charlie Munger says bitcoin is bad for civilization.
Coinbase is integrating PayPal payments for crypto.
Voice shut down to regroup. The beta relaunch is this summer, and they’re banking on content as NFTs. This caused me to rethink how I present Voice in my upcoming book “Cryptosocial: Is Social Media Ready for Decentralization?” I submit the manuscript this coming week to my publisher and it should be in the wild this fall.
Are bitcoin buyers ready to move their crypto somewhere else?
Tim Denning thinks he knows who Satoshi Nakamoto is.
Ripple could IPO after settlement with SEC.
Ether tops its previous all-time high with another this past Thursday.
The seven primal elements of bitcoin. An awesome read!
Visa could be getting serious about digital currencies with these 5 activities.
The Street lists several companies most likely to invest in bitcoin next. You know, because Tesla already has.
What bitcoin and tinkerbell’s light have in common, according to Bill Maher.
A Tom Brady football card sold for nearly $1.7 million in Litecoin.
Bitcoin innovations we didn’t have 10 years ago.
Andreessen Horowitz plans a $1 billion crypto VC fund.
Crypto wallet secures your assets with your fingerprint.
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Thanks for reading. By the time you see this, I’ll be heading north in North Carolina, probably be in Virginia. Going to settle in Richmond Sunday night and then travel further north to Maryland and Pennsylvania. Catch you next week. Go crypto!
Allen Taylor is a veteran award-winning journalist and former newspaper editor. He is a freelance writer focused on fintech, including blockchain and crypto projects, and manages crypto blogs through CryptoBloggers. Let’s connect on Twitter. He is currently writing a book about where crypto intersects with social media.