Welcome to your Sunday digest…my breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world. First up …
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Video: Something Big Is Happening With Bitcoin…
If you’ve been reading my columns over the past few days, you’ll know that I’m in Singapore for the TOKEN2049 cryptocurrency conference. It’s been …
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Every Person on the Planet Will Own One of These Crypto Tokens
I popped into a Chinese pharmacy today. I’m attending the TOKEN2049 crypto conference in Singapore. My wife, it turns out, is a big fan of …
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The Easy Way to Understand (and Explain) NFTs
Before we begin today, I want you to pull your driver’s license out of your wallet. (It’s fine to do this metaphorically.) Got it? …
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My Ancestors Came to America Too Early
I went rooting through my family history recently. Cool stuff popped up…but not cool enough. Turns out one of my ancestors on my mom’s side …
My Wife’s James Bond-like Strategy for Getting a Second Passport
Bond. Yulia Bond. Apparently, I married the female version of that famous British secret agent. For a while now, I’ve been …
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The Money-Making Tool Everyone Needs in Their Desk Drawer
Afternoon in Chiang Mai, up in the mountainous region of northern Thailand. The weather is above 90 degrees F, and sultry after the morning’s tropical …
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Video: Why the Fed Wants to Crash the U.S. Housing Market
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage points for the third consecutive time, as it continues its bullheaded …
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The Simple Way to Make Money From Wine Investing
Blood in the streets? Wine in the cellar is more like it. America and much of the Western world are on the cusp of another recession. And …
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This NFT Soared 6,566%…Even Amid the Crypto Downturn
6,566%. In just over two months. Yesterday, I sent you a dispatch explaining why I have a hunch that the crypto and NFT markets have …
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