Most PFP projects are securities. We, and the SEC/FCA, need to embrace this. The sooner we do, the sooner we’ll be on our way to revolutionising startup fundraising in a…
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How to invest better (or at least, more like a swombat)
Is it worth emulating my way of investing? Well, that’s up to you really. But I feel pretty good about it, and I get asked for advice by ppl on…
Things to consider while building an NFT project
What are some good things to consider if you’re building a project? I think we’re still too early in the space to have a definitive list of patterns and anti-patterns,…
When will the NFT bear market be over?
When is the NFT bear market going to be over?? And more importantly… wen Lambo? Nobody knows, of course, but here’s a perspective that, while a little bleak, may also…
Are Play-To-Earn games the future?
I don’t think so. They’re the past. PtE is not the future of gaming powered by web3. They’re unsustainable as currently presented. So before investing there, perhaps it’s worth thinking…
NFT Project Utility and Sustainability
Most NFT projects have by now cottoned on that they need to give “utility”. But most are getting this wrong and doing it in an unsustainable way that can’t work….
NFT Antipatterns: Thieves get rich
There are only 4 ways to make a lot of money on NFTs: 1) Start a project that goes incredibly well (lottery)2) Steal from your own project (rug)3) Pump and dump schemes (scam)4) Invest…
NFT Antipatterns: Community lies
So here’s another anti-pattern that I see across many projects. It’s also one that takes those projects quite close to a legal grey area where they might be shut down…
NFT Antipatterns: Grinding mechanics
What makes an NFT project special? What gives it the potential to grow to many multiples of the initial investment? Maybe to an infinite multiple, in some cases where the…
Deliveroo, Phase 2
Back in March, I sent a package to Deliveroo, containing all the plastics they’d sent me in about a month, along with a letter and blog post urging them to…