Small Time Bets: The Weekly Tech Podcast: Recent Episodes
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From their respective London man caves, Jonathan and Douglas drop a weekly podcast in the format of a conversation between friends. Listen in as they talk about their experience playtesting the tech that’s “eating the world”.
Meanwhile, lockdown will look like a snow day compared to the rest of this decade. We’re about to unlock a cascading series of changes as tech and money collide, we cut out carbon and decentralise up the wazoo. This is not your great granpappy’s ‘20s.
So kick back and settle in for an enjoyable listen. Pro tip: start with the most recent episode - it’s most current. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support
Jonathan and Douglas check in to see where their 2023 predictions landed; and then look ahead to very specific 2024 predictions covering tech, politics, markets and mashed peas. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smalltimebets/support
This is the trailer and episode 0 for “Tech Back Control”, a podcast about taking back control from technology, using technology.
We're entering into an era where generational disruptions in technology have the potential to shift power back into the hands of the people and the planet. AI is giving super powers to the masses; open digital money is uprooting the legacy financial system; the 3rd iteration of the web means an internet run by the people, for the people; and a 4th industrial revolution might help us make food, buildings and everything without killing the planet at the same time. There's some hope hiding in plain sight and I'm going on a journey to find and explore it.
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We review our 2022 predictions, see what surprises surfaced along the way and share our 2023 predictions.
Also: A Year in the Markets and the equivalent look back and forward in Web3.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord:
https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
We have a merch store:
https://www.redbubble.com/people/smalltimebets/shop
Our TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@smalltimebets
Our YouTube channel:
https://youtube.com/channel/UCw_yPi2f07yh15JbGnWYUjQ
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After 5 weeks away Jonathan and Douglas talk ChatGPT, a month of Musk-Twitter, provide a proper summary of FTX, and a roundup of NFT news. Links we mentioned: Making ChatGPT run a fictional chat room:https://twitter.com/gfodor/status/1599233429941686273?t=MC8EmsA3ahzuSXj4wFDqAA&s=09Making ChatGPT pretend to be Linux:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/openais-new-chatbot-can-hallucinate-a-linux-shell-or-calling-a-bbs/FTX spreadsheet comment re “hidden, poorly internally labled ‘fiat@’ account”https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/7ab64a3b-6ce0-47cc-96ac-5e2d2a8c5d6c.pngCZ explains SBF was lobbying against Binance:https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1589374530413215744?s=46&t=cApjraFG0hlMNEYl4zz4zAA motion-activated rechargeable light strip:https://amzn.to/3UPethOCoinbase NFTs subject to Apple’s 30% in-app purchase fee, supposedly levied on ethereum gas:https://twitter.com/CoinbaseWallet/status/1598354819735031809?t=kov-CcyFM--3RJyWRRPbDQ&s=09Christie’s NFTs:https://nft.christies.com/auctions/next-wave-the-miami-edit Our Discord:https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vuWe have a merch store:https://www.redbubble.com/people/smalltimebets/shopOur TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@smalltimebetsOur YouTube channel:https://youtube.com/channel/UCw_yPi2f07yh15JbGnWYUjQ--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support
Tech is down and crypto is up as rates rise in the US and UK. But 0.75% has different meanings on either side of the Atlantic in our market update.
Then this week we go deep on autonomous vehicles because suddenly everyone’s a critic. Triggered by a harmless TechCrunch article.
This Week in Crypto looks at Meta’s embrace of arweave for NFTs on Insta; and in NFTs we cover the Meebits MB1.1 relaunch, clarify which NFT projects survive, and make sense of Art Gobblers.
And FYI we’re going dark for a month, so stay warm.
Links we mentioned:
The article “It’s time to admit self-driving cars aren’t going to happen” by TechCrunch’s Darrell Etherington:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/27/self-driving-cars-arent-going-to-happen/amp/
Elon promising self driving “next year” supercut:
https://youtu.be/o7oZ-AQszEI
SunGod sunglasses:
https://www.sungod.co/?r=PPoVcICTbd
Instagram announces meaningful NFT marketplace:
https://twitter.com/Meta/status/1587929277864910849?s=20&t=jjrYpyRMNNyNgSUsrSdYZQ
The Meebits relaunch:
https://turnon.meebits.app/
Art Gobblers:
https://artgobblers.com/
Small Time Bets across TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Discord, merch and more:
https://linktr.ee/smalltimebets
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We begin with a market update in which tech is down but overall things are up, followed by Twitter boosts Doge, McDonald’s doing well, Chick-fil-A better.
Transhumanism is this week’s topic, it mostly means modding your body. We consider some examples and impacts.
This Week in Crypto we look at what internet infrastructure web3 might decentralise, but then ask why and how, but also again why?
And in NFTs this week we are impressed by Reddit doing a much more successful NFT bubble within the collapsed bubble of the current bear market.
Media we mentioned:
The Culture series by Iain M Banks The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity by Jamie Metzl The Huberman Lab podcast The GreenPill podcast
Links we mentioned:
Zoe, the personalised gut science product: https://joinzoe.com/signup
Free Deliveroo Plus for a year for Amazon Prime users: https://deliveroo.co.uk/amazon-prime
Deliveroo new user £10 credit: https://roo.it/douglasa1357
Decentralised YouTube Odysee: https://odysee.com/
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
We have a merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/smalltimebets/shop
Our TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@smalltimebets
Our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCw_yPi2f07yh15JbGnWYUjQ
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We begin with a crypto market update, amid stocks volatility and with crypto alarmingly low. Solana has an off day, BNB bridge hacked, Celsius doxxes all their users, and ShapeShift decentralises further.
In NFTs this week, Apple fees, OpenSea analytics and Anthony Hopkins. Also because we have a soft spot for 10KTF, the latest physical products of Wagmi-san.
Links we mentioned:
Iconomi copytrading with the Small Time Bets portfolio: https://www.iconomi.com/asset/SMALLTIMEBETS?viewPublic=true
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
We have a merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/smalltimebets/shop
Our TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@smalltimebets
Our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCw_yPi2f07yh15JbGnWYUjQ
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Because we’re based in the UK we can’t not talk about the last 45 days. Then it’s this week / month in the markets and whether this is the right time to buy stocks or sell your house or something.
We return to the tech beat with a lookback at the following events: Google Pixel 2022, Surface, Meta’s Quest Pro. Then we ask if metaverse hype has any substance.
Links we mentioned:
Shark cordless vacuum: https://amzn.to/3CW3Sui
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
We have a merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/smalltimebets/shop
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Our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCw_yPi2f07yh15JbGnWYUjQ
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This week: algo-curated content, a markets update, the UK’s diminished budget, and Patagonia not for sale.
This week in crypto the SEC claims jurisdiction and in NFTs the season one finale of 10KTF.
Links we mentioned:
The podcast Your Undivided Attention on TikTok: https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/bonus-addressing-the-tiktok-threat
A far infrared heating panel by Kiasa: https://amzn.to/3RbzgKo
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
We have a merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/smalltimebets/shop
Our TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@smalltimebets
Our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCw_yPi2f07yh15JbGnWYUjQ
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This week, bad tech. How hyperloop, Starship international flights and Elon’s tunnels just make zero sense, as much as we want them to. Also a 170km long city in Saudi - The Line.
After a markets update, the Merge! How it went, what’s next for ethereum. Do Kwan’s arrest, OFAC clarification on Tornado Cash, and Wall St launches a centralised crypto exchange.
In NFTs, Starbucks announces Odyssey NFT rewards and OG.art becomes a platform for dynamic art, Jadu avatars for AR.
