Flying is safer than you think, Finn. It's much riskier to drive or cycle to work. And, actually, risk taking is the subject of today's show!Riskmeans the chances of something bad happening. For example, did you know that your chance...
After acquiring the Web3 studio RTFKT in 2021, Nike launched its own Web3 platform in 2022 called .Swoosh and has since offered blockchain-based NFTs to customers. The .Swoosh platform is meant to serve as a hub for new product launches, as well as a space for customers to share virtual...
Not only did BAYC start a movement on the structure of NFT projects, but they also quickly became the luxury brand of NFTs rivaled only by the much older CryptoPunks. Apes were originally sold for .08 Ethereum and over the next couple months reached floor prices of 10, 50, and eventuall...
While the average American might not know Haun, she’s become an unexpected rock star in crypto and the wider world ofWeb3, which encompasses not just NFTs and currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, but also the underlying blockchain infrastructure that supports them. She arrived on the scene ...
I did not understand it yet, butspeculationwas plentiful at that time, including the birth of “meme stocks.” Investing in Bitcoin seemed like an easy way to make some money, given how all risk assets were booming with no end in sight. White coat investors don’t allocate high percentages...
As the mania for crypto,NFTs, Reddit YOLO stocks, andgrowth stocksrages on, more money will smartly find its way into the housing market for diversification. At the end of the day, these huge gains will be converted to buy things that improve the quality of an investor's life. In other...
From before the crash, just to be clear. Every technology has a hype cycle, and with VR, at the end of the day it’s like, “Okay, what are the behaviors that are new that you’re doing?” Did you increase your fitness spend when you got an Oculus Quest?
Mark Zuckerberg:At a high level, we did this segment reporting change on Monday as part of earnings. So we’re now looking at our business as two different segments. One for the social apps and one for future platforms basically. And the idea is that the metaverse work that we’re doing...
This led to a crash of the in-game economy, with players flooding the market with their furniture in order to cash out quickly. 7. Habbo NFTs In a poor attempt to stay relevant, September 2021 saw Habbo announce an NFT project calledHabbo Avatars. ...
What’s more, after the pandemic forced much of the world to work, learn and socialize from home, many people may feel more comfortable interacting virtually than they did two years ago, something tech companies may be trying to capitalize on. ...