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22 Apr 2022 3 minute read 14 comments Allen Taylor
One thing every company creating for the future metaverse will have to think about is how the money will work. Currently, the metaverse is as real as Superman’s underwear, but experts predict that those super panties will be a reality in 10 years. In...
20 Apr 2022 2 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse criticizes bitcoin tribalism saying that different use cases for cryptocurrencies is a good thing. In other news, an XRP attorney explains how both Ripple and the SEC could win in the ongoing lawsuit. When people make sen...
18 Apr 2022 3 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor
Ethereum and Bitcoin miners are still making profits in today’s environment thanks to all-time high hash rates on both blockchains. CoinDesk asks, “Is Bitcoin a Risk-on or a Risk-Off Asset?” (A Great Read) Maybe a better question is, will bitcoin eve...
16 Apr 2022 2 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao says the tide is turning on crypto regulation, but the U.S. and Europe can’t regulate it alone. The largest crypto exchange by volume now has a customer service center in Turkey. But, like Coinbase, Binance won’t be impleme...
15 Apr 2022 2 minute read 6 comments Allen Taylor
Bitcoin mining difficulty drops for the third time in 2022. Nexo CEO Antoni Trenchev says BTC could hit $100,000 in one year. Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky agrees. Are they dreaming? The Elon Musk-Twitter saga is looking more like a true soap opera all...
13 Apr 2022 2 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor
Scientists have discovered that bitcoin fans are “psychopaths.” It’s hard to believe this can be ascertained from a simple survey. On the other hand, Peter Thiel calling Warren Buffet a “sociopathic grandpa” makes it believable. Ethereum has passed i...
11 Apr 2022 1 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor
Angry Meta shareholders accuse Mark Zuckerberg of weak leadership, say the “dystopian downsides” of the metaverse will need some oversight. On the other hand, improved optics might be all that is necessary to make the metaverse bigger than the intern...
9 Apr 2022 1 minute read 9 comments Allen Taylor
Ethereum’s gas fees were up 13 percent in March as new ERC-20 token generation surged 125 percent above February’s. Galaxy Digital Trading says ETH could flip BTC within three years. Now let’s all hold our breath. Tesla, Block, and Blockstream are te...
8 Apr 2022 5 minute read 8 comments Allen Taylor
Today is the last call to get my book Cryptosocial: How Cryptocurrencies Are Changing Social Media at the discounted price of $2.99. The price goes up tomorrow! But this post isn’t about buying my book so much as it in reviewing it. Keep reading to l...
6 Apr 2022 3 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor
MicroStrategy has bought another $191 million worth of bitcoin. The company now holds more than 129,000 BTC, an incredible $5.7 billion+ in current value. Lightning Labs is launching the Taro protocol, which will be useful for sending fiat-pegged sta...