Links we mentioned:
Neom’s The Line: https://youtu.be/0kz5vEqdaSc
Gritin silk eye mask: https://amzn.to/3UjpU20
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
We have a merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/smalltimebets/shop
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Some opening remarks on the Queen, duty and continuity.
Then this week, getting through the winter: with storage heaters, radiator insulation, Bitcoin mining, infrared wallpaper, zero emission boilers. Energy price caps and unintended consequences.
The Apple Special Event: Severance, Apple Watch, Ultra, iPhone 14 camera, Satellite SOS, the Apple “make nothing bad happen” proposition, Dynamic Island, AirPods Pro 2nd gen.
This week in Crypto and the Markets: a slight upturn, Cosmos and Balancer quietly outperforming, Merge next week, USDC flipping Tether, Binance delisting USDC, Coinbase funding lawsuit against Treasury re Tornado Cash, Vitalik’s book, Gitcoin.
This week in NFTs, Flow partners with Ticketmaster, Jonathan Mann gets to 5000 daily songs, Jadu drops AVA avatars for AR.
Links we mentioned:
NexGen infrared wallpaper https://nexgenheating.com/product?proid=l9Mtfj
The Tepeo zero emission boiler: https://tepeo.com/thezeb
AI Generative Art is bonus content on our YouTube channel: Dall.e 2: https://openai.com/dall-e-2/ Stable Diffusion: https://creator.nightcafe.studio/stable-diffusion-image-generator Midjourney: https://www.midjourney.com/home/
Scandinovia stackable plastic tumbler cups: https://amzn.to/3RC17o6
Jonathan Mann’s 5000th song: https://youtu.be/C1lKjIV58RE
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
We have a merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/smalltimebets/shop
Our TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@smalltimebets
Our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCw_yPi2f07yh15JbGnWYUjQ
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This week is an AMA on: if the Apple premium is worth it, electric vehicles vs the grid, the Inverse Kramer ETF; and where to put savings at a time like this.
After a markets update we cover crypto AMA questions including: partners’ attitudes to crypto, which centralised exchanges are okay, best and worst ever investments, the DYDX bot test; and will ethereum drop post merge.
We close with NFTs and a look at a credible and already popular metaverse application: live music events
Recorded at BrewDog Waterloo Podcast studio.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
We have a merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/smalltimebets/shop
Our TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@smalltimebets
Our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCw_yPi2f07yh15JbGnWYUjQ
Give Directly: https://www.givedirectly.org/uk/
Ariana Grande’s concert in Fortnite, August 2021, highlights: https://youtu.be/gGYElBtjytU
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This week we talk food production and try to make sense of a world where obesity and food waste sit alongside food banks, shortages and riots. Today’s grain mostly comes from four companies. It’s abundant, subsidised and cheaper than the alternative, but it depletes our soil, decimates diversity; and producing food accounts for nearly a quarter of global GHG emissions. Are lab-grown meat and carbs the answer?
In Crypto and the Markets this week the Fed’s Jackson Hole statement (more rate rises) knocked everything back into red, we ask what really drives inflation and what’s the unspoken goal. Also: “is crypto a ponzi? Is it useful?”.
In NFTs the redemption of Pudgy Penguins, Zuk unstuck, and properties of the metaverse revisited.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
On Government Cheese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese
Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse selfie: https://www.facebook.com/4/posts/pfbid036rRnizKxuw9CwVftTZKTikmGZixWidyrEWGLaZg4Sm6jDFdPRPdn6Z5UJG5yeXRWl
BrewDog Waterloo: https://www.brewdog.com/uk/brewdog-waterloo
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Back after 6 weeks we talk fast and cover lots. Upsets in US and UK politics against a backdrop of rising energy prices, inflation, strikes and recession. Meanwhile Samsung releases more folding phones and Jonathan got a Steam Deck.
In Crypto and the Markets, we unpick the 10% stocks rally and ask if the Merge will boost Ethereum prices. The US Treasury’s shutdown of Tornado Cash is the main news of the day. We also take a speed run through: Coinbase, Tesla BTC, Celsius and the “Solana hack”.
In NFT news we begin by asking if NFTs are over. Then a late sidebar on Biden’s cleantech bill, and Jonathan explains how he made an NFT for his wedding. In our speed round we cover: Amazon.eth, Opensea layoffs, and Yuga news. And we return to the latest adventures of Wagmi-san in New Tokyo.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
Atlantic article about Europe’s misplaced schadenfreude as the American Empire wobbles: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/08/europe-america-military-empire-decline/670960/
Family-run Malaysian cakes and pastries in west London: https://pandanbakery.com/
The US Treasury announces Tornado Cash sanction: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0916
Wagmi-san walks around a wet 3D New Tokyo: https://twitter.com/10ktfshop/status/1550240069159571456?s=21&t=K92xiF_HZBks6AKGqerL9A
BrewDog’s new Waterloo venue: https://www.brewdog.com/uk/bars/uk/brewdog-waterloo
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Electric vehicles past, present, future - and what this means for car manufacturers. What of hydrogen? Who wins self-driving? And what’s Apple up to?
In Crypto and the Markets: Winter. How long does this last and what might Spring look like? Also the underwhelming metaverse and an EU regulatory milestone.
In NFTs this week we use a cork board plus some string to identify the key players in NFT. And conclude NFTs may behave more like luxury goods.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
UK digital mortgage broker: https://trussle.com/
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support
The end of VC-subsidised perks like cheap Ubers and half price groceries now that money isn’t cheap anymore, also the sub-15 minute delivery segment. Then in Crypto & the Markets we ask how long this low lasts. Also: a Solana phone.
In NFTs this week, NYC roundup, two 10KTF surprises, eBay buys into NFTs, as does Uniswap. Doodle partners with Pharrell Williams for Doodles Records. We ask whether everything has a Greater Fool dynamic from the outside, or just NFTs. Also Yuga finally rebuts conspiracy theories around the Apes.
Links we Mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
The End of the Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/06/uber-ride-share-prices-high-inflation/661250/
From at least 2018, VC Fund My Life: http://www.vcfml.com/
UK Digital Mortgage Broker Habito: https://www.habito.com
Wagmi-san goes 3D, faces Kaiju: https://twitter.com/10ktfshop/status/1540155122164137986?s=21&t=LuyFEoSGjzbHq-6BnQ1fRg
10KTF Puma tie-in: https://twitter.com/10ktfshop/status/1540143603355377664?s=12&t=_bjgOGHKlO2LuEPnfGfclw
Yuga Labs’ rebuttal to Bored Ape claims: https://medium.com/@team_69582/a-letter-from-the-founders-678e5a3431e7
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Tale of two AIs, DALL·E 2 vs LaMDA, the question of sentience. A brutal week in the markets, we know.
Celsius, 3AC and the risk of contagion from CeFi into DeFi (and further). Winter, the market cap of crypto, A16Z powering through. NYC NFT conference coming up and which projects will make it.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
Curated wardrobe selections from Stitch Fix with £15 off: https://www.stitchfix.co.uk/invite/vm34wnrtrw?sod=i&som=c
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WWDC chat, with extra on CarPlay, Continuity Camera, Passkey and Apple Pay Later. In Crypto & Markets, ethereum long term, inflation, A16Z’s 4th crypto fund, regulatory developments x 3, and HOP airdrop.
