
Tag: nft


Crypto collapse: Celsius’ real liabilities and fake assets, Voyager still bankrupt, 3AC owns CryptoDickButt #1462
“I used to be an investor like you, until I took three arrows to the knee.”

Crypto collapse latest: the contagion spreads
Weekend at Bernie Madoff’s.

The early history of NFTs, part 4 — Game sprites on the blockchain: CryptoPunks
Amy and I write up CryptoPunks, which launched six weeks after CurioCards — or tried to.

Initial Game Offerings: a failed Initial Grifting Opportunity
IGOs have only the minor problem that play-to-earn never took off beyond Axie Infinity.

The early history of NFTs, part 3: Curio Cards
Amy Castor and I write up Curio Cards, the first Ethereum art NFTs.

Former OpenSea executive Nate Chastain arrested for insider trading of NFTs
Rule 13: If you’re going to insider trade, don’t do it on a permanent public ledger of all transactions.

Early history of NFTs, part 2: Monegraph, Spells of Genesis, Rare Pepes
Part two of the early history of NFTs, from the book I’m writing with Amy Castor, is up now, over on Amy’s blog.

The prehistory of NFTs
This is a draft of part one of the history chapter for our planned NFT book. Corrections and nitpicking are most welcomed!

News: UST fallout, Central African Republic fallout, Coinbase Custody not safe in bankruptcy, Catalonia and Russian bitcoins
History always repeats, but only the dumb stuff.