Posted March 2, 2020 at 2:11 pm
Titled “Frinkcoin,” on season 31, episode 13 of The Simpsons — the most groundbreaking and innovative entertainment franchise, recognizable throughout the world — the star of The Big Bang Theory explains cryptocurrency. Or, he nutshells “the really cool subject of distributed consensus-based cryptocurrency.” Yup, a decade from now, we’ll also be looking back at how […]
Posted January 28, 2019 at 11:51 am
Q: At Davos this week, it was suggested that blockchain tech is more important than cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Why is there such a disconnect between the people who believe in crypto and the people who believe in blockchain but not crypto? A: Let’s start by understanding what Davos is. Davos, Switzerland, is the home of the World Economic Forum – that annual […]
Posted November 5, 2018 at 6:56 am
Humility isn’t a quality you often associate with Las Vegas. Hubris? Yes. Greed? Check. Opulence? Absolutely. Sinfulness? Yes, indeed. It’s Sin City for a reason. But humility? Nope. Almost never. Yet there I was in Las Vegas earlier this week, attending a fintech conference filled with humility. Bankers. Venture capitalists. Crypto executives. Andreessen Horowitz. Coinbase. […]
Posted July 23, 2018 at 6:33 pm
Bitcoin’s adoption cycles have been fascinating to watch over the years. Every time there’s a sustained rise in price, more people jump on board. Some of these new buyers drop out after the first correction, or take a small profit and don’t come back. But some grow to appreciate the deeper side of crypto – […]
Posted January 29, 2018 at 7:51 pm
ICOs are initial coin offerings and they are the black eye of the crypto industry for a number of reasons. Most of them have untested teams, but that doesn’t mean that those teams won’t eventually build very successful companies, but it does mean that you are taking serious risk. When you look at an ICO, […]
Posted December 11, 2017 at 7:37 pm
Bitcoin is $10,987 USD as of 8:07 am Wednesday November 29 2017. I saw this coming four years ago. Just over a year ago I called it again. At Tim Francis’ 80/20 Summit in Banff Alberta. Bitcoins were $600 then. I made the following PREDICTION on November 5, 2013 and sent it out to members […]