on the blockchain
Patrick Collison in conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried.
The stripe co-founder talks about a range of (mostly crypto-related) topics with the FTX founder. | learn more
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BlockFi secures $250 million bailout from FTX.
Shortly before the Celsius freeze, I read that trading firm Alameda Research pulled out of a 50k ETH position that led to the “run on the bank.” The founder of Alameda Research is also the founder of FTX, which has tossed now […]
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Listen to earn & Bitcoin.
“The team at Fountain has created a new category called “Listen-to-Earn.” Any mobile device user in the world can download the Fountain app and start listening to podcasts today. As you listen to your favorite podcast, you will earn money. […]
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I think it’s finally starting to be crypto winter.
Almost everywhere I look the sentiment is thoroughly negative. It feels like CNBC had been lying in wait to call Michael Saylor a “dot-com era entrepreneur” in the same sentence as they write “Bitcoin’s plunge spells trouble.” | learn more
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The Ball Multicoin Bitwise metaverse Index.
Multicoin Capital teamed up with “Matthew Ball (who has established himself as the defining voice on the metaverse on the web), and Bitwise (the most prominent crypto-native asset management firm focused on passive investments) to create the Ball Multicoin Bitwise […]
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Crypto’s biggest scams of all time.
“The SEC is starting to take action while the scams are getting bolder. So enjoy a little Sunday school lesson in digital con artistry (and maybe a tiny bit of schadenfreude) as we highlight the 11 biggest crypto scams and […]
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Stablecoin mechanisms and use cases.
Patrick McKenzie (aka patio11) reluctantly talks about cryptocurrency. “In principle, you could use stablecoins as money, like how you use deposits as money. Stablecoins are not used like money; rather than facilitating almost the entire diversity of transactions in the […]
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In praise of Bitcoin.
This is from Ben Hunt of Epsilon Theory. If you know who that is, you can probably guess this isn’t a boring read. “The value-deniers, like the Zoom crowd the other night, think I’m agreeing with them when I say […]
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‘Move-to-earn’ Solana app StepN is latest crypto gaming craze.
“Indeed, the fast-growing app appears to be self-sustainable for now. It’s generating $3 million-$5 million in net profit from trading fees a day and earning up to $100 million every month. … Some argue what makes StepN — and other […]