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The DeFi Summer of 2020 seems like a long time ago, nearly three years from this book's publication. Some prices of tokens then, such as ChainLink, Synthetix, and Aave, catapulted dramatically. While prices have come down substantially over the last few years, the growing landscape of decentralized finance platforms, applications, yield mechanisms, and staking services has grown significantly. These ways are the most common channels of conducting DeFi, but there are quite a few others, including venture capital funding, alternative investment banks, unique funding structures, and many less ...

According to an August 3, 2022 CNBC report, Ilya Lichtenstein told a U.S. court he was the individual behind an exploit of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 which resulted in the theft of roughly 119,754 Bitcoin. Prosecutors had previously charged Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan, with money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Shortly after the couple’s arrest in February 2022, I interviewed one guest in this book on my Crypto Hipster Podcast, Justin Choo of Cabital. We discussed the arrest and security measures that exchanges can put into place to help...

I have titled the seventeenth compilation for Crypto Hipster's Chronicles, Episode 18, "Achieving Global Sustainability Goals through Bitcoin Mining and Community Coins", and that episode I have now converted into this book. The entire world is facing challenges that transcend crypto and blockchain issues. Finding eco-friendly, renewable energy sources to combat global warming and climate change is on the forefront of every industry’s mind nowadays. Achieving the United Nations Sustainability Goals in the areas of health and food, to create a sustainable planet for all living creatures is...

DAOs, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, offer quite a unique structure than traditional corporations. The organization, built on code, and governed by code, enables a democratic approach to governance, that differs from the Corporate Board and C-suite model prevalent across the Fortune stock companies you find on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and just about any other global listing platform. DAOs' major tenants include decentralization, truth, trust, and justice. This is in stark contrast to the corporate board of directors' proxy voting process. While the world suffered from ...

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have not only been an area of tremendous growth over the last couple years but also have helped empower an amazing Renaissance for content creators. Now, instead of being at the mercy of agents, auction houses, or the choice tastes of middlemen, artists can directly reach their audiences through digital creations. NFTs, which is effectively a digital receipt that you bought and own something, or many things, on the blockchain, manifest in many different forms. An NFT can be digital artwork, or a ticket, or music, a collectible, photograph, book, or any other ...

I have titled the nineteenth compilation for Crypto Hipster's Chronicles, Episode 19, "Early Crypto Trends and Predictions for 2022", and that episode I have now converted into this book. Most crypto “experts” and “pundits” talk about the price possibilities of various cryptocurrencies. Price is the easiest denominator to discuss, especially for non-techies. And everyone likes to predict what prices could be. At the beginning of 2022, all of those predictions would turn out to be wrong. This was for a variety of factors including centralized finance implosions caused by Celsius, FTX...

Crypto Hipster's Mysticals compilations that cover Season 4 and Season 5 are far more than just a catchy-named compilation. While there is a deep focus on technology, they also include common themes faced by entrepreneurs and founders across all industry spectra. This theme is based on "human" issues, which include societal, mindset, social opportunities, and personal growth and development. Of course, they also focus on solving industry and technological problems that we all face in our everyday lives or will face soon. Helping people successfully deal with grief and loss, empowering ...

Crypto Hipster's Mysticals compilations that cover Season 4 and Season 5 are far more than just a catchy-named compilation. While there is a deep focus on technology, they also include common themes faced by entrepreneurs and founders across all industry spectra. This theme is based on "human" issues, which include societal, mindset, social opportunities, and personal growth and development. Of course, they also focus on solving industry and technological problems that we all face in our everyday lives or will face soon. On January 10, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved ...

Blockchain and crypto, more recently referred to as Web Three, are truly global phenomena. Every country across the world views blockchain differently. Some countries, like the United States, prefer to allow rogue government agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission to stymie financial innovations. Other countries, like El Salvador, recognize Bitcoin is the future and take proactive steps to ensure a wealthy future for its citizens. China focuses on innovation of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), while some nations across the planet see XRP, Litecoin, and Ethereum as the ...

Heroes arise during times of great uncertainty, despair, and unforeseen disaster. Heroes can be found in purposeful commitment, dedication, and conviction. They are people who take many shapes, sizes, and forms and can be from anywhere in the world. This book explores heroes from war-torn countries, and countries with inflation. From art backgrounds to venture capital and finance. And from fierce wintery conditions to warm climates. In fact, we can all be heroes in our daily lives. This seventeenth book in the Crypto Hipster series, entitled Fierce… Courageous… Heroes, draws upon four ...