We greet NFT winter and take note of Goblins and MeeKicks before closing out with “NFT or The Tiger Who Came to Tea”.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
Mark Andreessen on Bankless explains Web 1 thru 3: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bankless/id1499409058?i=1000564518979
Clothes which fit like they were tailored with 25% off at Spoke: https://spoke.mention-me.com/m/ol/mz8sc-jonathan-tipper
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This week in our first interview: outlook for the global economy, how do you solve a problem like inflation, taxing big oil, Elon’s super bad feeling; and then a deep dive on the world of luxury watches with parallels to the NFT market.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support
What’s the Blockbuster of our time? On hotels, car manufacturers, journalism, publishing, Intel. And is Facebook Yahoo yet?
In Crypto / Markets a pretty dire week, and it’s a pattern, also Vitalik’s contradictions. NFT news of Meebit shoes, thinking through Otherside land and we close out with “NFT or The Tiger Who Came to Tea”
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
A wooden tea set for toddlers: https://amzn.to/3td0nvN
Vitalik assesses his own contradictions: https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1526378787855736832
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Google I/O, the pixel watch, the AR glasses, a wallet again. Then in Crypto and the Markets a rough week post CPI and UST, a wider view, and Coinbase may be underpriced. We go deep on Luna / Terra and regulatory blowback. An actual Ethereum movie planned, directed by Ridley Scott. Also “Layer 2 Summer”.
In NFTs: Instagram, Lego/Sony/Epic, a short-domain-names club, Ape land update, 10KTF’s first mission and breaking news.
And we close with a segment called “NFT or The Tiger Who Came to Tea”.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
Camel Camel Camel: https://camelcamelcamel.com/
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support
Amazon does Shopify with free shipping, the world’s primary world-maker Unreal 5. Then a markets and crypto update, Meta’s metaverse losses, Apple bobs but Amazon falls, Optimism’s airdrop, a defi mortgage based on credit score. In NFTs, the Ape land sale and Instagram phishing. “How Do I Crypto” covers stablecoins this week. And we close with a new game, “Cryptic or Quick-trick”
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
Amazon “Buy with Prime” https://buywithprime.amazon.com/
30% off Whirli toy subscriptions: https://whirli.com/refer?code=UPR2E1VU&by=Anastasia&userType=1
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Twitter vs Elon again, and the aspired global town square and how to build it. Then in crypto and the markets: Netflix, inflation, ethereum merge delay.
In NFTs this week: Coinbase finally, Meta’s NFT fees, Niantic’s AR pets, MoonBirds land, NBA set to reinvent fantasy sports; and 10KTF unmasks what immersive means.
We close as ever with CrytoPunk or CryptoFunk
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
Argent the mobile wallet: https://argent.link/MFwYogZafpb
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support
Elon boards Twitter, how will web3 moderation work, markets update, EU KYC overreach, UK treasury crypto framework, and Ronin in the biggest hack yet.
In NFTs, Solana NFTs come to OpenSea, Metapolis on Zilliqa; and we close with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
nuun creative contemporary cakes: https://www.thisisnuun.com
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support
Bing hacked, Vitalik on the cover of Time, the market disconnect, MetaMask airdrop, Yuga’s roadmap and growth plans, World of Women becoming cannon.
In “How do I crypto” we talk about what it’s like to actually buy things with crypto.
And we close as usual with a round of CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Vitalik and his Time cover stans: https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1504957024345501709?s=21&t=MsCiBZdGnCLnTJbc68by1Q
Draft Yuga Labs pitch deck: https://bestpitchdeck.com/yuga-labs
16% off at eFlorist: https://eflorist.mention-me.com/m/ol/gw2sc-jonathan-tipper
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support
Shenzhen locks down, markets rosy, the EU vs proof of work, crypto lobbying, ethereum tests merging.
This Week in NFTs, apes in the battle for the planet of the metaverse: Punks adopted, ApeCoin launches, APE fundamentals, Yuga the alpha, Gucci apes, conspicuous green consumption, and the ‘gram will mintstagram.
In “How do I Crypto”: staking, mining and voting - do I do all this stuff? And we close as usual with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
Screen GIFfing tool: https://www.screentogif.com/
Zuck on Instagram NFTs: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/15/mark-zuckerberg-says-nfts-are-coming-soon-to-instagram/
Lido staking: https://lido.fi/
And this Otherside teaser dropped during the edit: https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1505014986556551172?t=SxOdRBPuEEbMaMZxG9XHRQ&s=09
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This week: Apple event, market update, the Biden Crypto Exec Order, 10KTF Gucci collab, the hoodie that never dies, how to… explain crypto; and we close with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
Crypto Executive Order Fact Sheet: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/09/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-executive-order-on-ensuring-responsible-innovation-in-digital-assets/
Teapigs Peppermint Leaves Loose Tea: https://amzn.to/3I9sUqu
Apes wear Gucci: https://twitter.com/gucci/status/1502210216204677125?s=21
And this news broke during the edit: https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1502420714527334406?s=21
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Back to a changed world. Invasion, economic war, crypto’s role, revised inflation & recession outlook.
In Crypto, markets review and the next 6 months, Ukraine donations, and zkSync EVM compatibility.
In NFTs this week: Pussy Riot, Minecraft, Snoop’s Doggies, the slowdown and a lookback to the OpenSea exploit.
In “How do I Crypto” this week, we ask: what should you do in a bear market?
And we close with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Johnny Harris on Putin‘s romanticism (passionarnost): https://youtu.be/LJNtfyq3TDE
Instavolt £5 signup code: https://driver.emsp.instavolt.co.uk/referral/UOyfa
Minecraft goes Web3: https://decrypt.co/93783/microsoft-minecraft-web3-nft-worlds-ethereum-polygon
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3D printing, markets in the shadow of invasion, crypto’s privacy paradox, LooksRare cash withdrawal, punks on finance, Death Row Records goes NFT-first
In our segment “How Do I Crypto” we talk about how to stay informed
And as usual we close with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk
Links we mentioned:
3D Printing the decade: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/the-future-of-3d-printing-additive-manufacturing-experts-forecast-the-next-decade-202831/
LooksRare cashing out, Cobie thread: https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1493222043185262595?s=10
Buying a punk using other people’s money: https://twitter.com/dt_chain/status/1492602639506362373?s=20&t=jlCh4vaVT5ls9Cab6cfWNw
Bankless podcast: https://pod.link/1499409058
The Breakdown podcast: https://pod.link/1438693620
A remote-control toy Audi R8 with headlights: https://amzn.to/36rYoLq
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On Ark’s 2022 Big Ideas, will Meta be Yahoo soon, Topics replaces FLoC, Apple becomes the point of sale, then markets looking sunnier (crypto) and jumpy (stocks), KPMG gets bitcoin on the balance sheet, Hop rollup aggregator, a New Tokyo update, DAOs done right, and “How Do I Crypto” covers “staying on top of things”.
We close with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk
Links we mentioned:
Ark Big Ideas investment thesis, 2022: https://ark-invest.com/big-ideas-2022/
Tap to Pay on iPhone: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/02/apple-unveils-contactless-payments-via-tap-to-pay-on-iphone/
Logitech MX Master 3 mouse: https://amzn.to/3HNKnWc
Hop rollup aggregator: https://app.hop.exchange/
Song a Day Dao: https://songaday.world/songadao/
Debank for checking MetaMask connected sites: https://debank.com/
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Money printing prices, peak humanity in 2064; then in markets: a look back, Solana hack, and GOP co-opts crypto. In NFT news: one ape is one house, Damien Hirst takes pre-orders, and the godfathers of punk miscalculate badly.
In “How Do I Crypto” we reflect on the “why” of crypto, it’s significance after the initial buzz. We close out with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Lancet tweets on world population trends: https://twitter.com/TheLancet/status/1283167416839811082?
