on the blockchain
Martin Shkreli launched a crypto token?
“Martin Shkreli, also known as “Pharma Bro,” claims he and Barron Trump created the DJT token after initially denying involvement.” ~ learn more
Tag: crypto
fun facts
How researchers cracked an 11-year-old password to a $3 million crypto wallet.
A lesson in never giving up! Also a reminder that computers don’t do random very well. ~ learn more
on the blockchain
The sea change on crypto regulation.
There’s been a spurt of recent news from the US regulators that legitimizes crypto markets. “Why is this happening? I see three main factors at play….” ~ learn more
on the blockchain
The rise of crypto’s billion dollar zombies.
This Forbes article takes an aggressive stance on the value of many blockchains. “With bitcoin soaring once again, blockchains are suddenly much more valuable. More than 50 of them are now worth over $1 billion—despite many having few users.” Yet, […]
on the blockchain
Vitalik on the promise and challenges of crypto + AI.
It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, that’s for sure. ”A particular challenge is: in cryptography, open source is the only way to make something truly secure, but in AI, a model (or even its training data) being open greatly increases […]
on the blockchain
2023 crypto developer report.
One of the lines of thinking I’ve embraced in the past was that when thousands of smart engineers work at something, magical things can happen. That remains true. “While developers overall are down 24%, the most valuable segment of developers […]
on the blockchain
Going post-crypto.
It’s not all sunshine and sparkles. “You can go down the rabbit hole into crypto. This is a post about getting out.” ~ learn more
profiles of people
Patrick McKenzie and Tyler Cowen in conversation.
Here’s a run-on sentence: “Tyler sat down with Patrick to discuss signature fields on the back of credit cards, whether bank tellers or waitstaff are more trustworthy, the gremlins behind spurious credit card declines, how debt collection and maple syrup […]
tech, startups, internet
Massive step in democratizing venture capital.
Balaji Srinivasan, crypto pioneer and venture investor at a16z, launched a new venture fund. It’s relatively unique because it’s a, “506(c) fund (an alternative to Rule 506(b)) which means you can raise your fund in public and leverage press in […]
on the blockchain
Nike-RTFKT’s crypto universe nears $1.4 billion in NFT trading.
“The primary example of that may be Nike and RTFKT’s non-fungible token universe which has, in less than two years, while facing a bear market much of the time, generated more than one billion dollars in trading volume and more […]