Understanding the Strange World of NFTs and “Tokenomics” I love flowers—a statement that has nothing to do with flowers as you know them. This is the type of flower that I love: It’s known as a “SOL Flower,” a non-fungible token that trades on the Solana blockchain. Each of the more than 3,000 SOL Flower [Read More] …
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The Verdict Is In—The Naysayers Were Wrong About Bitcoin
Well, so much for that debate. I’d say it’s fairly well put to rest now. This debate of which I speak is the long back-and-forth centered on bitcoin and whether it’s really a safe-haven asset or just a Ponzi scheme beloved by myopic fanboys who don’t understand real financial assets. The war in Ukraine has [Read More] …
Weekly Digest: The New York Stock Exchange May Be Moving to the Blockchain
Plus, Is the U.S. Heading for Another Housing Crisis? Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world. Of course, front of mind for everyone right now is the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We’ve been covering the economic fallout from that crisis here [Read More] …
The Stock Market Was a House of Cards…Even Before the Ukraine Conflict
Making Sense of the Insane U.S. Economy And now for the day’s alternative view. When a major event roils the markets and the economy, like say the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there’s a tendency to lose sight of the bigger picture…to imagine that this event is the sole cause of all the pain in the [Read More] …
Would Crypto Survive a Major Military Attack?
Bitcoin Could Be a Good Investment in a Time of War There was a moment in 2018 when North Korea threatened to launch an EMP, or electro-magnetic pulse, attack on the U.S. Had there been action behind that idle threat, the pulse would have turned electronics into expensive bricks. All of which raised a question [Read More] …