Published in CryptoStars·14 hours agoVirtual Reality and Augmented Reality — Web 3 and the MetaverseThe Long and Winding Road to VR / AR Snap’s summit showed how online events are being reimagined. Check out this image — this stage is completely virtual, with a virtual beach as the backdrop. Snap’s summit provides a segue to this week’s topic — virtual reality and augmented reality. …Augmented Reality7 min read
Published in CryptoStars·14 hours agoCompanies that own Bitcoin — Bitcoin on Balance SheetsA breakdown of companies that own Bitcoin — Companies that own Bitcoin — Bitcoin on Balance Sheets We’ll go over companies that have Bitcoin on their balance sheet. The reason that you would want to know this is because companies that have Bitcoin on their balance sheet have followed the price of Bitcoin. These companies have followed Bitcoin on the way up and on the way down…Tech5 min read
Published in The Capital·15 hours agoWhy Tech Stocks Are Crashing and BurningThe market seeks profits, not promises, as a hope-fueled bull market sputters. — The market is absolutely murdering tech stocks this year. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft are down 19%, 31%, 13%, 38%, and 17%, respectively. All are underperforming the S&P 500, and they’re among the fortunate. …Tech3 min read
Published in CryptoStars·1 day agoFace to Face With Dall-E, The AI Artist That Might Change The WorldDall-E can illustrate just about anything using a short text prompt. Should it? — Dall-E’s power becomes evident within the first minute of seeing it. The AI program creates intricate, original images when you feed it short text prompts. Its only limit is your imagination. I watched live as an employee of OpenAI — which created it — asked Dall-E to draw a “Rabbit…AI4 min read
Published in CryptoStars·1 day agoThe Metaverse Sure Feels Like An Enterprise ThingCan a mass market metaverse dream come true? — The common narrative about the metaverse is that it’ll be a new digital world — enabled by virtual and augmented reality — where we’ll spend time with friends and family. The technology is moving so fast, proponents say, that we’ll experience life via the headset in short order. That vision…Metaverse4 min read
Published in The Capital·1 day agoInvesting 101 — How Warren Buffet finds Undervalued stocksHow do you find undervalued stocks? We use Warren Buffett’s key rules. Here’s a step by step playbook on how to do it — In the 1978 Berkshire Hathaway Letter to Shareholders, Buffett said, We want the business to be: A business that we UNDERSTAND With favorable LONG TERM PROSPECTS Operated by COMPETENT people Available at an ATTRACTIVE PRICE STEP 1 Use a stock screener. This method will help you quickly narrow down a list of…Stocks3 min read
2 days agoNo, America is not collapsingWe endlessly screech, but the country keeps muddling along. — Yes, I’m upset that the Supreme Court looks set to overturn Roe v. Wade. I believe in abortion rights, and at some level most other Americans do too. I think there’s going to be a big, long, and 100% justified backlash over it, and if activists play their cards right…America11 min read
Published in The Capital·2 days agoWhere does the wealth go when asset prices go down?It vanishes into nothingness. “Fugayzi, fugazi. It’s a whazy. It’s a woozie. It’s fairy dust. It doesn’t exist. It’s never landed. It is no matter. It’s not on the elemental chart.” — Mark Hanna Sometimes I say stuff like, “Over $2 TRILLION of notional value has now been wiped out compared to the peak…Wealth8 min read
Published in CryptoStars·2 days agoWeb3 is the future, or a scam, or bothSo what exactly is Web3, and why is everyone in Silicon Valley obsessed with it? — Web3 is a scam. Web3 is a world-changing opportunity to make a better version of the internet and wrest it away from the behemoths who control it today. Web3 will make some people a lot of money. But many other people will lose their shirts on it. I know! I’m…Web 316 min read
Published in CryptoStars·2 days agoNFTs and the monetization of hopEverything feels broken. Who can blame people for wanting NFTs to be a fix? On a rainy Tuesday in June, I found myself in a packed and buzzing Times Square theater, having skipped a line that wrapped seemingly endlessly around the city block thanks to a very handy press pass…Nft8 min read
