Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

Over on the Pivot to AI YouTube and podcast, we have an interview with Molly White, in which Molly follows the money!

The future of agentic commerce is fraud.

What a headline.

by Teodor Kreczmar-Schuldorf The world of Fintech is such an incredibly dynamic place it is really hard for even a dedicated Fintech influencer to keep up.

Today’s Pivot to AI isn’t a crypto story.

A software maintainer rejected a code patch from an AI bot.

If you’ve been missing the crypto writeups, today’s Pivot to AI post has a nice crypto rugpull diversion.

I did an interview with Phil Ferguson, a financial advisor with a podcast.

Crypto basically died by 2024.

In a gesture blending art, technology and homage to innovation, the city of Lugano, Switzerland, has unveiled a striking statue celebrating the anonymity of the mysterious creator of Buttcoin.

How dare they pull me back in again.

Hey, I still have “Bitcoin: It can’t be that stupid” stickers free for patrons.

I needed a proper writing desk.

This was commissioned by a US magazine, but legal weren’t entirely happy — so it was spiked.

Here’s my latest for Foreign Policy!

The collapse of Genesis risked taking down Digital Currency Group with it.

This one is David’s fault, though Amy did bits.

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Well, that was certainly a choice.

Akon City was a futuristic smart city project, promoted by the singer Akon.

You might think that, come the artificial general intelligence, humanity will enjoy a world of unlimited abundance and prosperity for all, beyond money, under the watchful sensors of the superintelligent AI.

An Post, the Irish post office, has released a new series of stamps, “Imagine Ireland,” generated by “AI artist” and advertising executive Kasia Oźmin.

Bitcoin has fallen out of the public consciousness to such a degree that even the press have forgotten that the BTC price goes up and down like a yoyo for any reason or none.

Jake Donoghue is the author of the new book Crypto Confidential: An Insider’s Account From The Frontlines Of Fraud.

We did a video Q+A for our $5-and-up patrons on August 8.