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.


My Kid Figured Out Banano. Dammit.

11 Aug 2022 2 minute read 10 comments WinterYeti

So I'm big on not letting my kids go blindly into the world missing out on the knowledge I have about things, particularly at their age when they can do so much more than I ever had available as a teen or young person. Crypto is one of those concepts...

Our Collective Ongoing Allergy to Available Data

11 Aug 2022 4 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I was sitting in a meeting today, and the topic for today's article suddenly hit me like 2x4 in the forehead. We, as people, are collectively allergic to using data. As I listened to the meeting, I literally watched a familiar, repeat script play out...

Brain Blockitis

10 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

If I was an uber, professional blog writer I would be able to produce pithy, intellectual writing that hit home immediately with every word, paragraph and topic without fail, daily, and on time. Um..yah. I'm not that kind of writer. Sometimes I hit t...

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...