Allison Harvard explains how NFTs let her reclaim "Creepy Chan" from memelords The Creepy Chan images had been endlessly remixed and reappropriated for 16 years. NFTs offered the creator a way to harness their power. Joon Ian Wong 4.15.21 9:22 PM Features
How crypto is trying to spend its way into becoming money Right now, cryptocurrencies aren't true cash replacements, but recent experiments and live tests show they have the potential to at least coexist with the current financial system. Joon Ian Wong 4.8.21 1:55 PM Crypto
I visited a Bitcoin mine in a Mongolian ghost city, the perfect blueprint for the future of crypto Compass, a new "Airbnb for mining," booking profits and helping would-be miners get set up to cash from the comfort of their homes. Joon Ian Wong 3.29.21 6:18 PM Crypto
The real reason NFTs are booming has almost nothing to do with crypto When we start to feel rich, we can make some pretty strange decisions about how to spend money. Joon Ian Wong 3.24.21 4:51 PM Tech
The blockchain "scaling" civil war is underway—and the battleground is carbon The fixes for the emissions disaster are years away from reality, or require restraint among players in the exploding field. Joon Ian Wong 3.11.21 4:34 PM Crypto
Meme hustlers and yield farmers? Defi is their world, where finance, digital art, and the blockchain are colliding Defi is the promise of blockchain solving everything, happening online, right now. Joon Ian Wong 3.5.21 8:03 PM Features