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British artist Damien Hirst uses NFTs to blur the boundaries between art and money – Cointelegraph Magazine

“I used to give a lot of art away to people,” reflects Damien Hirst at one of his sprawling west London studios. “And they’d always sell it after a lot less time than I thought they would. You know, they wouldn’t sell it for leukaemia treatment for their children or mother or something, they’d sell […]

Binance news, Circle plans to go public, and bullish crypto comments: Hodler’s Digest, July 4–10

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week   US financial regulator FinCEN hires its first-ever chief digital […]

Bringing contemporary pop art to an NFT metaverse – Cointelegraph Magazine

The realm of metaverses is growing, with gaming, nonfungible tokens and contemporary performance art all contributing to create interactive and immersive digital-only ecosystems. “Welcome to Lobsteropolis District of Lobster Land” is the welcome notice that greets netizens upon entering Lobsteropolis city. Existing within the blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland, Lobsteropolis is a digital-only city based on […]

Retire early with crypto? Playing with FIRE – Cointelegraph Magazine

Finance blogger The FI Explorer didn’t invest in cryptocurrency in order to retire early — but unlike many of the newly minted crypto rich, he did set out to retire early.The FI Explorer, also known as Jason, is part of the FIRE community — financial independence, retire early — where adherents save up to 80% […]

John Paller – Cointelegraph Magazine

John Paller is training a new generation of blockchain workers and giving them the tools to live free from the chains of full-time employment. After a chance conversation with a “Russian dude” wearing a weird T-shirt at a 2014 conference — Vitalik Buterin’s father, Dmitry — John Paller’s life was transformed by having a front-row […]

Bitcoin under threat, El Salvador rejected, Mark Cuban stung, McAfee ‘has nothing’

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week   Hawkish Fed comments push Bitcoin price and stocks lower […]

A new milestone for Bitcoin, COVID hits conference, Buterin’s DOGE payday

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week   Bill to make Bitcoin legal tender passes in El […]

We tracked down the original Bitcoin Lambo guy – Cointelegraph Magazine

Jay is the Bitcoin OG who created a meme by buying a Lamborghini with the cryptocurrency. He went from a poverty-level existence to enjoying a well-off lifestyle in a gated community thanks to mining Bitcoin in the early days — but not without having to worry for his family’s safety. As BTC first broke the […]

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