NASAA Nashville: Protecting Investors and Consumers in the Age of Digital Assets
I went to Nashville, to hang out with financial regulators! That’s what people flock to Nashville for, right?
Vitalik Buterin’s philosophical essays: they’re not good
Smart people need the ghost of Socrates to follow them around as a Memento Stultus. “Remember: you too are a dumbass.”
Crypto collapse: Celsius, Voyager, SkyBridge — the liabilities are real, the assets are fake
Celsiusopoly: you never had a chance.
Crypto Policy Symposium 2022 videos are up
All the videos in original running order.
News: Failed football sponsorships, Hetzner v. Ethereum, Saylor’s DC tax, Crypto.com forgets AUD$10m
Come and see me in Nashville!
Crypto collapse: Celsius sues KeyFi, BlockFi’s FTX deal, Scaramucci’s SkyBridge, Voyager suit, 3AC going to jail?
“Referring to this as a house of cards is insulting to cards, which have a consistent value and utility, unlike cryptocurrency.”
Regulatory clarity: doomed US crypto bills, Nigeria’s CBDC lacks repeat users, central banks don’t like crypto either
At least the Agriculture Committee has a lot of experience with cowboys and bull manure.
Proof-of-Stake is better than Proof-of-Work — but Ethereum’s Merge won’t fix any other problem with cryptocurrency
Proof-of-stake will still be a vast improvement over proof-of-work. In all other senses, none of this matters.
News: Starbucks NFTs, Reddit karma points on the blockchain, Saylor fired, Telegram ICO slight return
“I couldn’t stand to market to such a deranged group of individuals and the toxic web3 workplace.”