Published in ThePowerBrunch·Jul 18Member-onlyCentral African Republic Has No Bitcoin Strategy, Launches Shitcoin With Lofty Promises InsteadFollowers of Bitcoin already know that during late April of 2022, the African country known as the Central African Republic declared Bitcoin would become legal tender — becoming the second country after El Salvador to do so. …Bitcoin7 min read
Published in ThePowerBrunch·Jul 4Member-onlySoulbound — Web3 Goes Wild and Ties NFTs to Your SoulThe word “soul” doesn’t usually conjure up images of blockchains or cryptocurrencies, but if Vitalik Buterin’s vision of soulbound NFTs eventually materializes, we may one day associate new meaning towards an otherwise very intimate, personal, and divine concept. During early 2022, Buterin published a post describing the concept of soulbound…Bitcoin7 min read
Published in ThePowerBrunch·Jun 17Member-onlyUS Debt is $30 Trillion Dollars, Rising, On Track to Ruin the Lives of the Next Generation of AmericansThe US National Debt is currently over $30 trillion dollars. That is the number 30, followed by 12 zeroes. Since the turn of the century, the national debt has exploded upwards of 600% — starting with “just” $5 trillion in debt during the year 2000, before rising every year through…Business8 min read
Published in ThePowerBrunch·Jun 9Member-onlyThe US Crypto Bill is 69 Pages. Here’s 7 Key Points & What It All Means.On June 7th, 2022, two US senators (Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York), introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act to the world — setting into motion of what looks to be a regulatory foundation around digital assets in the United States. Known better these days as…Cryptocurrency7 min read
Published in ThePowerBrunch·May 16Member-onlyEl Salvador is Stumbling. Millions in Payments Soon Due, Low BTC Adoption & No Bitcoin Bond to Help Relieve Pressure — Yet.At the June 2021 Bitcoin conference in Miami, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele made the groundbreaking announcement that El Salvador would soon become the first country to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender. The announcement propagated far and wide — with Crypto Twitter praising the president as forward thinking and future…Bitcoin6 min read
Published in ThePowerBrunch·May 2Member-onlyChasing Blue Chips — Crypto’s Constant Search for the Next Blue Chip NFTWhile the baby boomer generation can reflect on the days of checking stock tickers in their morning newspapers, Millennials, Gen Z, and soon, Generation Alpha will remember the days of checking OpenSea and the latest floor price on their PFP NFT. How times have changed. Previous generations learned to earn…Nft8 min read
Published in ThePowerBrunch·Apr 20Member-onlySri Lanka is Just the Beginning — More Defaults Are Coming & Perhaps Another Case for BitcoinDuring the first two weeks of April, 2022, Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt for the first time since the island country declared its independence — almost 75 years ago. …Economics8 min read
Published in ThePowerBrunch·Apr 4Member-onlyBitcoin is the Hardest Money Ever Created. Here’s What that Actually Means.Money is an interesting thing. No matter who we are, where we’re from, or what we believe in, one of the things that unites all of us on this planet is our need of, and dependence on, money. After all, without it, most of us would not be able to…Bitcoin9 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Feb 8Member-onlyYou Don’t Own What You Think With Your NFTIn blockchain, 2021 will easily be remembered as the “Year of the NFT”. …Blockchain6 min read
Published in Better Marketing·Jan 18Member-onlyCould NFTs One Day Replace the Disneyland Annual Pass?Disneyland’s Annual Pass program is a big business. While official figures have never been released to the public, it has been estimated that in recent years (pre-covid), upwards of one-million passes were sold annually by the creators of the Magic Kingdom. …Marketing7 min read