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21 Oct 2023 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted
I don't know about you, but I've been bombarded by emails from 'Kroll' in the past few weeks. Except the emails were not from Kroll, they were just phishing emails regarding my BlockFi and FTX claim. They're really, really good, though. It's kinda...
21 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
I got a pair of Clarks boots. I got them in Ireland in 2012 and they're way past their due date. The leather is worn out and aged, I've had to replace the heel more times than I can mention, and of course the laces. I should replace the sole, too, b...
20 Oct 2023 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted
Ripple Labs, the company behind XRP, essentially won the case brought against them by the SEC. Which is good news. And the new gets potentially better because Ripple Labs is hiring. Among other job listings, there's one that stands out. "Sharehol...
20 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
The other day I told my gf, we shall call her Person, that there's four things I want to achieve by the time I'm 40, which is a few years away (maybe 9, maybe 2, maybe 12, you'll never know, ah!). She sort of laughed. But I've got a plan. Two of th...
20 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
'Aint nothin new' is a great song by Jadakiss ft Nipsey Hussle and NE-YO and it is also what I thought when I got a spammy-looking email from Binance. Effective 20 December 2023, ie tomorrow, Binance is terminating card support for EU users. And wh...
20 Oct 2023 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted
Wrapped tokens are available on most major exchanges and wallets and while the reason why they call it ‘wrapped’ quite frankly escapes me, it is relatively easy to define what they are and what you can do with them. A wrapped token is essentially pe...
20 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
The European Union is not a country. It isn’t a state, it isn’t a geopolitical entity. It is a forum, a virtual table around which 27 sovereign countries sit and discuss. And they often argue. And they can never agree on anything. These countries hav...
19 Oct 2023 3 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted
Some people think that NFTs are just overpriced JPEGs. “Why should I pay for an image when I can just click *right button* *save* for free?”, they keep asking. They have a point. And it's easy to see that now that most NFTs are virtually worthless....
18 Oct 2023 2 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted
Bernie Madoff pulled off the largest Ponzi scheme in modern history, and he arguably paid the highest price for it. But Madoff is the tip of an iceberg that has always existed, and will always exist because people are people, and they do what they d...
18 Oct 2023 1 minute read 6 comments LeftFooted
Crypto influencers are a tad too comfortable sharing how much they have, and where. Good on them. I personally don’t feel too comfortable sharing how much I have, and especially where, but I do think it would be interesting and useful to share the a...
