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30 Mar 2022 2 minute read 8 comments Allen Taylor
Coinbase is looking for body guards with “tactical driving skills” and “remote wilderness first aid” experience. This makes me wonder what’s going on in the head of CEO Brian Armstrong. Do you think he’s planning a corporate retreat to Kilimanjaro, o...
28 Mar 2022 1 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor
Bitcoin is now over $47,000, its highest since January. Former U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul believers bitcoin could still be banned. Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary, however, says it will never be banned because it holds too much “economic promise...
26 Mar 2022 2 minute read 9 comments Allen Taylor
Google has co-opted the word “Non-fungible” to use as an environmental statement with its trademark application for “non-fungible planet.” Can you smell the irony? Earlier this week, Terra blockchain announced it had purchased $125 million in bitcoin...
25 Mar 2022 8 minute read 20 comments Allen Taylor
Since 2018, I’ve identified hundreds of new projects tinkering with cryptosocial media applications. Many of them have died. Others are on the brink of falling off a cliff. Still, many more are alive and kicking. What I’m calling cryptosocial media g...
23 Mar 2022 2 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor
Is Ethereum winning the blockchain race? Many analysts think so. Founder Vitalik Buterin, however, is critical of the way cryptocurrencies are being used—specifically with regard to NFTs. He sees a dystopian future. The sad reality is Ethereum itself...
21 Mar 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Allen Taylor
Ukraine has officially legalized bitcoin. In related news, are you keeping up with the bitcoin runner? He’s traveled to seven countries on foot and has 33 more to go, spending only bitcoin on the way. And if you’re wondering about running a bitcoin n...
19 Mar 2022 1 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor
TIME Magazine releases entire issue as an NFT. Meanwhile, GameStop plans to launch an NFT marketplace. Binance has left Ontario. But are they cooperating with Russia? Crypto lender BlockFi was the target of a breach that led to personal data of custo...
18 Mar 2022 11 minute read 6 comments Allen Taylor
It’s not difficult to imagine what Facebook might look like today if a cryptocurrency had been embedded in the business plan from the beginning. The only thing that might have changed is the underlying technology of the platform and whatever effects...
16 Mar 2022 3 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor
MetaMask has surpassed 30 million users and is planning a DAO and its own token. Somehow, this little drama involves Joseph Lubin, founder of ConsenSys. A group of ConsenSys AG shareholders sued Lubin earlier this year over alleged irregularities reg...
14 Mar 2022 2 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor
The European Union is considering a ban on bitcoin, but it could be too close to call. However, bitcoin’s hashrate has jumped 15 percent in 10 days. Mexican drug cartels are funding operations to the tune of $25 billion a year. It sounds like bitcoin...
