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1 Feb 2023 3 minute read 9 comments Allen Taylor
It’s winter in Texas. Ice. Rain, Below-freezing temperatures. And I’m 100 percent on solar power. That means I’ve got to watch my battery power. If today’s newsletter is too short, blame it on the weather. Metaverse tokens outperformed bitcoin in Jan...
30 Jan 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Allen Taylor
Only 16 days until Web3 Social: How Creators are Changing the World Wide Web (And You Can Too!) launches. I’m still looking for people to join my launch team and help me get the book out far and wide. If interested, get the details here. BTC and ETH...
27 Jan 2023 2 minute read 10 comments Allen Taylor
A Social Media Examiner article on Wednesday highlights 25 Web3 business trends in 2023. Only a handful of them deal specifically with Web3 social media, but I’d like to address a few of the points made by author/curator Lisa D. Jenkins. Social Medi...
25 Jan 2023 3 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor
NFT sales are responsible for ether becoming deflationary again. A lot of ETH is being burned, and much of it are through NFT sales. Uniswap holders voted to deploy on BNB Chain. More options is better, even on a decentralized exchange. RippleX has c...
23 Jan 2023 4 minute read 15 comments Allen Taylor
Bitcoin bounces over $23K on its month-long 38-percent rise. Is it a breakthrough or a bull trap? I think whales are testing the waters to see if there is enough optimism in the market to make a bigger splash. The answer is “No.” Some bitcoin enthusi...
20 Jan 2023 4 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor
Earlier this week, conservative comedian Steven Chowder posted a YouTube video in which he nearly cried. Simply titled “It’s time to stop…", the video proves Chowder is not just a slimy SEO hack. He’s much worse: A true believer! In what, exactly, is...
18 Jan 2023 4 minute read 14 comments Allen Taylor
Good morning crypto lovers, The past couple of weeks have been eaten up by discussions on a new social media protocol called Nostr, but what is it? Nostr is an acronym that stands for Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays. Rather than write up...
16 Jan 2023 4 minute read 10 comments Allen Taylor
Bitcoin bounced over $20,000 for the first time in two months this weekend. In fact, it went on to jump the $21,000 hurdle as the entire crypto market flew over the $1 trillion mark again. Former Securities and Exchange Commission official John Reed...
13 Jan 2023 3 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor
Good morning! Instead of posting my usual discussion question today, I thought I’d send an invitation to join my book launch team for the forthcoming book Web3 Social: How Creators Are Changing the World Wide Web (And You Can Too!). Now, to answer th...
11 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Allen Taylor
Government whistleblower Edward Snowden is auctioning a newly released NFT live on PleasrDAO, along with Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971. CoinDesk also reports. PleasrDAO will also be interviewing Snowden and Ellsberg in a d...
