2024-03-16
Sharing some very tough personal news - Starbucks has decided to sunset Odyssey. There's a ton of uncertainty about my future now because I just lost my full-time job, but I'm doing my best to look at the positives. I'm incredibly grateful for Starbucks and the opportunity they...
Decrypt
Starbucks is ending Odyssey, which launched in December 2022 in closed beta offering NFT-based rewards minted on the Polygon blockchain, on March 31, 2024
Andrew Hayward / Decrypt :
2024-01-11
While @X is removing support for NFT PFPs, I'd be shocked if this is the last we see of verified PFP ownership in online spaces. One of the unique properties of NFTs is the ability to distribute one asset across multiple platforms. It's more efficient, secure, and credible. [image]
TechCrunch
X quietly removes the ability for paying subscribers to set an NFT as a profile picture, a feature Twitter launched in January 2022 for Twitter Blue subscribers
2023-05-04
Nate Chastain has been convicted for fraud and money laundering. Nate was the face of @opensea to much of the NFT community in 2021. I still remember the day NFT Twitter caught him using insider knowledge of the OpenSea featured page to make money. Wild. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
A jury convicts former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain of insider trading, making $50K+ by buying and selling NFTs he featured on OpenSea's homepage
Luc Cohen / Reuters :
2022-12-29
This will be interesting to follow. A guilty plea means SBF's sentence be will be closer to Elizabeth Holmes (11 years) than Bernie Madoff (150 years). A not-guilty plea means an uphill battle to get out of prison before he can collect social security. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Court records: SBF is expected to enter a plea before a new judge on January 3; the original judge recused herself because her husband's law firm advised FTX
he needs to enter a plea at the arraignment and that is what has been announced the plea he enters could be “not guilty”! https://twitter.com/... @tree_of_alpha : JUDGE RONNIE ABRA...