Published in Coinmonks·11 hours agoThings that will fly in 2023…So many people made lists of what will be trending big in 2023. Thought I collate them and make a list of what will fly and what won’t fly. There are things that will be huge hits and some that will be huge misses. But we all know most of…6 min read6 min read
Published in Coinmonks·3 days agoIf SBF has the time to start a Substack, what is your excuse?So much happened in just the last few weeks eh? Tim Cook took a 40% pay cut. Miss USA won the Miss Universe Pageant. Yuga Labs, creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club, released a new game called Dookey Dash. But nothing beats SBF launching his own Substack essays. If SBF…4 min read4 min read
Published in Coinmonks·4 days ago“Yesterday I tried to change the world. Today I’m wise, and want to change myself.”That’s what she said after she was sentenced. Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 135 months (that’s 11.25 years). Finally eh? Seems like we all have been hearing her name and Theranos almost synonymously with “jail time” and “fraud”. She pulled a fast one and defrauded investors. She indirectly harmed the…3 min read3 min read
Published in Coinmonks·5 days agoI didn’t know you can get subpoenaed via Twitter.So Three Arrows Capital (3AC) was one of the powerful, multi-billion hedge fund that got caught in the contagion after the Terra/Luna crisis. They owe $3.5 billion to 27 different companies — including Blockchain.com, Voyager Digital, and lender Genesis Global Trading. Surprisingly, Zhu Su himself filed a $5M claim amongst…3 min read3 min read
Published in Coinmonks·6 days agoDon’t tell me you saw it coming… Jacinda Ardern abruptly resigns.Frankly, between the news of Jacinda Ardern stepping down as New Zealand Prime Minister and Su Zhu coming back to crypto in the form of GTX, I was overwhelmed and giddy with excitement. Both were shocking, abrupt and very unexpected. Prime Minister Ardern was a phenomenal leader in every sense…3 min read3 min read
Published in Coinmonks·Jan 23Here’s why the Game of Thrones NFT project is a joke…Game of Thrones was a huge hit on HBO. It created a medieval fantasy of knights, clans, gore and dragons. Costing $1.5B to produce in total, it made $3.1B. An amazing success in all regards. That’s when they decided it was a good idea to get on the NFT craze…3 min read3 min read
Published in Coinmonks·Jan 19What’s the point of a $250M bail if you don’t need to put up $250M?When SBF got forcibly seized and extradited back to the US, he got out and stayed at his parent’s house after putting up a $250M bail. A $250M bail. “The 30-year-old Bankman-Fried — also known as SBF — will not be able to spend more than $1,000 except on defense…3 min read3 min read
Published in Coinmonks·Jan 19Would you willingly cut your own salary by 40%?Tim Cook voluntarily took a 40% pay cut in 2022. Initially, I thought I read the headlines wrongly. What shocked me was not the 40% but the objective amount of money. “The world’s largest tech company said it would reduce Cook’s target pay package to $49 million, 40% lower than…3 min read3 min read
Published in Coinmonks·Jan 17The Sound Blaster that changed the world was invented by a Singaporean and we should be so proud.Sim Wong Hoo is a preternatural legend in the Singapore tech scene. We all heard stories of how Creative came up in the 1990s and defied all odds to make it big. Sure, they don’t have the zing and pop of Razer, Shopee or Osim. But Creative was one of…4 min read4 min read
Published in Coinmonks·Jan 16Someone designed, wrote and published a children’s book over a weekend and it annoyed everyone.It used to take months (even years) to create, write and publish a children’s book. Now you can do it over a weekend. Ammaar Reshi, a design manager at Brex, spent a weekend to create a children’s book using generative AI tools. The story is about a little girl named…3 min read3 min read
