The Intersect of Crypto Musings & Consumer Impacts
The Intersect of Crypto Musings & Consumer Impacts

The Intersect of Crypto Musings & Consumer Impacts

A blog focused on ongoing government regulation for crypto or consumer issues with crypto with wide range of topics from pitfalls to avoid to opportunities to grab.


The Case of Keonne Rodriguez, aka ex Samourai CEO

6 May 2026 4 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

An X post (Twitter) has been making the round this morning, purportedly from Keonne Rodriguez in federal prison. Per the post, he's reaching out for financial help because all his options are pretty much exhausted and he needs funds to help pay his o...

The U.S. Post Office's Failure Isn't About Profit Loss

4 May 2026 8 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

This morning I went to drop off two flat packages at my local post office station before heading off to work. This should have been a simple matter of drive up, hop out of the truck, put them in the outside box, and drive off. The postage cost was al...

The Job Reckoning - Do Useless Jobs Have any Hope Now?

2 May 2026 4 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

The AI paradigm in the job markets has fundamentally disrupted the labor environment going forward. Whether implemented or not, every employer and every worker is now thinking in the back of their head, "How would AI do this and what does it mean for...

Clickbait Passive Income Nonsense - It's Spreading

2 May 2026 1 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

I've been noticing a generic trend in writing about passive income, and it shows up in multiple platforms. So, that's telling me people are just looking at stats for traffic and then trying to repeat the sane nonsense that someone else has written to...

Just Had My First Surgical Procedure Ever

1 May 2026 2 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

I've been fairly fortunately in life so far, avoiding any serious surgery well into my 50s. The most that ever happened to me involving a hospital was a broken thumb, an errant q-tip in my ear, and the occasional set of a few stitches in the ER. Gene...

AI is Killing New Small Businesses on E-Commerce Before They Even Start

28 Apr 2026 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

AI generating false positive flags is not a new experience for me. It first starting showing up in 2023 in the freelance writing industry, ironically damaging newer, younger writers disproportionately because of the way they had been taught to write...

You Never Know What's Underground

20 Apr 2026 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

So, if you've read my previous metal detecting articles, you'll know I've been practicing detecting in a lot of the city parks in my neighborhood. I know the area was originally farmland, bought and then developed to become yet another suburbia spraw...

eBay Sets Out New Standards for Coin & Bullion Selling

17 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

eBay just put out new requirements to sellers for their coins, whether bullion or normal currency. The details might seem mundane, but they come with some hefty requirements. As specified, eBay now requires sellers to do the following, regardless of...

How I End Up Defending Boomers (Even Though I Hate Them More Than Young People Do)

16 Apr 2026 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I've said it before in previous articles how I'm a badge-wearing Gen X member. I'm in that smaller generations caught between the vast Boomer wave slamming through retirement systems now and controlling everything in money and real estate on one side...

What Exactly Would Be an "Economic Collapse" in the U.S.?

16 Apr 2026 8 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

The media has been throwing around the term of "economic collapse" quite a bit the last two weeks, with most of the articles being clickbait that end up providing nothing in terms of content. They might resurrect in a sentence or two the 1929 Great D...