A Brief History of NFTs and a Look into the Future
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

A Brief History of NFTs and a Look into the Future

The unprecedented ascent of NFTs, today in the art world may be an incredible innovation for artists to create and monetize their work. It could also be an efficient and novel way for collectors to purchase and store value -- and even artfully display their treasures to the world through virtual galleries. Or this could simply be an impressive trend, expressing a whim of the nouveau riche, the freshly minted millionaires of the crypto bull market having some fun with their swiftly acquired, substantial gains.

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How Blockchain Can Help Monitor COVID-19 Vaccines
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

How Blockchain Can Help Monitor COVID-19 Vaccines

The question becomes how recipients of COVID-19 vaccines can ensure that the vaccines they receive have not been compromised.

Blockchain can ensure much-needed transparency that is not contingent on one party alone.

Blockchain can be a solution to answer some of the most difficult challenges related to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

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The Flying Autonomous Fleet of the Future
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

The Flying Autonomous Fleet of the Future

The development of autonomous aircraft vehicles has come a long way, from being the mere imaginings of The Jetsons, ChittiChitti BangBang, Blade Runner, and The Fifth Element, to becoming actual flying vehicles with a nearly billion-dollar investment in 2020 alone. And the market for flying cars worldwide is projected to pass $1.2 trillion by 2040. Suppose you’re curious about how those cartoon/cinematic suggestions are coming along. In that case, the most promising are not precisely what we’ve seen in the movies, but in many ways will be even better by what they can do for us as a society.

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When It Comes to Tokenomics, Follow the Money
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

When It Comes to Tokenomics, Follow the Money

To truly understand why something is happening, we need to simply follow the money.

Tokenomics is among the most challenging of exercises.

Today, anyone can create a liquidity pool with a token, as long as they own the token.

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What venture capitalists look for in crypto startups and entrepreneurs
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

What venture capitalists look for in crypto startups and entrepreneurs

Whilst investigating potential investments, I look at the team, its background, and skill set. I then determine whether all of that seems complimentary or not. In instances where that’s not easily visible and accessible, I look at the project’s stakeholders. As with anything else in life, if enough people support you–in your mission, vision, and goals–you’re going to be successful.

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Happy Belated Birthday, Bitcoin!
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

Happy Belated Birthday, Bitcoin!

It’s been a tumultuous 12 years of existence in this weary world for the first mover of all blockchain projects, the first cryptocurrency in history, the most spectacularly profitable, outrageously volatile asset in modern times, Bitcoin. Otherwise, lovingly referred by its ticker symbol by friends and colleagues BTC for short.

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The United States of AI
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

The United States of AI

In 1956, American assistant professor of mathematics, John McCarthy, met with his colleagues to discuss and later coin the term “artificial intelligence.” Soon scientists worldwide were teaching computers to play chess and robotically speak languages. It was just the beginning.

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Meta-Trends 2021 & Beyond - Part 3: Full Speed Ahead with Autonomous Vehicles
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

Meta-Trends 2021 & Beyond - Part 3: Full Speed Ahead with Autonomous Vehicles

In our last article on Meta-trends, we explored the Internet of Things (IoT) and the many possibilities of a more interconnected future. Integral to this new life connecting people with smart devices will be new business models that facilitate machine to machine (M2M) communication and micropayments occurring automatically between vendor platforms and other machines.

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Meta-Trends 2021 & Beyond: Part 2: Internet of Everything
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

Meta-Trends 2021 & Beyond: Part 2: Internet of Everything

IoT or the Internet of Things encompasses a high level of connectedness worldwide with the power to help humanity in almost endless ways. According to IHS Markit, consisting of 5,000 analysts, data scientists, financial experts, and specialists, the number of installed IoT devices will grow to 125 billion by 2030.

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The Future of Life, Work & Blockchain
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

The Future of Life, Work & Blockchain

2020 will be the year that changed the way we work forever. From the massive trend to work from home to the downsizing of all formal office space-oriented businesses, people think of work in a whole new way. 

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What Today’s Financial Uncertainty Means for Cryptocurrency Investors
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

What Today’s Financial Uncertainty Means for Cryptocurrency Investors

Here in the Wild West World of blockchain technology and FinTech, we who are genuinely invested - not just literally in tokens, but philosophically in the technology behind it - have quickly learned to keep cool heads and stay agile to be adaptive as the cryptocurrency market swings in manic depressive mayhem.

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The New 'Bretton Woods Moment'​ and How Bitcoin Will Play a Part
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

The New 'Bretton Woods Moment'​ and How Bitcoin Will Play a Part

A lot has been said recently about a “New Bretton Woods Moment,” as proclaimed to save the world’s monetary system, by International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. What does it all mean, and what could such a moment hold for the world’s first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin?

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What are “Wrapped” Crypto Tokens & Why are They so Important?
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

What are “Wrapped” Crypto Tokens & Why are They so Important?

In step with the meteoric rise of DeFi platforms, today’s “wrapped” tokens, especially wrapped BTC (“WBTC”), is an intriguing phenomenon. A “wrapped token” is an asset on the Ethereum blockchain matched 1:1 with an underlying asset, which need not share the same blockchain, or as a physical asset like gold, be on a blockchain at all.

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How DeFi Will Help the Unbanked Worldwide
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

How DeFi Will Help the Unbanked Worldwide

Of a global population of over 7.8 billion, it was estimated that 1.7 billion people have limited or no access to financial services, and therefore limited or no access to many corresponding opportunities. Simply receiving and sending money to friends or family becomes an impossibility for the “unbanked.”

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