Web3 - The Wiser! Newsletter

iPhone's Birthday; CryptoScams; Google and the Metaverse

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Newsletters • 14 min read

iPhone's Birthday; CryptoScams; Google and the Metaverse

Wiser! #55: the iPhone is 15; Crypto scammers had a record year in 2021; Kazakhstan is number 2 in Bitcoin mining; Reese Witherspoon is in the Metaverse, so are Ralph Lauren; plus Google.…

Rick Huckstep • 14 Jan 2022

Trends, Predictions, Questions and Some Answers

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Insights • 19 min read

Trends, Predictions, Questions and Some Answers

Wiser! #53 (Premium): As we end one year and start another, it's a great time to reflect, consider and make a few stabs in the dark about what's to come.…

Rick Huckstep • 04 Jan 2022

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One Year Wiser!

Wiser! #52: A year in review. A round-up of some of my favourite stories and themes from the 175,000 words written in the first year of the Wiser! Newsletter.…

Rick Huckstep • 31 Dec 2021

Elon Musk to pay his dues; TikTok's unhealthy behaviour and Dorsey blocked on Twitter

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Elon Musk to pay his dues; TikTok's unhealthy behaviour and Dorsey blocked on Twitter

Wiser #53: Elon Musk to pay $11 billion in taxes, more than any American in history; plus TikTok targeting teens, Dorsey blocked in Twitter and Email as a source of misinformation and fake news.…

Rick Huckstep • 24 Dec 2021

DeFi, DApps and DAOs; where the magic happens in Web3 (Part 2)

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DeFi, DApps and DAOs; where the magic happens in Web3 (Part 2)

Wiser! #52 (Premium): Part 2 of the Web3 Series looks at the role of nascent decentralised technologies defining the next iteration of the Internet economy.…

Rick Huckstep • 21 Dec 2021

Gary Vee and NFTs; Instagram; Roblox plus Snap, Apple , AI and BigTech

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Gary Vee and NFTs; Instagram; Roblox plus Snap, Apple , AI and BigTech

Wiser! #51: Gary Vee makes $91m in 90 days selling NFTs (he had never heard of NFTs 9 months ago); Instagram hits 2 billion users with TikTok catching up fast; Roblox, Snap, Apple and AI, all in this issue of Wiser!…

Rick Huckstep • 17 Dec 2021

How Gary Vee made $90 million in 90 in days from NFTs

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Essays • 6 min read

How Gary Vee made $90 million in 90 in days from NFTs

Wiser! Essays: Gary Vee had never heard of NFTs 9 months ago. But he spent 50 hours understanding what it was, drew 10k sketches and sold them for $91m in 90 days.…

Rick Huckstep • 16 Dec 2021

Web3 versus the Metaverse; different journeys to the same destination (Part 1)

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Web3 versus the Metaverse; different journeys to the same destination (Part 1)

Wiser! #49 (Premium): Web3 is everything crypto and the economy that is forming around it; DeFi, DAOs, Dapps, Decentralised, NFTS. It's on the same course as the Metaverse, just taking a different route. In this 2 Part series, I make sense of what's happening and what's next for the Internet.…

Rick Huckstep • 07 Dec 2021

WorldCoins; crypto by the people, for the people

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WorldCoins; crypto by the people, for the people

Wiser! Essay: Sam Altman has a plan for the world and it involves biometric identity management of a global crypto currency to raise the poorest in the world from poverty.…

Rick Huckstep • 04 Nov 2021