Homescapes Smart Parcel Box: https://amzn.to/35RjpyQ
The printing costs for dollar bills: https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12771.htm
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Gateshead’s IKEA, AR map/territory, a volatile markets lookback, recession vs the Fed, Diem’s sunset, discord outage, NBA TopShots & Hong Kong, OpenSea’s zombie listings.
In our “How Do I Crypto” segment we cover all the big NFT questions. What is this collective hysteria, are they heating the planet, what exactly do you own, how do you mint, buy or sell one, and on which blockchain?
We close out with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk
Some links we mentioned:
Ledger hardware wallet: https://shop.ledger.com?r=4e17e8e33d10
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Our pick of stocks that will pop on IPO this year, some incredible aphid facts, and after our non-sponsor This Week in Crypto covering the markets and A16Z’s $4.5B raise.
In This Week in NFTs we cover Coinbase’s Mastercard announcement, NFT profiles on Twitter, and Web3’s OpenSea crutch. Our “How Do I Crypto” series continues with reflections on how to buy crypto (in 2013 and) now.
We close as usual with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Plaid fintech API: https://plaid.com/what-is-plaid/
Ikea’s Platsa modular planner: https://www.ikea.com/addon-app/platsa/latest/#/m2/gb/en/?
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CES takedown, NFT winners, this week in the markets/crypto, Paradigm investing into Citadel, Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin defense fund, OpenSea now worth $13B, LooksRare taking that on, and “Women NFTs” in 2022.
We’ve got a new segment called “How Do I Crypto”. And we close out as usual with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Monzo banking: https://join.monzo.com/c/xrvpp4n
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
BMW CES e-ink car: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/5/22867090/bmw-color-changing-paint-electric-car-ces
On Quantum Dot OLED: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/explaining-qd-oled-samsungs-display-tech-thats-wowing-ces/?amp=1
Samsung Odyssey Ark TV: https://twitter.com/qbking77/status/1478555909068505088?s=21
Labrador robot table: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2022/1/4/22858402/home-robot-labrador-caddie-retriever-smart-self-driving-shelf
Powell on stable coins alongside CBDC: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-11/powell-says-private-coins-could-compete-with-fed-digital-dollar
Women Rise NFT: https://www.womenrise.art/
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Our 2022 predictions for the world, tech & crypto / defi / NFTs. Also a few resolutions and “CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk”.
Links we mentioned:
Win an NFT / join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
Shio Koji marinade (UK): https://www.souschef.co.uk/products/marukome-nama-shio-koji
Shio Koji marinade (US & UK delivery): https://www.japancentre.com/en/products/4328-marukome-fresh-shio-koji-seasoning
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Our books and streaming picks, then in This Week in Crypto: markets post-Omicron, crypto acronym quiz, 2021 crypto look-back, the Messari themes for crypto in 2022; and why the metaverse doesn’t mean immersive.
Then in This week in NFTs, Apes flipping Punks, we launch a Discord and give away some NFTs; and closing out the year with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Best of Books & Streaming
The Animal Factory by Edward Bunker (1977) https://amzn.to/3muhO7I
Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman https://amzn.to/3yXfJG1
The Windrush Betrayal by Amelia Gentleman https://amzn.to/3HoUMqT
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld https://amzn.to/3H6BNky
In the Heights (2021) movie (paid download) https://www.warnerbros.co.uk/movies/intheheights
Seaspiracy (Netflix documentary) https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81014008
Amazon series Invincible https://www.amazon.co.uk/INVINCIBLE-SEASON-1/dp/B08WJNBTVY/
The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+ 3 part series) https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/the-beatles-get-back/7DcWEeWVqrkE
Rick and Morty, season 5 https://www.adultswim.com/videos/rick-and-morty
2019 movie Always Be My Maybe https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80202874?
Links to things we mentioned:
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker https://amzn.to/3momE6c
The first time Hodl was used: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0
The Messari 2022 Crypto Theses (165 pages): https://messari.io/pdf/messari-report-crypto-theses-for-2022.pdf
A 30 min Coin Bureau summary video of the Messari report: https://youtu.be/hXp32pWkwqI
Commissioner Hester Peirce on Wild West analogies and crypto: https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/peirce-2021-10-08#_ftn34
Full body haptic suit: https://teslasuit.io/
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu
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This week: Musk of the Year, this Microsoft life, then a crypto plus markets update followed by: could properly regulating stablecoins save the petrodollar?
In NFTs: Nike buys RTFKT, Adidas apes into the metaverse, and Bitwise’s NFT Index Fund solves for liquidity.
We close out with a return to CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Elon Musk 2021 Time Person of the Year: https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2021-elon-musk/
Slice: a safe-ish (ceramic) packaging opener: https://amzn.to/3eaqtqY
Bitwise launches NFT Index Fund: https://bitwiseinvestments.com/crypto-market-insights/bitwise-launches-blue-chip-nft-index-fund-offering-broad-exposure-to-the-most-iconic-digital-art-collections/
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This week: EV ownership in 2021 and at least two trends for 2022. Then after our non-sponsor it’s This Week in Crypto with a market update, Crypto 101 and: how decentralised is DeFi?
In This Week in NFTs Wagmi-san drops physical goods (hints), and which companies will DAO vs IPO. We close out with a reprise of Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
Links we mentioned:
LinkedIn article “22 Big Ideas that will change our world in 2022”: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/22-big-ideas-change-our-world-2022-linkedin-news-europe/
Anker USB C Charger, 65W 4 Port PIQ 3.0&GaN Fast Charger Adapter, PowerPort Atom III Slim Wall Charger: https://amzn.to/3pA0rmk
Wagmi-san’s NFT shop: https://10ktf.com
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This week back from Slush, Doug and Jonathan cover Deliveroo, the verticality of Crypto, Jack leaving twttr and Square becoming Block.
After our non-sponsor we turn to This Week in Crypto with a markets update, plus what does it mean when a dictator and an evangelist are buying the dip?
In This Week in NFTs it’s Adidas entering the metaverse with Bored Ape Yacht Club; and we close out with a return to CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Janet Yellen on CBDCs disintermediating the banking system: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/yellen-says-mind-not-made-up-us-central-bank-digital-currency-2021-12-02/
Auraglow Mysa vintage LED bulb (bayonet): https://amzn.to/3ooYGZW
Auraglow Mysa vintage LED bulb (screw in): https://amzn.to/31zIJHf
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This week Jonathan and Doug talk nuclear fusion, carbon zero protein, Amazon vs Visa, a Tesla app outage, and inflation. After our non-sponsor we turn to This Week in Crypto including a markets update.
In This Week in NFTs, Damien Hirst does a Drake airdrop, Wagmi-san and the floating city of Neo Tokyo. And we close out with Metaverse or Metaworse.
Links we mentioned:
Carbon negative protein: https://solarfoods.fi/
An FT overview of inflation globally, state of the nations: https://on.ft.com/3dmXHmZ
Greenshot open source screen grab tool: https://getgreenshot.org/
The home of Wagmi-san in New Tokyo: https://10ktf.com
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This week Jonathan returns from the diminishing Maldives to find COP26 in full blah. Also, hydrogen and how to decarbonise transport.
After a short non-sponsor, in This Week in Crypto, Jonathan and Doug cover: a busy fortnight in the markets and crypto, 13 years since the bitcoin white paper was published, Coinbase as a Service, ETH ATH, and these meme dogs. Also the mayor-elect of New York wants to be paid in bitcoin.
In a new segment we look at This Week in the Metaverse and how it diverges from the sci-fi which informed it.
In This Week in NFTs, a PSA on hacking by airdrop, EA considers Play-to-Earn, and using NFTs as collateral.
And in a format twist, we close out with a segment called Metaverse or Metaworse.
