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    Should Crypto Journalists Own Crypto?

    Should Crypto Journalists Own Crypto?

    I still remember my first bitcoin.Well, around half a bitcoin. It was early 2014, and I was at Bitcoin Miami reporting on, among other things, the announcement of Ethereum. We were in the midst of a raging bull market, and BTC had recently skyrocketed to over $600 –...
    Why Avatars Dominate the NFT Market

    Why Avatars Dominate the NFT Market

    Of the top 10 NFT collections by market cap, seven, according to CoinMarketCap, are what could be called “avatar NFTs” – headshots, basically, of cartoon characters or pixelated people. The collections topping the charts include CryptoPunks, Bored Ape Yacht Club and...
    Art in the Age of Digital Scarcity: Why NFTs Enchant Us

    Art in the Age of Digital Scarcity: Why NFTs Enchant Us

    Last Monday, when Visa announced it had bought a CryptoPunk non-fungible token (NFT) collectible to add to its financial history collection, I noted that these weird little 8-bit crypto tokens were valued for the same reasons people buy luxury status symbols like...
    How NFTs Fit Into DeFi

    How NFTs Fit Into DeFi

    However interesting non-fungible tokens (NFT) might be as a new technology, one of their superpowers within the crypto space is they’re not considered securities for regulatory purposes. This frees marketplaces like OpenSea from the burden of becoming a registered...
    India’s Crypto Startups Come of Age, Despite Uncertainty

    India’s Crypto Startups Come of Age, Despite Uncertainty

    The Indian crypto ecosystem has seen rising investor interest. India recently ranked second on Chainalysis’s Global Crypto Adoption Index for 2021. Indian blockchain startups have also started acquiring capital flows from global markets for capital generation....
    A Dictionary for Degens

    A Dictionary for Degens

    GM. Ape. Liquidity. Those words might not mean what you think – if you’re talking to an NFT degen.It’s not easy making sense of the memeification of asset markets, the trend toward semi-coordinated groups investing in down-on-their-luck retailers like GameStop and...
    The Metaverse Is Coming, Companies Need to Prepare

    The Metaverse Is Coming, Companies Need to Prepare

    Web 2.0, the second iteration of the internet, brought the world into a new paradigm, moving us away from static website pages and towards new interactive experiences and user-generated content. We are now on the cusp of the next stage, a seismic shift that will...
    Bitcoin Won’t Save the Afghan People

    Bitcoin Won’t Save the Afghan People

    Over the past few years, the residents of countries in financial distress have increasingly turned to cryptocurrency. In Kenya, Nigeria, the Philippines and Venezuela, crypto adoption has been bottom-up. In Cuba and El Salvador, governments are moving to formalize the...
    The Value of NFTs Is Belonging

    The Value of NFTs Is Belonging

    The spending frenzy for Bored Apes, Cryptopunks, Pudgy Penguins and other “NFT communities” has sparked a parallel frenzy in futurism.Commentators like Kevin Roose at the New York Times are pondering whether owning a unique avatar drawn from these digital art “drops”...
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