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Blockchain and cryptocurrency news and analysis by David Gerard
RMS Titanic NFTs: You wouldn’t download a corpse.
“the largely self-referential nature of crypto as an asset class”
The Great Man theory of history is wrong, dumb and bad. But it’s harder to make material circumstances into a gripping tale of derring-do.
I will gladly pay you GBTC on Tuesday for a hamburger today.
“All crypto exchanges can be considered as being in a quantum state of Quadriga: until you open the box it is impossible to know if the money is inside or not, but it definitely won’t be by the time anyone decides to look.”
They say damp records the past. If that’s so, I’ve got the biggest library yet.
Proof-of-stake will still be a vast improvement over proof-of-work. In all other senses, none of this matters.
And a few words on crypto bankruptcies.