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 Simpsons and Crypto: Pop Culture Goes Digital

6 Jun 2023 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Talk about satirical cartoons on TV, and the Simpsons are going to be in the top 3. The grandfather of cynical adult cartoons that the whole family can watch and laugh at, the Simpsons first started showing up on evening American TV with regular shor...

Sex and Crypto!

6 Jun 2023 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Now that I have your attention... The adult entertainment industry, in all its forms, is probably one of the most creative, aggressively proactive business industries when it comes thinking up new ways to make money. The sector is well-known for its...

The Influence of Institutional Money in ETH

6 Jun 2023 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Today a report came out that billions exited Ethereum (ETH) recently, which of course caused the expected cliff jump in value. The stable crypto coin second only to Bitcoin plummeted immediately. But there's nothing wrong with the Ethereum network; i...

Crypto Borrowing: It Can Be Pointing a Loaded Gun at Yourself

4 Jun 2023 3 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

Crypto borrowing involves leveraging one's cryptocurrency holdings to secure a loan from a lending platform or protocol. That loan typically comes in the form of more of a given crypto coin or token. The borrower pledges their digital assets as colla...

Does Staking ETH Make Sense in 2023?

3 Jun 2023 3 minute read 4 comments WinterYeti

When ETH 2.0 first came out, there was huge rush to get in the door. Essentially, it meant locking up one’s Ethereum holdings in the new network and then doing a whole lot of waiting. In return for that patience, one was paid something a bit of 4 per...

Seeing the Cure

1 Jun 2023 2 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

The last time I saw the Cure play was somewhere in 2018 before the pandemic hit. Robert Smith was already showing his age, but his spiffy brand new high tops accented by a well oversized, untucked collar shirt and jeans topped with his characteristic...

Quant Trading With Crypto

1 Jun 2023 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Quantitative trading, also known as algorithmic trading, first showed up in the late 1990s in fast stock trading. It has since revolutionized the financial industry by employing complex mathematical models and computer algorithms to make investment d...

Send Me Your ETH

1 Jun 2023 1 minute read 5 comments WinterYeti

Apparently, lots of folks feel very inclined to send their ETH to whoever posts an address online, without even knowing who the person is or getting anything in return. This oddball story first saw the light of day on Decrypt and most of the senders...

How to Identify an Article Written with AI

30 May 2023 4 minute read 3 comments WinterYeti

A recent post on Reddit noted a problem a job candidate had. He was highly favored as a hiring pick, but then the company's CEO decided the applicant's hiring essay was written with artificial intelligence (AI). To add insult to injury, the company w...

Why Would Bali Not Want Crypto?

30 May 2023 2 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

In a clarification of the article title's question, it's not that Bali doesn't want crypto per se, but the Indonesian government definitely sees crypto as a threat to the local currency economy and government market control. Similar to my article on...