The promise of cryptocurrency has always been tantalizing: a decentralized, democratized financial system accessible to all. Again and again, we see Token Generation Events (TGEs) that benefit insiders to an extreme degree. Venture capitalists appear to come out even further ahead than the typical American in these cases. Initia is...
Okay, you nimble youngsters are just chirping away about Initia’s TGE. Another crypto unicorn promising untold riches. Been there, done that dot-com bubble bursting t-shirt. My generation, Gen X, we’ve lived through booms and busts. We're not easily swayed by shiny objects. So, all cynicism aside, what is Initia all...
The Fed's walking a tightrope, isn't it? So, it sure seems premature for it to have rescinded its previous guidance that scared banks away from jumping into crypto. It’s closer to giving Wall Street keys to a shiny but ill-tempered Ferrari.Stability or Speculation?Let's be real. The stated reasoning for this...
XRP. You may have written it off as a Ripple remnant, a crypto casualty of SEC fire and fury. But look again. The recent surge in institutional investment – a cool $37 million last week while other cryptos struggled – isn't just a blip. This change is nothing short of...
Let's cut to the chase. You see the headlines: XRP is attracting institutional investment while Ethereum is bleeding capital. To the casual observer, this likely looks like yet another crypto pump, yet another temporary blip, another flash in the pan. I’m here to tell you, as someone who’s been through...
Let's be blunt. Think of the entire crypto market as a toddler throwing a tantrum, and Donald Trump as the parent with the television remote. One minute, he's promising to be crypto-friendly, the next he's hinting at tariffs, and the whole damn thing swings wildly. We saw it this week....
Let’s face it, for many people outside the traditional financial system, it’s a rigged game. We're saddled with student loan debt, stagnant wages, and a housing market that's laughably out of reach. Instead, they ask that we pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. At the same time, they succeed in...
The CloneX incident – art disappearing as a result of a Cloudflare terms of service infringement – was not an isolated occurrence. It’s a very loud and very bright neon sign blinking directly at all the very real cracks in the foundation of our NFT infrastructure. Let's be blunt: it...
Who could forget when Web3 was going to free us as digital entrepreneurs and disintermediate everything? Decentralization! Ownership! Freedom from the clutches of Big Tech! Yeah, about that…For example, just last week, Cloudflare blocked access to RTFKT’s CloneX NFT artwork. This move dramatically exposes the emperor’s lack of raiment. Or,...
I think of Sarah, a smart, young, dynamic college student that I met just a few months ago. For one, predatory banking fees were sucking her single dollar at a time. Already feeling totally shut out from significant investment opportunities, she felt the weight of the world on her chest....