Links we mentioned:
Michael Liebreich’s Clean Hydrogen Ladder: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clean-hydrogen-ladder-v40-michael-liebreich
Regulatory gaps around stablecoins to be patched: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/business/stablecoins-cryptocurrency-regulation.amp.html
The Enjin Metaverse Fund: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123271/enjin-floats-100m-efinity-metaverse-fund-to-boost-nft-marketplace
SoftBank invests in Sandbox: https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/02/softbank-invests-93m-in-the-sandboxs-nft-game-platform/
On using NFTs as loan collateral: https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/v7e58j/people-are-taking-out-loans-against-their-nftsand-defaulting
NFTfi itself: https://nftfi.com
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This week saw the Pixel 6 and MacBook Pro launch with each event showcasing Google and Apple’s culture in microcosm, HTC photoshopping VR onto stock photos; and our non-sponsor.
In This Week in Crypto, an all time high for Bitcoin and the arrival of various ETFs, checking in on El Salvador’s bitcoin deployment, and the US political opportunity after Trump II.
In This Week in NFTs, are NFTs dead? Also Sotheby’s Metaverse, an NFT project involving the organic growth of a crystal reef; and we close out with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Photos physicalised: https://www.whitewall.com
HTC and Panasonic photoshopping: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/10/14/22726604/htc-vive-flow-wearable-photoshopped-wearable-models-stock-images
Andrew Yang’s Party of Crypto: https://decrypt.co/83967/andrew-yang-bankless-release-nft-support-forward-party
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This week: the Queen on green, iron in batteries, how do you solve a problem like Facebook, and dismantling Apple’s beautiful walled App Store.
After our non-sponsor, we talk This Week in Crypto, including SEC-approved Bitcoin ETFs, BoE on crypto systemic risk, Jonathan votes in a DAO, and the metaverse of the commons.
Then in This Week in NFTs: Coinbase vs OpenSea, Shiboshi gas panic, turning down $9.5M for a CryptoPunk, NFT logins, Proof of Attendance; and we close out with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Form Energy making multi-day energy storage using cheap, abundant, rusting iron: https://formenergy.com/
The CEO of Form explains how they went about filling a very specific market need (July ‘21): https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-interchange/id1221460035?i=1000530458550
Alternative Form podcast link: Form Energy's Iron-Air Battery for Multi-Day Storage
ESS Iron Flow batteries backed by Gates and SoftBank, which SPAC’d last week: https://essinc.com/
Affordable and authentic Japanese meals delivered in the London area (with £3 off using code 63214b): https://www.waso.tokyo/
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This week we open with Amazon’s new physical store, electrifying classic cars and the Pandora Papers.
After our non-sponsor it’s This Week in Crypto with a markets update, rumbles of regulation and a Bitcoin futures ETF.
In This Week in NFTs, Jonathan is exiting Top Shots, London is the NFT capital of the world says the FT, CDBs, the seven stages of NFTs, NFTs save proper photography, Pancake Squad drops, and OpenSea competitor Infinity launches.
We close out as usual with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Bloom&Wild with £10 off: https://refer.bloomandwild.com/m/ol/gc6zv-jonathan-tipper
London, NFT capital: https://www.ft.com/content/9c5a831f-4c3a-457f-b36e-950ba3a23b80
On Christie’s NFT arm: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/118967/christies-nft-business-is-booming-despite-a-market-lull
OpenSea competitor Infinity: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/119887/new-nft-marketplace-takes-direct-aim-at-opensea-with-a-token
On leaving Netflix for NFTs: https://kaigani.medium.com/why-would-i-leave-netflix-to-sell-jpegs-on-the-internet-5c20623a76a5
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This week is packed: EU cable rules, Doug gets an EV, Amazon’s pet robot Astro, Evergrande, #mintthecoin, and the the possibility of a mid-October economic pileup.
After our non-sponsor segment it’s time for This Fortnight in Crypto, covering the China ban, Bitcoin tipping on Twitter, typos at Compound and Bitfinex, Robinhood’s introduction of a real crypto wallet, and El Salvador’s considerable wallet adoption.
In This Week in NFTs, Snoop Dogg unmasks, verified NFT identity on Twitter, a Christie’s lookback and we close as usual with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Cuvva car insurance with a £60 discount for monthly subscription, or £10 off a short-term policy: https://cuvva.insure/umRULvU3Yjb Discount code: UP3W6QB6QB
Font marketplace: https://font.community/
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The week Jonathan and Doug talk Romeo and Juliet, registering an EV, Yandex and the Allbirds IPO.
Then in This Week in Crypto we look at El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin, Walmart’s non-adoption of Litecoin, Solana’s outage and a Layer 2 solution, Arbitrum. On the NFT side we cover OpenSea insider trading and get the inside track on Christie’s Hong Kong NFT auction.
We close out as usual with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Romeo & Juliet at the Globe: https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/romeo-and-juliet-2021/
The Allbirds IPO: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/allbirds-ipo-5-things-to-know-about-the-eco-friendly-shoe-company-before-it-goes-public-11630606746
OpenSea insider trading: https://decrypt.co/81096/opensea-parts-ways-executive-caught-trading-ethereum-nft-insider-info
Solana theories: https://twitter.com/statelayer/status/1438018137514029056?s=21
Arbitrum Layer 2: https://portal.arbitrum.one
Christie’s in Hong Kong: https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/no-time-present/lots/2097
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This week we talk hacking genetics, China’s video games / social crackdown and after our non-sponsor turn to This Week in Crypto.
Then in a new NFT segment we cover: Loot, Steph Curry buys a Bored Ape, dynamic sports NFTs starting with LaMelo, mutating Ape NFTs; and Meebits in the movies, at Christie’s and in Decentraland. We close out with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Hacking Darwin by Jamie Metzl https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07QWNMY86/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_DM1WQ7BPZKQ32PR4TY07
The deVOL Bum Stool: https://www.devolkitchens.co.uk/shop/stools-chairs-tables/bum-stool
United Wholesale Mortgage to accept bitcoin: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.freep.com/amp/8150026002
Steph Curry Ape purchase: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/115911/nba-icon-stephen-curry-buys-bored-ape-nft-for-180000
LaMelo Ball dynamic NFT linked to sports results: https://lameloball.io/#/
Mutating Bored Apes: https://decrypt.co/79718/bored-ape-yacht-club-sells-96-million-of-nfts-in-hour-for-mutant-apes-launch
United Talent Artists signs Larva Labs (CryptoPunks) https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/uta-cryptopunks-nft-film-tv-vieo-games-1235005392/amp/
Christie’s Hong Kong Meebits Auction: https://www.christies.com/en/auction/auction-20909-hgk
MeebitsDao Dissect The Dissected event results: https://twitter.com/meebitsdao/status/1433543392542150659?s=21
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This week, Jonathan and Doug talk about OnlyFans and who gets to decide what payments are kosher, catch up on Discord: the Movie, and then after our non-sponsor turn to...
This Week in Crypto: Ethereum’s prospects post-merge, PayPal UK starts doing crypto, Coinbase holds crypto on its balance sheet, Visa buys a CryptoPunk, brands shilling NFTs, the Meebits Dao giveaway; and finally we close out with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Vice on OnlyFans: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg89mb/sex-workers-describe-the-instability-and-necessity-of-onlyfans
The Inbetweeners’ James Buckley on Cameo: https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/feb/27/the-inbetweeners-james-buckley-becomes-the-unlikely-king-of-cameo
Discord, the 5 minute movie: https://youtu.be/3xOkZ0_Rocs
Todoist app for to do lists: https://todoist.com/r/jonathan_tipper_sjinlj
Ethereum’s journey to ultra sound money, a status page: https://ultrasound.money/
Visa buys a CryptoPunk: https://mobile.twitter.com/VisaNews/status/1429745230023208969
EulerBeats from ConsenSys Mesh https://eulerbeats.com/
Meebits Dao dividing up a dissected Meebit https://twitter.com/meebitsdao/status/1431268523758653444?s=21
Expensive socks https://unisocks.exchange/
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This week we talk “the overview effect” for non-billionaires, Tesla’s AI Day, Comma.ai, and Audius decentralising the music industry with TikTok.
