• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Documentary
    2022/07/04
    Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Documentary Bitcoin (₿) is a cryptocurrency, a form of electronic cash. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries
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  • Investor Sues Elon Musk Over Alleged Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme
    2022/06/22
    Investor Sues Elon Musk Over Alleged Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme Keith Johnson, a Dogecoin investor, is suing Tesla founder Elon Musk for $258 billion over an alleged pyramid scheme. "Musk used his pedestal as World's Richest man to operate and manipulate the Dogecoin pyramid scheme for profit, exposure and amusement," the complainant said. The case is Johnson v. Musk et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 22-05037. #ElonMusk #Dogecoin
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  • I had $10 in my bank account’: This 36-year-old went from living paycheck to paycheck to making over $109,000 selling NFTs
    2022/02/03
    I had $10 in my bank account’: This 36-year-old went from living paycheck to paycheck to making over $109,000 selling NFTs In 2021, Brittany Pierre made over $109,000 selling nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, of her photography and flipping other NFTs she bought for a profit. But before that, Pierre was struggling to pay rent on her Chicago apartment or afford groceries and bus fare, she tells CNBC Make It. Her financial situation was very “touch and go,” Pierre, 36, says. She lived paycheck to paycheck and “got pretty depressed.” In March, Pierre learned about nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. Her friend and fellow artist Elise Swopes had just sold an NFT of her work for over $17,600, inspiring Pierre to try and do the same. In addition to asking Swopes for guidance, “I dove straight in, just doing a YouTube and a Google deep dive for a couple of days.” One month later, Pierre started to sell her first NFTs and was soon selling pieces for a few hundred dollars each — more than her physical art earned her, she says. “It was real hard to do $50 photoshoots, trying to peddle $30 prints. I’d have bookings here and there, but it wasn’t sustainable,” she says. “That first couple of $200, $300 [NFT] sales was a lot for me. That’s exactly what I needed to pay rent.” As she made more money, Pierre was able to pay her bills and live more comfortably, but also donate to organizations and invest in other artists’ NFTs — some of which she’s flipped for a return. “Last year has been the first year that I could live completely abundantly, more with my heart, than I ever have been able to,” she says. “I’ve never had a job over $15 an hour, and last year, I was able to make a little over $100,000.” How it started When starting to learn about NFTs, Pierre noticed a few barriers to entry: For most of the top platforms, creators needed to apply or be invited to list their artwork. Once that happens, creators must pay gas fees to mint their NFTs, which can be difficult to afford. Minting an NFT is the process of representing the asset on the blockchain. It allows NFT owners to both prove that they own the asset and be able to sell it if they want. But to mint an NFT, creators must pay what’s called a gas fee, which can cost hundreds of dollars during times of high congestion. With the help of a few friends who connected her, Pierre was invited to NFT marketplace Foundation in March by photographer Zak Krevitt. Another artist raised funds to pay Pierre’s gas fees for her first couple of pieces so she could mint her work, she says. At the time, “I probably had like 10 bucks in my bank account,” she says. “I think fees [were] about $250.” This process of onboarding and helping fellow artists is common in the NFT and wider Web3 community. “That is one thing about this space: If you have a question, somebody is going to answer it,” Pierre says. Through her street style and portraiture photography, “it’s mostly Black women and men that I try to uplift,” Pierre says. “When you look up ‘beautiful person’ on Google, you normally see a white person. So I wanted to put Black people on the blockchain so we can solidify that. I want to highlight the Black experience.” Pierre’s first sales occurred after a notable NFT collector known as Weesh saw her art on Twitter. “After that, I went all in,” she says. Pierre had found another day job, but she decided to quit and pursue NFTs full-time, she says. How it’s going The income was life-changing for Pierre. “At first, it started with me paying rent on time and in full without having to make payments. Then, I was able to get groceries — I was living on ramen, ground beef, tuna cans and water for a very long time. I was able to fill my fridge, which I’ve never been able to do on my own,” she says. Beyond necessities, Pierre has been able to treat herself. She has bought more film photography equipment, she says, and splurges every once in a while on Nikes....
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  • How I Became An Overnight Dogecoin Millionaire
    2022/01/20
    How I Became An Overnight Dogecoin Millionaire This 33-year-old ‘dogecoin millionaire’ is now being paid in the meme-inspired cryptocurrency—and continues to buy the dips Glauber Contessoto took a big risk on dogecoin, a meme-inspired cryptocurrency that began as a joke, earlier this year. Between his savings and borrowed funds, Contessoto says that he invested over $250,000 in dogecoin on February 5 when it was priced at about 4.5 cents. About two months later, on April 15, he says he became a dogecoin millionaire on paper. Since, Contessoto has refused to sell, despite dogecoin’s ups and downs. He plans to buy more of the digital coin and “hodl” for the long haul. Contessoto believes in dogecoin so much that he now requests to be paid in it whenever he works with crypto brands on social media promotions. Contessoto will earn a total of $25,000 for an upcoming partnership between his YouTube channel and blockchain project Acria Network, he tells CNBC Make It. When finalizing the deal, the company asked if he’d prefer to be paid in U.S. dollars or crypto. “Of course, I said dogecoin,” he says. “So, they literally paid me in dogecoin. They gave me half upfront, and the other half when I deliver the video.” To keep up with his growing “dogecoin millionaire” brand online, Contessoto also quit his day job at a music company in Los Angeles in June. “I had no idea how I was going to make money moving forward,” he says. He earns a little bit of money from selling merch on his website, but his main focus is developing his social media presence. In one month, he has made $28,000 from social media ads and promotions, which was primarily paid out in dogecoin. “That’s about six months salary at my old job,” Contessoto says. After covering all of his bills, including rent, food and other expenses, Contessoto plans to continue to invest as much as he can in dogecoin. Though experts warn against it, ”[I’m] all invested in doge,” Contessoto says. “Doge is my savings account.” As of around 12:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, his dogecoin holdings are worth around $931,689.