While the U.S., China and other countries have fumbled the ball in the early days of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, one of the few countries that has demonstrated forward looking leadership has been Switzerland, most notably Zug, otherwise known as Crypto Valley. While Switzerland is not the only crypto friendly country in the world, regulators, government officials, and entrepreneurs have created an environment conducive to positive innovation, future business growth, profitably, and sustainability. They have done so in a way that other countries' regulators, such as the ...

The best place to reintroduce the concept of ethics and Bitcoin together, a topic I wrote about in my first book Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance in March 2018, is the discovery of the Truth, with a capital T. I'll be the first to admit, I have struggled with the Truth, and discovering the Truth recently in the crypto and blockchain space. What appears to be true isn't necessarily so. And what I've considered being "common knowledge" over the years is not so common. It appears the truth, with a little t, is it looks like a confusing narrative thrown out there by U.S. regulators. The...

Big Tech, the Facebooks, Amazons, Googles, Apples of the world have made trillions of dollars in revenue over the years of the use of customers’ data. Web 2, and all its centralized tenants have stripped away individuals’ proprietary data ownership rights for convenience, efficiency, and automation. The world is now changing with blockchain technology and Web Three, or Internet 3.0. Data ownership has been slow, and steadily returning to the rightful owners: the individuals. This book explores how this is occurring, from data pools and unions to global tools that make it simpler for the...

In the face of war with Russia, Ukraine has built a sovereign digital economy, or a national 'State in a Smartphone,' by leveraging digital technologies, cryptocurrencies, and digitized artwork, to rebuild their financial system and fund their government and military. This book sheds light on how Ukraine has built this 'State in a Smartphone,' a brand-new paradigm, and how other nations around the world could do the same, especially when faced with extreme adversity. This book demonstrates Ukraine's incredible resilience through Crypto Hipster podcast interviews. with founders, artists and ...

Crypto Hipster's Mysticals compilations that cover Season 4 and Season 5 are far more than just a catchy-named compilation. While there is a deep focus on technology, they also include common themes faced by entrepreneurs and founders across all industry spectra. This theme is based on "human" issues, which include societal, mindset, social opportunities, and personal growth and development. Of course, they also focus on solving industry and technological problems that we all face in our everyday lives or will face soon. The interviews contained within this are focused on just a few of the ...

This first book in the Crypto Hipster series, entitled From “Stuck” to Unstoppable focuses on how blockchain technology can help us overcome adversity, depression, and suicidal thoughts. I demonstrate the overcoming adversity component by the personal story of Sir John Hargrave and his book Blockchain for Everyone, by Brett King’s intriguing work entitled The Rise of Technosocialism, and by Brett Scott’s Cloudmoney. The fourth chapter focuses on my interview with Jay H. Tepley, her book The Unbreakable Entrepreneur, and her lifetime focus on helping others recover from depression. ...

Over the last two years, as the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission has engaged in the process of what appears to be regulatory capture, a shift has occurred. That shift, at least in terms of social sentiment, has seen greater interest by institutions than retail in the future benefits of decentralized finance. My February 13, 2023, blog post at CryptoHipster.tech, lays out the reasons retail investors should remain especially interested in DeFi. These reasons include: Increased security Accessibility Transparency Lower fees Better user experience Decentralized control Better investment ...

My hope is that we can have meaningful discussions that will keep innovation and crypto moving forward in the right direction in the U.S. … a direction that will employ more people, restore the economy, and create opportunities for our future. My work on decentralized finance and analysis continued with the interviews presented in this book. The content shared demonstrates how DeFi is an inclusive discipline that should be welcome to both retail and institutional investors and suggests dual contribution and collaboration. This twenty-ninth book in the Crypto Hipster Chronicles series, ...

Crypto Hipster's Mysticals compilations that cover Season 4 and Season 5 are far more than just a catchy-named compilation. While there is a deep focus on technology, they also include common themes faced by entrepreneurs and founders across all industry spectra. This theme is based on "human" issues, which include societal, mindset, social opportunities, and personal growth and development. Of course, they also focus on solving industry and technological problems that we all face in our everyday lives or will face soon. Most of the Crypto Hipster Podcasts are focused on thought leadership ...

In my landmark book, Re-Generation X: How Generation X Can Leverage Blockchain Technology to Save Themselves and Rebuild America, one discussion presented is the impact of the Paycheck Protection Program, a Small Business Administration loan that helped keep business workforces employed during the early days of COVID-19. One of the popular investment areas for program funds was precision medicine, which is most beneficial at the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. From the AI side of things, we are now witnessing advancements in individualized healthcare ...