After our non-sponsor, in This Week in Crypto we ask why Dogecoin has a Foundation and then literally walk around in the metaverse of Decentraland. And we close out with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk.
Links we mentioned:
Tesla’s AI Day: https://youtu.be/j0z4FweCy4M
George Hotz launching the Comma Three with open source self-driving: https://youtu.be/hbLiehrC2DQ
Audius decentralising the music industry: https://audius.co/
A 2019 Verge take on Audius: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/10/9/20905384/audius-blockchain-music-streaming-service-copyright-infringement-piracy
Dr Karg’s crackers: https://www.dr-karg.de/en/products/crispbreads/organic-wholegrain-crispbreads/emmental-cheese-pumpkin-seed
The Dogecoin Foundation: https://foundation.dogecoin.com/
The Decrentraland metaverse: https://decentraland.org/
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This week Jonathan and Doug reflect on the Coinbase IPO 4 months on; as well as prefab houses, and tokenising the process of buying a house.
After our non-sponsor we pick up the pieces of the Biden infra / crypto tax bill, the Poly Network hack, and Reddit NFTs.
Links we mentioned:
Prefab self-contained houses, formerly Dom.ai https://haus.me
A bigger prefab house shipping to Europe and US: https://dubldom.com/eu
IKEA tiny (flat pack) home project: https://ikea-vc-2020.herokuapp.com/index.html
Huf Haus, the iconic German prefab: https://www.huf-haus.com/en-uk/
A house for your LA backyard, assembled from flat pack: https://www.theplushus.com
Koda by arrives on a trailer, craned into place: https://www.kodasema.com
The book Think Again by Adam Grant: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087ZC68VN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_TX89Q6MNN5AB6724HNCQ
A prediction marketplace for everything: https://polymarket.com/
Bot tweeting latest sales of Damien Hirst’s The Currency: https://twitter.com/thecurrencybot?s=11
The Poly Network hacker’s on-chain comments: https://twitter.com/tomrobin/status/1425487745166753794?s=21
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This week Jonathan and Doug ask whether Buy Now Pay Later is a Good Thing, consider the 4 day workweek, get excited about the Pixel 6 with Tensor; plus: Amazon’s big workforce, time crystals, Apple child safety.
After a non-sponsor segment we turn to This Week in Crypto and survey a buoyant market, ethereum post-London, more NFT buzz, the Biden infrastructure bill’s crypto provisions, and how to create passive income. We close out as usual with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
Links we mentioned:
Book: Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0865N4LBN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_WKZ6H0GZGQ4YY2CM9QSJ
Book: Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B077T7HQM6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_XRGM96VR628T923RQWWY
Book: The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HUC1CHA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_GKSN23EMHVHSMJG8H2KN
1 in every 153 American workers in employed by Amazon: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-employees-number-1-of-153-us-workers-head-count-2021-7?amp
Google academic collaboration demonstrates time crystals (not yet peer reviewed): https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.13571
Apple on-device scanning for CSAM: https://www.apple.com/child-safety/
Revolut is what your bank is supposed to look like now: https://revolut.com/referral/douglaq2n!AUG1GB
What activities are burning the most Ether? (spoilers: it’s NFTs): https://ultrasound.money
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This week Jonathan and Doug talk Amazon emails (fixed), Monzo doing fintech poorly, Damien Hirst’s Currency issued, and the “bigger than wearables” success of AirPods.
After a non-sponsor tea break, we turn to This Week in Crypto to answer the question, “will Bitcoin now go up?” The Binance clampdown sees some results, Amazon’s crypto plans, Ethereum counts down to London, and defi governance power struggles. We close as usual with Shitcoin vs Fakecoin.
Links we mentioned:
Monzo fees (cash machine limit is £250 per month, after which there’s a 3% fee; not £400 per day - that’s only for Monzo Plus): https://monzo.com/blog/current-account-guides/how-much-can-you-withdraw-from-an-atm/
Damien Hirst’s “Currency” artwork: https://www.heni.com/
Excellent tea website, having a summer sale: https://meileaf.com/teas/
Countdown to Ethereum’s new protocol: https://mainnet.watchtheburn.com/
An overview of what can happen when competitors buy up governance: https://www.rekt.news/curve-wars/
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This week Jonathan and Doug talk about the billionaire space race, gaming taking centre stage, and Damien Hirst’s “Currency” NFT project.
After a brief non-sponsor segment we turn to This Week in Crypto and chat about an uptrend, whales creating a $30k floor, the B Word conference and we close with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
Links we talk about:
The upcoming video game handset from Valve: https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck
Panic’s upcoming handheld gaming device with a crank: https://play.date/
“The Currency” by Damien Hirst https://www.heni.com/
The game It Takes Two: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1426210/It_Takes_Two/
£29 rapid antigen home test kit plus emailed certificate for travelling: https://www.c19testing.co.uk/rapidtravel
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This week we talk about finding a good home for Boston Dynamics’ robot dogs, Amazon destroying stock, how people talked about the internet back in the day, and Axie Infinity keeps growing.
Then after our non-sponsor, we turn to This Week in Crypto. Binance got two more regulatory darts to the neck on the day of recording, this time from Lithuania and Hong Kong. As the founder of Doge rage quits crypto on the basis it reinforces the existing order, we ponder the nature of power. ShapeShift does the biggest airdrop ever, but how should regulators think about decentralised governance? And Square is about to decentralise some financial services, astonishingly. In a quick fire round, we talk TikTok shilling ban, Power Ledger’s move to Solana, Polygon usurping Ethereum, Bitcoin.org DDoS, Bumper Finance as a volatility safety net, and hodlers hodling more. Then we close with Shitcoin vs Fakecoin.
Links we mentioned:
Furniture that won’t slowly damage your health: https://www.fully.com/
The ShapeShift airdrop for anyone who used Exodus: https://fox.shapeshift.com/airdrop
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This week we start with a puzzler. Because we can’t keep putting tiny bits of forever-plastics into the oceans, into the Arctic ice, into our food chains and into every fibre of everything; because of that, what’s replacing plastic? Might it be mushrooms? Also good news that smart home stuff will now “just work” in a rare case of cross-industry collaboration called “Matter”.
After our non-sponsor segment we talk This Week in Crypto, starting with whether the past fortnight has seen a coordinated global clampdown by regulators on the world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance. Also the drop in Bitcoin’s hash rate, anticipating the B Word conference in two weeks, an NFT typo; and we close out with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
Links we mention:
Making mycelium material: https://ecovativedesign.com/
“Matter” the smart home standard: https://buildwithmatter.com/
Commission-free stocks in the UK (plus a referral bonus of a random share worth £3 to £200) on Freetrade app: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/douglas/74b2a250
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This week Jonathan and Doug talk Windows 11, what’s happening in the whole market / economy, NFTs of everything, then this week’s Not a Sponsor.
