Things of note and other interesting stuff

Things of note and other interesting stuff

Here I will post things I find interesting that may or may not have a connection between them. Well other then I find the topic interesting. =)


E-Sport finally recognized as a proper sport

4 hours ago 2 minute read 1 comment Patch

A few days ago The Swedish national sports federation had its annual general meeting. And one of the points up for voting was whether E-Sport should be allowed to become a member organization or not. E-Sport becomes a sport sport This was not the fi...

Influencer served settlement demand via NFT

22 May 2023 3 minute read 8 comments Patch

I thought this one was way too good to pass up on writing about. Even got me out of my recent funk to some extent. This is probably one of the more interesting and fun ways to serve someone I have come across. Who got served? The influencer in quest...

Binance exits Canadian market

13 May 2023 2 minute read 8 comments Patch

This is a bit of sad news unfortunately, we have seen a lot of that this and last year. But at least it is not another company scamming customers or something along those lines. It is "only" the announcement that Binance is pulling out of Canada. Bi...

Biden propose to close $18 billion crypto tax loophole, community in uproar

11 May 2023 1 minute read 20 comments Patch

Joe Biden tweeted earlier, saying he was planning to close a $18 billion dollar crypto tax loophole. And this tweet really got the crypto community a rilled-up. $18 billion, that's a big hole In the tweet from President Biden, he more or less puts t...

The Whitehouse moves the goal post, looking to impose new cryptomining tax

8 May 2023 13 minute read 13 comments Patch

There have been a few days since I read the post from ssaurel, the post in question is this one No Matter How Green Bitcoin Is, the White House Will Denigrate It. While there are a few reasons for waiting to do a post on the topic myself, letting ssa...

National tug of war over Do "Run no More" Kwon

6 May 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Patch

Sadly after Do Kwon was caught earlier this year, my nickname of "Run, Run" does not really seem to fit anymore. So I am trying a new one, let me know what you think of it. And it seems that this time Do Kwon has gotten caught a second time, this tim...

This might change how you view NFTs entirely

4 May 2023 5 minute read 12 comments Patch

It is not really a big secret that I am not a huge fan of the current way NFTs are being used. I do however think there are use cases for NFTs. And I have talked about those in a previous post. I am here to talk about NFTs in general, and if you are...

Bitcoin break another record, South Africa’s biggest pyramid scheme

30 Apr 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Patch

Sad day in the world of crypto, as we do not really need these types of records or headlines. South Africa’s biggest pyramid scheme Mirror Trading International (MTI) CEO Cornelius Johannes Steynberg of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, Republic of South...

Project Hivemapper, maps brought into Web3

30 Apr 2023 4 minute read 6 comments Patch

I thought I would take the opportunity to talk about a new project that has come to my attention. Is it a good project or not, let's see if we can find that out together. What is Hivemapper? The pitch is super easy and straightforward. You help them...

Pancakeswap and $CAKE, what is going on?

28 Apr 2023 3 minute read 24 comments Patch

If you have been looking at $CAKE over the last couple of weeks you will have noticed something pretty major taking place. Something that was completely unrelated to the rest of the crypto market. But what happened, and why? Let us see if we can figu...