When most people hear “crypto,” the first thing they think of is “currencies.” Cryptocurrencies have skyrocketed in popularity over the past few years. And they’ve given rise to an entire ecosystem of financial speculation, get rich quick schemes, and in some cases outright fraud.
But there’s another side of crypto that gets less attention: the segment of t ... Show More
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George Saunders on Anger, Ambition and Sin
George Saunders is tired of being the “kindness guy.”Saunders is one of my favorite fiction writers, and a friend of the pod; I talked to him back in 2021 and 2022. He also has a reputation as a kind of guru of kindness, thanks to a viral commencement speech he gave back in 2013. ... Show More
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Taxes Versus Privacy in Crypto: Old Rules, Modern Technology
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Quantstamp.During CoinDesk’s Tax Week, “Money Reimagined” hosts Sheila Warren and Michael Casey dive into the fears and debates around crypto during tax season. Last year’s infrastructure bill called out crypto taxing directly, and in the ... Show More
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LEIGH: Udi Wetheimer on Real Bitcoin Use and Cyperpunk Myths
The cypherpunk movement has expanded far beyond the 2,000 people who subscribed to mailing lists in the 1990s. In 2018, Entrepreneur reported there are more than 8,000 posts on Bitcointalk every day, while Coinbase garnered millions of user accounts. Such experimental technology ... Show More
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BREAKDOWN: What Grassroots Communities in Emerging Markets Can Teach Us About Bitcoin, Feat. Anita Posch
The founder of Bitcoin for Fairness shares her perspective.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.
Today NLW is joined by Anita Posch. Anita is the founder of Bitcoin for Fairness and the author of “(L)earn Bitcoin.” She is about to depart on a trip to southern ... Show More
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/molly0xFFF/status/1478500436873293828" target="_blank">The Twitter thread</a> that brought Cryptoland to the team’s attention.</p><p>Ceora wonders whether participants in a hypothetical, decentralized version of YouTube (a YouTube-like <a href="htt ... Show More