In This Week in Crypto, we ask the question “are we in a bear market?”. Or in any case what is the system of a down? El Salvador airdrops Bitcoin, Ethereum EIP 1559 launches, plus UFO breaking news. And we close out with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
Links we mentioned:
Windows 11: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/windows-11-specifications
NFT Andy Murray Moments: https://we.new/
Unstoppable Domains (with $10 off for >$40 purchases): https://unstoppabledomains.com/r/e2658511f0874e1
Tether concerns overview video (36 mins): https://youtu.be/-whuXHSL1Pg
The Bank of International Settlement report on CBDC vs crypto: https://www.bis.org/publ/arpdf/ar2021e3.htm
Gresham’s Law refresher: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham%27s_law
Pentagon UFO report: https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf
unFederalReserve: https://unfederalreserve.com
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This week Jonathan and Douglas catch up on WWDC, talk UK medical data sharing, the Fastly outage, rising food prices, and Brave gets its own search engine.
After our non-sponsor we dive into This Week in Crypto, covering China’s coal Bitcoin crackdown, MicroStrategy buying half a billion dollars more Bitcoin, El Salvador’s acceptance of Bitcoin as their personal saviour, and Kraken’s security measures.
We close as usual with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
Links we mentioned:
NHS national data opt out: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-data-opt-out
40% global food price surge during May (may be paywalled): https://on.ft.com/3prFLg1
Brave browser’s new search engine private beta sign up: https://brave.com/search/
On That Ass boxer shorts delivered: https://uk.onthatass.com
Bloomberg article about Kraken security measures: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-08/kraken-crypto-exchange-is-going-to-extreme-lengths-on-cybersecurity
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This week we start with the “jobs reset” called by the World Economic Forum, how we’re evolutionarily wired for audiobooks, we talk about the difficulty of making sure Trump and Elon behave, Y2K fashion meets crafty Etsy makers, and YouTube degrading service a little here and there so the show can go on.
After our non-sponsor segment we dive into This Week in Crypto, with a recap on a bearish few weeks, Norton’s ethereum mining service, and we ask whether the bull market finished. And finally we close out with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
The links we referenced:
World Economic Forum “Jobs of the Now” https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/jobs-of-the-now-these-are-the-top-10-post-pandemic-jobs/
Elon SEC non-compliance: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/tesla-failed-to-oversee-elon-musk-s-tweets-sec-argued-in-letters-11622582765
Dessert pastries in London: https://lechouxlondon.com
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Jonathan’s been driving about trying to charge his EV. He reports back. We talk about Netflix moving into gaming, GameStop moving into NFTs, and AI moving onto meeting notes.
Following our non-sponsor segment, we turn to This Week in Crypto, which begins with a quick fire round including: Ray Dalio and Carl Icahn get into bitcoin, China’s miners get out, Iran does too, Charlie bit my finger goes NFT, as does a rare alien CryptoPunk at Sotheby’s.
Our main topics in the crypto half of the podcast are the Bitcoin Mining Council; and places where the separation of coin and State is a matter of survival. Finally, we close with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
Links we mentioned:
Netflix looking at video games: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2021/05/23/netflix-reportedly-wants-to-get-into-the-video-games-industry/?sh=13f5b0652b68
Real life Grand Theft Auto simulation on the streets of Tokyo: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2xDDWOt1FZPZKCwR4zMVrSiyd8GfpjYw
Firefly meeting minutes: https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/24/fireflies-ai-puts-14m-into-its-ai-videoconferencing-assistant/
Laundry capsules by post (with 9 free washes) from our non-sponsor, Smol: http://smol.refr.cc/douglasayling
Masked alien CryptoPunk at Sotheby’s https://cointelegraph.com/news/sotheby-s-moves-10-million-cryptopunk-to-solo-auction-event
The Pleb Mining Council: https://compassmining.io/education/pleb-mining-council-launch/
Bitcoin as a human right: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/check-your-financial-privilege
Black Hole protocol: https://blackhole.black/#/
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This week Jonathan and Doug catch up on Google I/O developments and find out why Jonathan keeps having to identify fire hydrants to use Google through his VPN.
Then we have a rapid-fire round because so much happened this week, then in This Week in Crypto (proper) we talk about Bitcoin’s price drop from $50k down to $30k, and why Wednesday may have been the most bullish day yet for crypto as an asset class.
Jonathan shares a theory about Elon Musk, then we close out with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
Links Mentioned:
2011 incident where Bing copied Google https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/microsofts-bing-uses-google-search.html?m=1
The Brave Browser: https://brave.com
NBA Top Shots NFT sued: https://www.coindesk.com/dapper-labs-sued-on-allegations-nba-top-shot-moments-are-unregistered-securities
Polkadot launching parachains: https://link.medium.com/A3pCGZb3kgb
Theme by Jonathan Mann: https://www.jonathanmann.net
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This week we talk about the mesh networks of Amazon and Apple, about trading card mania and ask, “what is it you have, when you have the NFT of a song?”
Our Non-Sponsor this week is Asket https://www.asket.com
On This Week in Crypto we look back over a week that started with Elon playing the Dogefather on SNL and ended with him repudiating bitcoin’s carbon intensity. Also Shiba Inu vs Vitalik, and some reflections on the echoes of 2017 in 2021. We close out with Shitcoin or Fakecoin
Links:
2019 explanation of Apple’s “Find My”: https://www.wired.com/story/apple-find-my-cryptography-bluetooth/amp
Deep dive on Amazon Sidewalk’s security: https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/796
Play-to-Earn: NFT Gaming in the Philippines: https://youtu.be/Yo-BrASMHU4
Theme by Jonathan Mann: https://www.jonathanmann.net
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This week Jonathan has to prove his identity to Amazon, Douglas buys NFT art. SpaceX lands well, Elon and Iron Man, Royal Navy jet pack, drugs on the stock market.
On This Week in Crypto, Bitcoin sideways, Taproot and London updates, ether on fire, some Doge advice, the Bank of England on intrinsic value, Dfinity keeps spinning. And we close out with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
We mentioned the following, in order:
Printer ID dots: https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots
Meebits NFTs: https://meebits.larvalabs.com/
MindMed (Nasdaq: MNMD) Aphria (NASDAQ: APHA)
Royal Navy Jet Pack demo: https://youtu.be/suHOLFhbwsM
Our non-sponsor, Heal Rewilding: https://www.healrewilding.org.uk/
Theme by Jonathan Mann: https://www.jonathanmann.net
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This week we talk: Google Maps helping you drive greener, Formula E, stealth inflation, a mighty browser, and lab meat.
Then after our non-sponsor we have This Week in Crypto: Tesla’s 10% bitcoin sale, JP Morgan volte-face, Circles, China’s digital currency expiry feature, and the EIB puts a bond on ethereum. We close with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
Links (in order of appearance):
Former Waze CEO Noam Bardin on leaving Google: https://paygo.media/p/25171 Watch Formula E running out of charge: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/motorsport/56874157 TalkTalk price increase: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/10/talktalk-customers-broadband-price-rise Mighty, a cloud-based browser: https://www.mightyapp.com/ Agronomics Limited (LSE: ANIC) investing early in lab-grown meat: https://agronomics.im/ BAM bamboo clothing (with 15% off): https://bambooclothing.mention-me.com/m/wa/rx8sn-douglas-ayling Circles UBI: https://joincircles.net The European Investment Bank (EIB) issues a bond on ethereum: https://www.eib.org/en/press/all/2021-141-european-investment-bank-eib-issues-its-first-ever-digital-bond-on-a-public-blockchain# The Alchemy API powering most top ethereum apps: https://www.alchemy.com/ Theme by Jonathan Mann: https://www.jonathanmann.net
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This week we talk Apple’s Spring event, hacking Octopus Agile, and Amazon Hair. Then after our non-sponsor segment, we review This Week in Crypto including: Bitcoin’s double dip, ethereum’s quiet all time high (again) and sports celebs getting paid out in bitcoin. We close with Shitcoin or Fakecoin
Links:
Thortful (with 30% off): https://thortful.mention-me.com/me/referee/registerko/78560775/312589388/em/19f0aaac24aac9f300a501900d5ed439b21cf72d/fe/cw?epr=1
Theme by Jonathan Mann: https://www.jonathanmann.net
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We begin with Coinbase’s IPO, decode Amazon’s mysterious order emails, Taylor Swift re-making the original; and WallStreetBets decentralises.
