• Spencer Dinwiddie Cred savings platform
    Brooklyn Nets star Spencer Dinwiddie's latest crypto foray is a savings and loan platform (Photo: Eric Drost via Wikimedia Commons)
    Cryptocurrencies,  People

    NBA star Spencer Dinwiddie teams up with Cred for crypto lending, savings

    With plans to tokenize his salary yet to materialize, the Brooklyn Nets’ guard is offering fans 10% interest and cryptocurrency-backed loans.

    March 24, 2020 /

    As he still battles to tokenize his lucrative NBA contract, Brooklyn Nets star Spencer Dinwiddie has come up with a back-up plan: offering a savings platform for cryptocurrencies. Through the partnership with Cred, a California-based lender, users can “pledge” digital assets such as Bitcoin and Litecoin—as well as stablecoins including Tether. In return, Dinwiddie says he is promising up to 10% interest at maturity

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  • Seriously people, it’s Warren Buffet; can’t somebody wear a tie?
    Seriously people, it’s Warren Buffet. Can’t somebody wear a tie? (Photo: Tron via Twitter)
    Uncategorized

    Justin Sun finally eats his $4.6 million meal with Warren Buffet

    Tron’s hype-happy founder quietly broke bread with the Oracle of Omaha for a rescheduled charity dinner two weeks ago

    February 6, 2020 /

    Despite his reputation as an aggressive marketer, Sun made the belated announcement in a 12-part Twitter thread on Feb. 6, highlighting a receipt signed by Buffet for the $615.05 meal.

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  • Blockchain project jobs
    Actual photo of people working on a blockchain project (via Shutterstock).
    Technology

    Report: With blockchain hype over, focus now on active blockchain businesses

    Digital marketing agency Zage interviewed leaders of more than 100 businesses currently using blockchain technology in the real world

    August 19, 2019 /

    A seamless user experience is one of the keys to the widespread adoption of blockchain technology, according to a report released on August 19 by digital marketing agency Zage.

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  • Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano on Bloomberg Television. Let's see if that ever happens again.
    Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano on Bloomberg Television. Let's see if that ever happens again.
    Bitcoin,  Litecoin,  Media,  Opinion

    Halving halfwits: Anthony Pompliano’s feud with Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal over who’s the greater fool

    What seemed like a Twitter fight over the Efficient Market Hypothesis is really about something else

    August 5, 2019 /

    Have you heard of “The Halving?” Many—if not most—retail traders and investors may not have heard of it. Those that have probably don’t care all that much about it. For that reason, all those HODLers who take up a lot of space on Reddit and Twitter give themselves a pat on the back.

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