Tag: inequality

Bittensor: Barry Silbert's AI Dream or Crypto's Next Inequality Engine?

Bittensor: Barry Silbert's AI Dream or Crypto's Next Inequality Engine?

Barry Silbert. To many the name evokes thoughts of untold 2017 crypto bitcoin riches, Grayscale’s crypto kingdom and most recently the downfall of Genesis. These days, however, he’s placing his biggest bets on Bittensor, a decentralized AI network that he believes is the wave of the future. Yet the prospect...

ZKsync Airdrop Heist Exposes Crypto's Fatal Flaw: Inequality

ZKsync Airdrop Heist Exposes Crypto's Fatal Flaw: Inequality

The ZkSync airdrop heist wasn’t only a hack. It struck at the very heart of what cryptocurrency was intended to represent. That’s $5 million that evaporated—not from some Wall Street fat cat’s investment portfolio. Unfortunately, it probably disappeared from the digital wallets of the average Joes who were banking on...

5 Reasons Why Bitcoin's $85K Surge Masks a Dangerous Inequality

5 Reasons Why Bitcoin's $85K Surge Masks a Dangerous Inequality

Okay, let's be real. We’re all experiencing it right now—Bitcoin on the front page every day with new highs. Solana and Ethereum are on the rise…and one school in the UK is now accepting Bitcoin for tuition! Sounds like a party, right? But beneath the surface of this crypto carnival...

Bitcoin to $200K? 3 Ways It Could Worsen Inequality

Bitcoin to $200K? 3 Ways It Could Worsen Inequality

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on Bitcoin going to $200,000… “That’s not unreasonable.” Okay, maybe he's right. Institutional interest is certainly on the rise, and even the US appears to be starting to warm to crypto. But hold your horses on popping the champagne. While the crypto elite might be popping...

Bitcoin's Rise Masks a Deeper Problem Can Crypto Fix Inequality?

Bitcoin's Rise Masks a Deeper Problem Can Crypto Fix Inequality?

Bitcoin hitting almost $86,000 is exciting. Market cap heading to $2.7 trillion? Wow. Come on – are we really toasting a win for all of us, or just the rich folks who are already winning? I’m Gen Z, and I’m mad as hell. History shows us that while new technologies...