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Bright Moments in Patagonia: How an NFT Artist Lured Collectors to a Remote Boulder

A few months ago, the Bright Moments team sat at the base of Mount Fitz Roy in rural Argentina, somewhat concerned. They were there, near the southern tip of the Americas, to scout sites for an upcoming activation by the pseudonymous artist Deafbeef that would headline their latest CryptoCitizens gathering. And after a 17-hour journey via Buenos Aires, a stop at a glacier, a stint at a local cattle ranch (or estancia), and now, a visit to the mountain featured in the Patagonia clothing brand’s...

Nov 30, 2023 · 7 min read

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4 Things CZ Can Do in Seattle While Waiting to See If He's Going to Prison

Nov 28, 2023 · 6 min read

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How Auction House Christie's Embraced NFTs After Beeple's $69 Million Sale

Nov 25, 2023 · 7 min read

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Crypto Holiday Gift Guide 2023

Nov 24, 2023 · 5 min read

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Vertu’s Luxury Crypto Phone is ‘Passport to the Web3 World’: CEO

Nov 6, 2023 · 4 min read

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These Are the High-Profile Spot Bitcoin ETF Applications Currently in Play

Nov 3, 2023 · 22 min read

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Why a Bitcoin ETF Is Making BTC Miners Nervous

Oct 31, 2023 · 5 min read

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Oct 20, 2023

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What’s Going On With Crypto Behemoth Digital Currency Group?

Crypto behemoth Digital Currency Group (DCG) is one of the biggest players in the crypto industry. The conglomerate has roughly 200 companies in its portfolio. One of the best known is Grayscale, manager of the eponymous Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. It's world’s largest Bitcoin fund which opened the door to institutional investors as a private trust in 2013 and got approval to trade publicly under the GBTC ticker in 2015. But DCG has run into a lot of trouble since the crypto crash of last year. Gen...

by Mat Di Salvo · 5 min read

Oct 10, 2023

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5 Key Technologies Streamlining the Crypto User Experience

For crypto to gain traction beyond its niche of early adopters, it needs to offer a user experience that matches or exceeds that of legacy platforms. “By not optimizing user experience correctly, crypto products are losing a lot of potential customers if they don't implement the optimal processes,” Marcus Bengtsson, chief marketing officer at KYC software company Checkin.com, told Decrypt. “Each 1% of conversion loss compounds to thousands of dollars in revenue loss, relative to your customer va...

by Matt Hussey · 8 min read

Oct 9, 2023

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Your Fantasy, On Demand: How AI Porn Is Reshaping a Taboo Industry

Porn has always been an early adopter of emerging tech. Without adult entertainment, "there's a very good chance that the VCR might never have taken off," author Patchen Barss writes in The Erotic Engine. Same can be said of many technological advancements, like the switch from HD-DVDs to Bluray and the ease with which people can make online payments. Fast forward to now. People have tried to dismiss AI adult entertainment services by saying their users are being duped into thinking they're inte...

by Jose Antonio Lanz · 8 min read

Oct 3, 2023

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AI Raves in the Metaverse Are a Thing—Here's What It's Like Inside

"Wait, so it's a metaverse thing? Fuck me!" So exclaimed a member of The Ned—an exclusive hotel with an annual fee of £3,465—to the door host before stumbling into a private bar opposite. I'm not sure if he was excited by the prospect of a metaverse rave or offended by it. I wasn’t sure either. Behind the doorman was a bank vault with the door swung open, as the thudding of techno leaked into the lobby. I soon entered a room lined with steel deposit boxes; this place used to be a real bank year...

by Ryan S. Gladwin · 9 min read

Sep 29, 2023

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How Sam Bankman-Fried Ended Up in Jail

The nature of Sam Bankman-Fried’s conduct at the helm of FTX will face intense scrutiny at trial, but his alleged behavior after stepping down is what ultimately earned him a spot at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn in August. A bail agreement meant Bankman-Fried was allowed to prepare his defense against criminal fraud charges under house arrest at his parents' California home. But the sudden change of scenery to a Brooklyn jail came at a crucial time, Kevin O’Brien of Ford O...

by André Beganski · 6 min read