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6 Questions for Paul Veradittakit of Pantera Capital
7.8.2020
“I would love to invest into a consumer-facing application that could get blockchain-usage into the mainstream. Initially consumers wouldn’t know that blockchain is actually powering the application, thus removing the friction and education necessary.”
Forced Creativity: Why Bitcoin Thrives in Former Socialist States
15.7.2020
“People who work on Bitcoin understand the social impact of decentralization. Even though we now live in a free society, we can already see signs of ‘unfreedom’ or freedom being slowly taken away in many facets of life.”
As Money Printer Goes Brrrrr, Wall St Loses Its Fear of Bitcoin
14.7.2020
“I know anecdotally of several [investment managers] that have accumulated between $100 million and $500 million.”
June
9.7.2020
PayPal took a sideways look at crypto, Bitcoin earned a “boring” label as other markets demonstrated more volatility, DeFi exploded, and William Shatner boldly tokenized his memories…
Are You Independent Yet? Financial Self-Sovereignty and the Decentralized Exchange
4.7.2020
“You own your money, but you have to be aware of the responsibilities of owning your own money. You have to be careful with that freedom.”
Billions and Billions: How Brands Take Blockchain From Niche to Normal
30.6.2020
“The value we create inside of our virtual worlds will become indistinguishable from the value we’ve historically created outside of them.”
Investing in Blockchain Gaming: Why VCs Are Betting Big
29.6.2020
“Blockchain integration essentially enables community ownership of the entire gaming ecosystem, which in turn allows game publishers to uniquely monetize their model, create richer and deeper experiences, and extend the lifetime value of the assets that they are creating.”
Beyond In-Game Assets: Blockchain Gaming, DAOs, Guilds, and Ragequitting
28.6.2020
“If the “real world” economy is run by centralized authorities who can change and adapt monetary policy on a whim outside public opinion or scrutiny, current video game economies are a microcosm of this behavior.”
Play2Earn: How Blockchain Can Power a Paradigm Shift in Building Game Economies
27.6.2020
“We’d like to further empower our community by allowing them to earn a token that allows them to govern the ecosystem in the future, making decisions like what content to add within the universe, what tech upgrades should be focused on, and what to do with funds generated by the game’s...
Gen Z and the NFT: Redefining Ownership for Digital Natives
26.6.2020
“Perhaps our children’s generation won’t own the roof over their heads, but they’ll own a wealth of digital assets instead.”
The Mad Magazine Fold-In Effect in CSS
25.6.2020
This was always my favorite thing in Mad magazine. One page (the inside of the back cover, I think) was covered in a zany illustration. You folded that page in thirds, covering up the middle-third of that image, and a new image would form because the illustration was designed to perfectly line...
Why Animism Gives Japanese Characters a NiFTy Head Start on the Blockchain
25.6.2020
“Notions of Japan as an animistic spirit-infused realm in which humans can commune with animals and other objects and forces of nature are ubiquitous in Japan, coursing through popular manga and anime.”
William Shatner Tokenizes his Favorite Memories on the WAX Blockchain
24.6.2020
“They’re odd pieces — the detritus of my life, like leaving the dust of a comet behind me.”
Unforgettable: How Blockchain Will Fundamentally Change the Human Experience
18.6.2020
In committing our memories to blockchain’s immutable ledgers, will we unwittingly force ourselves to live in a new normal that’s not what we wanted at all?
Agents of Influence: He Who Controls The Blockchain, Controls The Cryptoverse
17.6.2020
Bitcoin and Ethereum are decentralized protocols. But how do they defend against the inevitability of human nature, if we accept that some will always desire to lead, and the fate of others is to be led?
6 Questions for Michelle O’Connor of Uphold
13.6.2020
“The bridge from old to new money systems used to be a long one, and you couldn’t quite see the other side — we’re closer than ever today.”
You Say You Want a Revolution: What Blockchain Can Learn from One Man’s Attempt to Save the World
9.6.2020
The blockchain industry’s belief in its own inevitability could become a fatal blindspot. Buckminster Fuller provides a compelling narrative, methodology, and cautionary tale for builders seeking to change the world
Wild, Wild East: Why the ICO Boom in China Refuses to Die
8.6.2020
“Chandler Guo was a beef salesman who now lives in a 100,000 square-foot California estate he calls the “Mansion of Chives” after a slang term associated with retail investors losing money.”
Justin Sun Buys Your Company… What Do You Do?
7.6.2020
In case you were wondering how much we pull our punches in Cointelegraph Magazine, consider this assessment of Justin Sun, from the article directly below: “Derided by some as a lightweight showman, the P.T. Barnum of crypto, others see him as a marketing genius whose penchant for...
Exoduses and Ex-Communications: Blowing Off Steemit with Andrew Levine
4.6.2020
“I think Steem is going to go down in history as the greatest blockchain you’ve never heard of.”