Inflation Is About to Get Much Worse Well, this is gonna get ugly… I landed back in Prague this week after a nearly three-week business trip, and when I turned on my phone in the taxi ride home, one of the first headlines that popped up told me that inflation is about to ratchet even [Read More] …
I Sold a Bear…and Made Over $2K in Profit
A 1,400% Gain in 2 Hours Through Trading NFTs “Let’s sell a bear.” Ciaran, my editor, looked at me quizzically. This was during our recent research trip to Mexico’s Riviera Maya. It was in the evening, and we were working at the long dining table in our rented condo in Tulum. I’d bought the bear [Read More] …
Video: Are We Heading for a Recession…and What Would it Mean for Crypto?
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage points. Stocks rallied after this news, largely because Fed officials said they aren’t considering an even larger increase of three-fourths of a percentage point in the next quarter. Still, two big questions remain: If the Fed is not willing to be more aggressive, how will [Read More] …
This Isn’t the Fertility Ritual the Maya Had in Mind
What the Local Pharmacies Tell Us About the Riviera Maya and its Future It’s like going to Disneyland to buy Viagra. That was my first impression upon arriving at the Maya archaeological ruins in Tulum, along Mexico’s Riviera Maya. Seems like everywhere you go in Mexico, you find a farmacia—a pharmacy. Like, everywhere. In the [Read More] …
Picking Up Hitchhikers in Mexico… What Could Go Wrong?
A Drive Along the World’s Most Trendy Jungle Road Only sometimes is picking up hitchhikers in Mexico a bad idea. That you are reading this dispatch is indication that this is not one of those times. My colleague, Ciaran, and I were returning to our rented condo in Tulum after grabbing a late-ish dinner along [Read More] …