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Crypto
Digital assets and the weird, wild future of finance
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Learn to Speak Crypto: Lesson One
In our first installment, we’ll learn five terms that’ll help you understand not just the weird words the crypto-literate are using, but also crypto itself.
Money Diaries
Love and Crypto: The Hackatao Story
Just before their show at Christie's, the crypto-artist duo talk to us about money, marriage, and the blockchain.
Finance for Humans
The Five Worst Reasons to Be Trading Crypto
Wealthsimple Crypto now offers more coins and tokens than ever. But that doesn’t mean everyone should be trading them.
Finance for Humans
What is Wealthsimple and How Does it Actually Work?
What we do, why we do it, and how it works.
Money & the World
We Discovered the True Identity of the NFT Artist “Pak”
In our latest podcast episode, investigative reporter Alex Palmer tracks down the elusive artist, interviews them, and wonders: what do you do when you know the answer to art’s greatest mystery?
Money & the World
GME, Doge, Supreme: How Getting Rich Went Full Internet
The idea has always been that value — in stocks, art, precious metals, whatever — is inextricably tied to “fundamentals.” But it seems the internet changed that (hello, GME and Dogecoin!). Felix Salmon explains that if you want to understand finance now, you’d be better off studying Supreme than an annual report.
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How to Buy Fleeting Moments in Sports History
Digital collectibles may bring crypto and blockchain to the masses, one LeBron James moment at a time.
Money & the World
The ETH Merge Is Almost Here. Probably Time To Understand It…
Crypto could soon become a lot more energy efficient — and a lot more scalable — thanks to a fundamental change to the Ethereum blockchain. Here’s our best attempt to explain the radical update in real non-jargony English, and how it could change our tech.
Finance for Humans
Learn to Speak Crypto: Lesson Three
In our third installment, we’ll learn about the possibility of a whole new (and some say much better) internet, and how to watch out for a common scam.
Money & the World
30 Essential Twitter Accounts To Follow If You Care About Crypto
These artists, engineers, journalists, and investors will make sure you’re on top of everything important in the world of blockchain. Even the good memes.
Finance for Humans
You Don’t Have to Pay Taxes on Crypto! And Other NOT TRUE Tax Myths
Social media is great for doom scrolling and feeling FOMO. But it’s absolutely lousy if you want credible tax advice — especially about the brand new world of cryptocurrencies.
Money & the World
Money 2021: The Year of ‘Oh Wait, That’s Never Happened Before’
The past 12 months have scrambled much of what we knew, or thought we knew, about money and ushered in a new, often exciting, occasionally head-scratching financial era. Will money ever make sense again?
Money & the World
Why We’re Excited About Crypto
It isn’t because of the value of Bitcoin or the rise of some altcoin. It’s because crypto could create a new technological era.
Finance for Humans
Everyone I Knew Was in Crypto. So I Tried It Too, Reluctantly
Crypto is everywhere. And yet it also feels like you need an advanced degree to understand it. Writer Amil Niazi decided to give it a try and learn what everyone was talking about. (And maybe build a little nest egg.)
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Loot Is Like Dungeons & Dragons. It’s Also the Future of Crypto
Last week, the co-creator of Vine launched a gaming platform that belongs to users instead of some giant corporation. It’s pretty important even if you don’t ever want to play on it.
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We Found the NFT Marriage Proposal Guy
The internet got really interested in the intersection of love and the blockchain this week when a Reddit post about a man who proposed to his girlfriend using an NFT instead of an engagement ring went viral. We found out the truth.