Commons are a shared resource for use by multiple people. Individuals’ rational actions often end up destroying the resource (you may have heard this phrase: “the tragedy of the commons”). Can we create a scalable governance model for commons with […]
“Bitcoin created the fundamental concept of using a shared computer in exchange for a native bearer asset. For the first time, you could participate in an economy and benefit from holding the common denominator of value in the network. Overnight, […]
Multicoin Capital has put together a chart of what the software stack for Web 3 (decentralized internet) looks like. This link is to a version on Fred Wilson’s blog, which is shorter. | learn more
“Long term investors sold $30 billion of bitcoin to new speculators between December 2017 and April 2018, with half of this transfer occurring in December alone. This was an unprecedented sell off and such an opportunity is unlikely to be […]
Don’t you just love it when organizations publish their master plan on the internet for all to see? Numerai is an AI-run, crowd-sourced hedge fund that’s done exactly that. | learn more
Stephen McKeon, finance professor at University of Oregon, put together this post about why securities should and will be tokenized. It’s very well thought-out and written. It really helps answer the “but, why?” question for security tokens. | learn more
Josh Nussbaum, partner at VC firm Compound, writes about the “other” Compound (which they invested in) that’s creating money markets for cryptocurrency. | learn more
Some intrepid souls have merged blockchain with the hilarious game Cards Against Humanity. You can play for fun and profit. | learn more
This Washington Post article is a great read. “Silicon Valley startups boast about disrupting everything. Coinbase did the opposite — and is now the go-to exchange for bitcoin.” | learn more
This is good news for the crypto community in the US because there had been a shadow of potential securities-law violation for trading this cryptocurrency. There’s some more nuance here around Ether’s present state vs its origins that’s worth understanding. | learn […]