I See You, $XRP.

I started blogging about bitcoin back in 2013. Much to my chagrin, I ignored almost all other cryptoassets until late last year. This year-long series of “other crypto” posts is my penance for such a horrific oversight. So begins my quest.

Skin-in-the-Game Coins

Non-worthless utility tokens: truly rare, mythical, beasts if there ever were.

Unsurprisingly, I’ve had a lot of people email and DM me regarding one of my 95 theses in particular: my belief that almost all utility tokens will trend towards zero because there is…

96 Theses for Crypto in 2019

Often imitated. Never replicated. I call your predictions post, and raise you.

Introducing Messari: An Open-Source EDGAR Database for Cryptoassets

There’s something rotten in crypto. And everybody knows it.

We’ve gotten beyond irrational exuberance, and beyond the point where we can say, “this is just growing pains!” without lying to…

Cryptonetworks and the Theory of the Firm

If Austrian economics is the theoretical foundation for Bitcoin, I think Ronald Coase is the inspiration for general cryptonetworks.

In 1937, Coase wrote a seminal paper titled “The Nature of the Firm”. It laid the groundwork for a…

Bitcoin in a Deflationary Age

How does the cryptoasset class evolve in the coming era of negative…

Circulating Supply Study for XRP

Our overarching goal is to provide a comprehensive view on the…

Crypto Governance: The Startup vs. Nation-State Approach

Intro

Satoshi’s Rebuttal of Modern Monetary Theory

Examining the origin of a century-old economic ideology…