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.


Crypto Regulation - Where Will We Be in 5 Years?

8 Aug 2022 4 minute read 4 comments WinterYeti

If you caught the news this morning, the big kerfuffle was about how the IRS will dramatically grow the number of auditors and agents it uses to enforce tax laws in the U.S. if the Inflation Reduction Act gets enacted. Yesterday (Sunday), the draft l...

You Don't Know Who You're Shopping From Anymore

7 Aug 2022 3 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

So my kid is big into virtual reality/VR stuff after I built a proper tower gaming PC for them with all the works. However, visual wasn't enough, they wanted to be fully engaged with body trackers as well. So, with a number of errands, tasks, recycli...

I Whaled Into an NFT Project, Oh Crap

7 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

So I decided to try my first whaling into an NFT project. The current project was put together by the same team that has run the successful Trains of the Century project, which has been a nice and steady grinding income source for me for a few month...

How to Win Big on NFTs Maybe Every Night

6 Aug 2022 2 minute read 3 comments WinterYeti

You're probably thinking this article is about how make NFTs, sell them on OpenSea or Wax, and make a lot of money doing so. You're wrong. Or maybe it's about investing in NFTs, scoring that uber sale and then re-selling it for some crazy Bansky art...

Why Crypto is So Hot in Countries Where People Shouldn't Have the Money to Invest (or, Stop Being so Damn Westernethnocentric in Your Crypto Attitude)

4 Aug 2022 4 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Begging your pardon from the beginning if it applies, this article isn't meant to insult. In fact, it's really more about the redistribution of wealth happening electronically today that is upsetting a paradigm that's been in place since the end of W...

What Makes a Sustainable NFT Project?

2 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

First off, I'll be the first to admit I'm no NFT expert. I haven't successfully launched my own NFT project (although I'm working on it and going through the mechanics from the ground level up). And I haven't sustained one as a project owner or manag...

Diversifying Your Income Sources for Crypto Gains

1 Aug 2022 3 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

I work as a freelancer and have been doing so since at least 2005. I dabbled in the field earlier, but I really got serious once my wife and I decided to have kids, and she chose to stay at home. That meant I had to make sure the income level we were...

The Insidious Frustration of Daily Inflation

31 Jul 2022 4 minute read 8 comments WinterYeti

I like Saturdays. They are my break away from the world, and also my financial challenge to see what I can do in terms coming up with good deals when doing some errands and grocery shopping. Unfortunately, these days, my grocery runs are much more of...

Score!

29 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I made money this week on ETH's bump, did you? It seems like a simple question, but it's the kind of query that can really trigger a big debate in the crypto world right now. The purists will argue hold, don't sell, and only then will you make the re...

Purge Your Life, Before It Happens To You

27 Jul 2022 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

  So last year I happened to be working from home in the middle of July, listening to the A/C hum while I was chatting with my wife in the kitchen and grabbing a sandwich between zoom meetings. It was just another typical hot day, with high noon at 4...