CryptoKitties is one of the (many) reasons I’m not independently wealthy — when their introduction in 2017 rendered the Ethereum blockchain unusable, I sold my ETH.
Worries that high interest rates would cause problems in the credit markets have so far been proven wrong.
There’s a manic energy in the room.
The upcoming halving brings forth novel dynamics that could reshape prevailing narratives around Bitcoin economics
The premise of the classic sci-fi trilogy (and now Netflix series) The Three-Body Problem is that aliens are coming to Earth to escape a home planet that’s become uninhabitable due to the chaotic gravitational push and pull of a three-star solar system.
Is crypto an investable asset class?
The US Department of Justice moving $2 billion of bitcoin to an exchange is a reminder that 1) transacting on a blockchain is transparent and 2) we used to think that transacting on a blockchain was not transparent.
When Richard Dawkins sought a term for his concept of a "unit of cultural transmission" he settled on “meme” — a mashup of “gene” (for an ability to propagate itself) and "mimeme" (Greek for "something imitated").
When Ireland’s banking system repeatedly closed for months on end in the 1960s and ‘70s, people responded to the ensuing shortages of money by creating their own — writing out IOUs on whatever piece of paper was to hand.
The former FTX CEO was sentenced to 25 years in jail today — and his last words before the court probably did nothing to reduce his jail time.
Is 25 years enough for Sam Bankman-Fried?
