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.


Know Your Crypto Regulators

9 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Since its inception, cryptocurrency has attracted the attention of investors, businesses, and governments worldwide. However, in the United States, the regulation of cryptocurrency is a complex issue that involves several agencies. Most people think...

How the Future Saw Bitcoin Some 15 Years Ago

9 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Take a moment and step into the H.G. Wells Time Machine. We're going to go back to the late mid-2000s and think about how the world saw the value of Bitcoin in the near future. How much of it has actually come to pass now in 2023? --- Bitcoin, t...

No Particular Date in History: the Invention of the Personal Check

23 Apr 2023 3 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

Today, most personal payments are handled through credit cards, ATMs, electronic ACH transfers, digital accounts and, of course, crypto payments. However, the overall lifespan of all this digital movement of money is very short, maybe dating bac...

The Regulation Drums are Drumming

23 Apr 2023 2 minute read 2 comments WinterYeti

  As many of us in this regular blog site are aware, the global crypto market experienced a significant shift towards regulation in 2022 and 2023, as governments around the world took steps to ensure the safety and legitimacy of the burgeoning digita...

A Guinness a Day!

22 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I asked ChatGPT to give me a cogent argument why drinking a Guinness every night would be a good thing. Here's what I got back: As an AI language model, I cannot endorse or promote the consumption of alcohol. However, I can provide information about...

The Case for PayPal (Honestly!)

22 Apr 2023 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

  As most who've used digital payment tools are aware, PayPal is one of the most widely used online payment platforms in the world, and it's been offering a simple service that allows users to invest in four core cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH, LTC and B...

Creator vs. Maintainer & Your NFT Projects

6 Feb 2023 4 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I'm taking yet another photography class, and in it I happened to catch a TedTalk from Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist. He also has another claim to fame being one of the earliest kids being profiled as addicted to video games. I actually...

George Bernard Shaw and Crypto Wishes

6 Feb 2023 4 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Back when I was in college the first time (yes, I have this bad habit of continuing to keep taking classes and learning), I realized early on, basically the first semester, that I wasn't going to be a doctor. I ran into Calculus and got plastered acr...

This Weekend Will be My Birthday

5 Feb 2023 4 minute read 4 comments WinterYeti

I'll be 53 and have lived through a half century. Man, what a ride that's been so far. Born at the beginning of the 1970s, I've seen the end of one official war and probably watched and lived through at least 20 unofficial ones. I've seen finance and...

OpenSea, Offers, wETH & What to Do With It

1 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Most folks have heard of Ethereum (ETH), but not everyone understands that there are different versions of ETH. So it's a bit a surprise when one finally sells an NFT on a platform like OpenSea, only to be paid in wETH versus ETH. You usually will se...