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The NFT bible – everything (nontechnical) there is to know
This is both thorough and easy to skim. As a reminder, NFTs are Non-Fungible Tokens like Cryptokitties from 2017. | learn more
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Weird DeFi
A no-loss lottery, a protocol for “flash loans” (that I don’t understand) and streaming money. | learn more
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Rapper Akon finalizes deal to create crypto city in Senegal
“Akon says he has signed an agreement with the government of Senegal to build a city with a cryptocurrency-based economy named Akon City.” | learn more
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How criminals moved billions in 2019
“Thanks to the inherent transparency of blockchains, we can look at cryptocurrency’s money laundering ecosystem from a high level, and draw insights that aren’t possible when studying money laundering in the traditional fiat currency world.” | learn more
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ETH2 for dummies
“ETH2 is the next generation of Ethereum, and even calling it Ethereum is a bit of a misnomer — it’s an entirely different project, with a new zero-to-one paradigm for how blockchains can operate at scale.” | learn more
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What will happen to cryptocurrency in the 2020s
Brian Armstrong also posted this set of predictions. “In short, I think over the next decade we’ll see a blockchain, that is both more scalable and includes privacy features, reach about 1B users by the end of the decade (up […]
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What happened in crypto over the last decade
Written by Brian Armstrong, founder and CEO of Coinbase. Short and punchy. | learn more
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500 headlines about Bitcoin
Fun to skim through, but not much substance. “Bitcoin has a branding problem. It’s known as a wildly unstable financial asset, doomed fad, brogrammer fantasy, and blah blah blah. So I subjected it to a favorite branding exercise. In the […]
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Crypto theses for 2020
From Ryan Selkis (TBI), the publisher of the original list from 2017. If you’ve lost touch and want to catch up on crypto efficiently, this will do the trick. “Consider this Messari’s research foundation for the next decade. 120 people, […]
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Innovation in Bitcoin’s technology stack
This goes deep into specific projects, but not so deep into technology that it’s impossible to understand. “So much is happening at the many layers of Bitcoin’s technology stack, it can be incredibly difficult to keep track of emerging solutions. […]