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'Caramelldansen' Owners Really Don't Want You To Know Where The Song Originated
22.12.2021
If you used Tiktok at all in March 2020, there’s a decent chance you heard a song called “Caramelldansen,” a Swedish pop song originally from the early 2000s that once made waves as an internet meme and has since experienced something of a resurgence on the video-sharing platform. As it turns...
Bob Ross Died Fighting Profit-Driven Vultures Only For Them To Turn Him Into A Funko Pop NFT
15.12.2021
Beloved painter Bob Ross died in 1995 due to complications from lymphoma, but before he passed away he made it very clear to the world that he didn’t want his likeness used for profit. But recently, Pop figurine maker Funko went in on the hot new digital grift by turning turned Ross into an...
Altcoin Roundup: Dogecoin, Shiba Inu and memes are hauling the dogsled to mass adoption
30.10.2021
Who doesn’t love a good meme? Here’s how DOGE, SHIB and other meme tokens are tugging crypto’s leash toward mass adoption
Halo Infinite Is Filled With Memes, Dataminers Unfortunately Reveal
27.9.2021
Halo Infinite’s latest multiplayer technical preview (or, in actual terms, beta) is live, and has been for a few days now. And while the beta offers only a small taste of what will be available in the online shooter once it releases later this year, dataminers and curious fans have been digging...
The ‘Feels Guy’ Gets Blockchained — Rare Wojak NFT Project to Launch 4,000 Randomly Generated Wojaks
25.9.2021
While Pepe the frog and Doge made it into the limelight with unique and rare non-fungible token (NFT) assets, another NFT meme collection tied to the infamous 2010 meme “Wojak” has entered the fray. A new NFT collection stemming from the web portal called rarewojak.com has leveraged...
#ethgate Overshadows Big News But Helps Ethereum With Memes Amid Ethiopia Crisis
23.7.2021
Today, the Cryptoverse found itself in a strange situation, as an alleged attempt by a major Bitcoin (BTC) bull to troll the Ethereum (ETH) community overshadowed more important news and eventually helped ETH to get more publicity at the expense of a struggling country.
First, the important...
The Bogdanoff Twins Claim They Participated in Helping Satoshi Nakamoto Build Bitcoin
11.7.2021
Following the infamous meme that shows one of the Bogdanoff twins on the phone telling whales to initiate a crypto-market dump, the Bogdanoff brothers now claim they took part in inventing the leading cryptocurrency bitcoin with Satoshi Nakamoto. During an interview hosted on L’Heure...
248% Weekly Gains — Baby Doge Coin Continues to Rally While Most Crypto Asset Markets Slump
5.7.2021
Four days ago, the crypto community and mainstream audiences caught a whiff of a new meme-based crypto asset called baby doge. The coin got a lot more attention when Tesla’s Elon Musk tweeted about baby doge and almost immediately after the tweet, the asset’s value skyrocketed. Musk...
Survey Finds Gen Z More Likely to Invest in Cryptocurrencies and Memes Over Traditional Investments
4.6.2021
A recent study published by Gambler’s Pick notes that Gen Zers are less likely to invest in traditional investments like equities and more likely to invest in cryptocurrencies, meme investments, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Gen Z More Likely to Invest in Cryptocurrencies and Meme...
Vitalik Buterin Criticizes Elon Musk’s Idealistic Take on Cryptocurrency, Details Limits on Blockchain Scalability
24.5.2021
Vitalik Buterin, one of the most renowned Ethereum founders, has rebuffed Elon Musk’s take on fixing cryptocurrencies in a new paper where he details the limits of blockchain scalability. Buterin touches on three subjects: storage, bandwidth, and computing power, commenting on their limits...
The Future of Ethereum in a Meme: Ultrasound Money
10.5.2021
The “ultrasound money” meme has been running in Ethereum based circles for some time, gaining momentum as the asset rises and rises in value during this bull market. While it is considered a joke by many, like a myriad of memes, it hides a very complex array of factors that contribute...
NFT Roundup: Drumpfs Hit the Market, Dole Takes A Bite Out of Hunger, Digitalax Introduces Fashion Hybrids, and Burgundy Wine Collectibles Arrive
30.4.2021
The fever surrounding non-fungible tokens continues to spread as it penetrates new areas and industries. Political memes have now entered the NFT fray, Dole is fighting food insecurity with a humorous angle, Digitalax is bridging the physical and digital fashion divide, and even acclaimed wine...
Nifty News: Kevin Smith sells horror flick rights as NFT, Megadeth’s ETH, farming MEMEs ...
14.4.2021
MEME NFT farming platform launches the new and improved v2, Megadeth NFT nets $18K, and Kevin Smith tokenizes the rights to “Killroy Was Here”
In 2007, Video Game Memes Took A Dark Turn
10.4.2021
Memes. These days, they’re everywhere. They are the pillars upon which internet culture—and by extension, pop culture—stands. But once upon a time, memes dwelled in the internet’s dankest sewers, traded in the darkness by geeks, nerds, and outcasts. On this week’s Splitscreen podcast, we examine...
Economist warns of dystopia if ‘Bitcoin Aristocrats’ become reality
27.2.2021
Critics of the digital currency have visions of the future every bit as silly as maximalists'
Why Everyone Wants an Invite to Clubhouse Crypto
19.2.2021
The 11-month old audio app is the latest vector for crypto adoption – memes and all. Here's why everyone wants in
I Ate The Giant Game Controller Gummy, And I Felt Like I Was Going To Die
17.2.2021
Dear friends, if you are reading this post, it means I have died. Or I have consumed a giant video game controller-shaped gummy and lived—arguably a worse fate.Read more
Lance Reddick Is Now Voice Acting Destiny Memes
11.2.2021
Lance Reddick is a famous actor, with major roles in The Wire and John Wick, among other things. He’s also the voice of Destiny’s Commander Zavala, and apparently not above granting fan requests to voice act the memes they send him.Read more
Blockchain Bites: The Weird and Wonderful in Crypto This Week
5.2.2021
Also: Ether is jumping off, taking DeFi tokens with it
GameStop and Dogecoin Show How Memes Can Move Markets
4.2.2021
Source: Twitter/@elonmusk
Jason Potts, Professor of Economics, RMIT University, Chris Berg, Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub, RMIT University.
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One of the most difficult problems in finance right now is figuring out the fundamental economic value...