How to Build a Huge PC Game Library for Free
[ad_1] The Covid-19 pandemic’s lockdown and lingering effects, plus the sudden drop in price of powerful PC graphics cards this year, led to an unexpected renaissance in computer gaming. The argument against PC…
The Case That Foreshadowed the Lessons of the FTX Collapse
[ad_1] For the past three seemingly glorious years, the 30-year-old boy wonder Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, crowned the “King of Crypto,” bore an uncanny resemblance to the legendary character Robin…
Max Levchin’s War on Credit Cards
[ad_1] Photograph: Karen Santos Max Levchin isn’t anti-credit, he really wants you to know. He’s anti-credit card. There’s a big difference. He will talk about credit cards endlessly, and he’ll skillfully…
I Lost $17,000 in Crypto. Here’s How to Avoid My Mistake
[ad_1] In 2014, I bought 25,000 dogecoin as a joke. By 2021, it was briefly worth over $17,000. Problem was, I couldn’t remember the password. Determined to get my coins…
How to Avoid Black Friday Scams Online
[ad_1] Black Friday attracts crowds, and crowds attract scammers, and that means you need to take extra care when shopping online over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend. There’ll…
Binance Has a Cunning Plan to Save Crypto—but It’s Too Late
[ad_1] “It’s a good learning moment for the industry,” says Hayden Adams, creator of UniSwap, the world’s largest decentralized exchange (DEX). “The fact that [FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried] had the…
How to Use Apple Pay or Google Pay Instead of Plastic Cards
[ad_1] The proliferation of contactless payment options shifts how businesses interact with customers at the moment of purchase, from international retailers to local pop-up shops. But there’s no need to…
China’s Digital Yuan Works Just Like Cash—With Added Surveillance
[ad_1] By the mid-2010s, Chinese people in big cities had generally switched from using cash to using Alipay and WeChat Pay. By the end of 2021, about 64 percent of…
Fintech in Latin America and Africa Is Breaking the Mold
[ad_1] This rings true for a country like Brazil. In 2019 the Central Bank of Brazil created Pix, an instant payment ecosystem that allows people, companies, and government entities to…
Would You Sell Your Vacation Days for Cash?
[ad_1] PTO Genius, another startup launched in 2020, nudges employees that its algorithm guesses are at risk for burnout—based on factors like long hours and behavior changes—to take vacation. The…
Cannabis Banking Startups Want to Make It Easy to Buy Weed
[ad_1] Physical safety is also a concern that fintech startups are trying to address. The more banks that go online and enter the space, the safer the people involved in…
Startups Have a Sellout Problem. There’s a Better Way
[ad_1] Onetime startups like Meta, Twitter, and Amazon are now part of the world’s infrastructure, acting as today’s local news, phone lines, and postal service. They don’t just drive economies;…
Vitalik Buterin on What’s Next for Ethereum After the Merge
[ad_1] GL: You’ve written a lot about governance, and I’m interested in the potential uses of blockchains for governments and societies. What is the potential of using decentralized systems like…
How to Save Money on the Apps You Use
[ad_1] You can easily find yourself spending a substantial amount of money on the apps you use every day—whether through up-front payments or monthly or yearly subscriptions. It always pays…
How to Buy and Sell NFTs (If You Must)
[ad_1] You’ve probably heard of nonfungible tokens (NFTs)—by this point, you may even be ready to stop hearing about NFTs. Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5,000 Days sold for more than…