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  • Elon Musk's Speech Will Leave You SPEECHLESS | One of the Most Eye Opening Speeches Ever
    2022/01/19
    Elon Musk's Speech Will Leave You SPEECHLESS | One of the Most Eye Opening Speeches Ever Elon Musk, founder and CEO at SpaceX and Tesla, founder of The Boring Company and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI, delivers one of the best motivational speeches you will ever hear. “There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing.” ― Elon Musk Elon Musk is the founder and CEO at SpaceX, and CEO and co-founder of Tesla, founder of The Boring Company and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. A centibillionaire, Musk is one of the richest people in the world. #ElonMusk #Dogecoin #Bitcoin #BTC #NFT's
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  • Cathie Wood's URGENT Warning for 2022 - Latest Update On Bitcoin, Ethereum & Innovation
    2022/01/19
    Cathie Wood's URGENT Warning for 2022 - Latest Update On Bitcoin, Ethereum & Innovation Cathie Wood’s Stock Market Warning for 2022 #CathieWood just released an urgent warning to investors that discusses the stock market research #ARKInvest is dedicated to. According to Cathie Wood, #ARKK – the @ARK Invest flagship innovation ETF – is poised to grow at a 30-40% annual rate while stock market indices like the S&P500 #SPY could be filling up with value traps because they're so slow to add things like Tesla Stock (TSLA). So, which is it? After a 40%+ downturn, are the ARK Invest portfolios full of some of the best stocks to buy now, or are these tech stocks going to keep getting disrupted?
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  • Bitcoin Conference Miami - Michael Saylor & Max Keiser Highlights
    2022/01/18
    Bitcoin Conference Miami - Michael Saylor & Max Keiser Highlights
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  • Top 10 Craziest Crypto Stories of 2021 From Melania Trump To A Bitcoin City
    2022/01/17
    Top 10 Craziest Crypto Stories of 2021 Brazen civil engineering projects, bizarre NFT releases and blatant scams: we recap this year’s craziest news stories from the crypto world. Between the skyrocketing popularity of meme coins and NFTs, a certain Central American country choosing to fully embrace Bitcoin and the ever-more elaborate scams, the crypto industry has seen some wild stories in 2021. Some were stupidly funny, others downright depressing and the select few — weirdly uplifting, and today we will take a look at the best ones. So without much ado, here are the ten crazies crypto stories of 2021, in no particular order: Melania Trump’s NFT Collection Results in Backlash While Crazy Frog Is Forced to Drop NFTs Against His Will While NFTs are reaching ever-higher levels of popularity, they are simultaneously becoming the target of more and more criticism for the often meaningless, exploitative or even downright criminal nature of several new NFT releases. Underscoring the current craziness of the market of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), two new announcements were made last week which could truly boggle the mind of someone who hasn’t been closely following the industry for the past several months. Melania Trump, the wife of former POTUS Donald Trump, has decided to publish her “Melania’s Vision” collection, resulting in some backlash. Each token is accompanied by a digital image of a watercolor painting of the former first lady’s “cobalt blue” eyes, as well as an audio “message of hope” by Mrs. Trump. An undisclosed portion of the proceeds from the NFT sale is slated to be donated to a charity cause for children aging out of the United States’ foster care system — with some commenters asking why didn’t Mrs. Trump choose to donate all of the earnings. Others have criticized the apparent lack of meaning behind specifically choosing the NFT format for this particular art sale. Another, even more bizarre story, involves Crazy Frog, a Swedish CGI musician character whose Axel F music video is currently the 25th most-watched video on YouTube at over three billion views. After briefly achieving international stardom, Crazy Frog had disappeared from the scene for more than a decade, only to reemerge a couple of weeks ago with a new single and an announcement of an NFT drop, the latter of which was almost universally criticized — with some commenters choosing to go as far as to send death threats to the unfortunate frog. As it turns out, the artists behind Crazy Frog actually had no personal desire to announce the sale of the controversial digital assets. Instead, they were apparently pressured into it by their producer, who is all but holding the cartoon frog hostage. Snoop Dogg Reveals He’s the Twitter-Famous NFT Influencer Cozomo de’ Medici In other NFT-themed celebrity stories, it was revealed this September that the Cozomo de’ Medici account on Twitter is run by none other than the popular rapper and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg. Cozomo de Medici is a pseudonymous Twitter user who shares “tales & insights'' from the NFT industry. Besides tweeting memes and weighing in on discussions about digital assets and art, Cozomo also frequently showcases the NFTs that they own personally. Their combined portfolio of collectibles was estimated at about $17 million as of Sept. 25. The account is fairly popular as far as crypto influencers go — having amassed over 143 thousand followers as of Dec. 23 — but until recently, the person behind it was a complete enigma. Cozomo had teased a reveal on Sept. 17, tweeting: “I have been thinking a lot about this, and have realized my real life celebrity status may bring many welcomed eyeballs to NFT.” The actual reveal has never been made by Cozomo themselves, however, three days later Snoop Dogg had tweeted from his own official account: “I am @CozomoMedici” Although it might appear crazy to some, the revelation should not come as a total surprise to those who have been paying attention to...
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