Then in This Week in Crypto: who let the Doge out. Ethereum’s Berlin update had a moment; ConsenSys attracts UBS, MasterCard, JPMorgan; we preview Central Bank Digital Currencies; can Binance themselves explain BNB’s boom; and Shitcoin or Fakecoin.
This week’s non-sponsor Coaltown Coffee Roasters (£5 off referral link): http://i.refs.cc/3f8htlnE?smile_ref=eyJzbWlsZV9zb3VyY2UiOiJzbWlsZV91aSIsInNtaWxlX21lZGl1bSI6IiIsInNtaWxlX2NhbXBhaWduIjoicmVmZXJyYWxfcHJvZ3JhbSIsInNtaWxlX2N1c3RvbWVyX2lkIjo3MDEwNTE2NjJ9 [or this weekend, 10% off with coupon code: LCF10]
Binance blog post: https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684901925/The-Evolution-of-BNB-From-Fees-to-Global-DeFi-Infrastructure
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We start this week with GameStop’s raise, Nvidia remasters video calls, and Neuralink macaque feedback.
Non-sponsor of the week is: https://ground.news/ (use referral code 602472)
On This Week in Crypto: massive Coinbase IPO next week, Akon’s real life Wakanda, CryptoPunks, and Signal claims to do crypto. We close as ever with “Shitcoin or Fakecoin”.
Links: CryptoPunks: https://www.larvalabs.com/cryptopunks Theme by Jonathan Mann: https://www.jonathanmann.net
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This week, Jonathan is licking his wounds from the Deliveroo IPO, we ask whether it’s already over for proper cameras. Then SpaceX SN11 crash, Voltswagen, Dualingo and an Urban Gardening update.
On This Week in Crypto, Elon’s lunatic tweet, NFT is everywhere, two big developments - Visa and PayPal take crypto, should Brexit Britain double down on Bitcoin because after all it’s apparently British. We wrap as usual with “Shitcoin or Fakecoin”
Links: This week’s non-sponsor is the home security camera with no monthly fee, the eufyCam 2C (£40 off link): https://uk.eufylife.com/collections/security?utm_source=app&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=&utm_campaign=uk_security_store&utm_term=Copylink=9bfce19d2f39e5dfe1ca
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This week we talk about robot dogs, Daniel Suarez, GameStop part VI, the $100B Mormon investment strategy, enterprise grade Wikipedia, Taiwan Semiconductor and investing on the basis of magic, conversely the Deliveroo IPO.
Our non-sponsor is Monkee Genes, who do ethical denim and apparel (use offer code HCPOD10 for 10% off): https://monkeegenes.com/
This Week in Crypto: Tesla starts taking bitcoin payments, is Elon being squirrelly about bitcoin, Crypto.com just decentralised themselves, Filecoin and the rest of the Web3 stack, OSOM Autopilot bot trading, and “shitcoin or fakecoin”.
Links: OSOM Autopilot: https://referrals.osom.finance/2qkjpD Theme by Jonathan Mann: https://www.jonathanmann.net nL4N2H72KY
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Making a 3D model of a kitchen, WallStreetBets adopts apes, buying the sweater from a specific sheep, GameStop’s day of reckoning, Stripe is now worth nearly $100B but no one knows what they do. The Fed said more about inflation (2.4%) so we try to understand unlimited printing of the world’s reserve currency and why that’s okay.
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This Week in Crypto: Filecoin, what it is and why it’s up 80%, Musk’s first NFT, Jonathan’s first NFT, decentralising DNS, and the weekly “Shitcoin or Fakecoin”.
Links:
Canvas 3D Room Capture app: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/canvas-pocket-3d-room-scanner/id1514382369 The sheep your jumper is from: https://sheepinc.com/ Octopus Energy (with £50 off): https://share.octopus.energy/red-panda-989 Elon Musk’s NFT Song: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1371549960030842893 Theme by Jonathan Mann: https://www.jonathanmann.net
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This week we ask whether GameStop stuck it to the Man. Then “how long can Roblox be cool”, a huge Outlook hack gets buried; and our weekly non-sponsor.
This week in crypto: NFT art’s $69M debut at Christie’s, Bitcoin’s energy consumption vs the planet, a fun look at ethereum’s upgrade and classic “shitcoin or fakecoin”.
Links:
Our non-sponsor: http://www.lorodinapoli.co.uk Jonathan gripes about this Medium post on the environmental ethics of NFTs: https://everestpipkin.medium.com/but-the-environmental-issues-with-cryptoart-1128ef72e6a3 Forbes article with some global TWh values for gold vs bitcoin vs banking: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencewintermeyer/2021/03/10/bitcoins-energy-consumption-is-a-highly-charged-debate--whos-right/ And our sincere gratitude and thanks to Jonathan Mann https://www.jonathanmann.net/
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This week: the frothy stock market, Starship SN10, Trump 2024, journos killed the video mic, the Amazon Fresh of Ealing Broadway and our semi-regular Urban Gardening segment. Then we talk about the coming upheaval in advertising and privacy, Jonathan buys an NFT NBA sticker and DigiByte’s GIF strategy.
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We start by talking about Mibo, which is like Zoom if Zoom was an informal hangout on a private island. Then Gardeners’ World, TikTok including deepfake Tom Cruise, Texas winter storm and the grid, Teams backgrounds, GameStop’s second pumping, Facebook and fair use of Aussie news. Non-sponsor break.
This Week in Crypto: the so-called death of Bitcoin, expected BTC low, Tether vs NY Attorney General, the NBA Hot Shots collectible NFT, Shitcoin or Fakecoin. Then we go to the bar and talk about the outage at the Federal Reserve, fade to ambience
Links
Mibo informal videocon: https://getmibo.com/ Texas Grid Failure podcast: https://pod.link/663379413/episode/d2d7b97909bc15483735ace7cd968918 Freddie’s Flowers: https://www.freddiesflowers.com Tether vs New York: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-ends-virtual-currency-trading-platform-bitfinexs-illegal Ambience courtesy of: https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/ambience/
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First, shelves and gardening. Then electric vehicles, TikTok, Animal Crossing, Thrift+, Facebook vs Australia. This Week in Crypto: number go up; Elon(g) on doge; and is this institutional watershed or December ’17?
Link to our non-sponsor: https://thrift.plus/
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Year of the Ox, WallStreetBets/Robinhood two weeks on, the home-office-whiteboard, Bezos and the secrets of Amazon, Signal vs WhatsApp vs Telegram, Nonna Tonda pasta delivery (UK). This Week in Crypto: Bitcoin’s institutional Rubicon - Musk, Mellon, MasterCard, Miami.
Link to the pasta: https://nonnatonda.co.uk/a/refer-a-friend/redeem/zxrlx5kcnluuvwmcuhlttv3syjtcnoptnys2chsj/4178
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Originally titled “It Begins” this is our oldest episode. If you’re new, start with one of the latest episodes at the top.
In this our first podcast episode we cover:
Blacklock meal kit (UK), GameStop and WallStreetBets, Teams RAM requirements, This Week in Crypto, EE e-Sim, surprise segment
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