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A Visual Guide to the Howey Test

Disclaimer: I am  not a lawyer, and I am not your lawyer. I have been in an uncountable number of conversations over the past few years discussing the question of what defines a “security” in the context of cryptocurrencies, cryptonetworks, [...]  Read more

Crypto Fundamentals

Our good friend Chris Burniske was on Squawk Box this morning. I got up and watched it.  You can see the video here . Of course there is interest in the crypto market right now, as it is falling hard. [...]  Read more

Getting Hands-On

One of my favorite things to do is get my hands into something and figure out how it works, whether that’s an app, or a gadget, or a house. For example, over the past few months I have been renovating [...]  Read more

The Dangers of Unstoppable Code

With real-time, interconnected, self-executing systems, sometimes when things wrong, they go really wrong.  I wrote about this general idea previously here . Yesterday, while I was writing my post on Trusted Brands , I was doing a little searching through [...]  Read more

Trusted Brands

Today is election day.  I’m on a plane today, so I voted early, a few days ago.  I cast my vote and it felt good. I marked my paper ballot with a marker (for optical scanning) glued it shut into [...]  Read more

Suffering, Self, and Service

The massacre in Pittsburgh is heartbreaking and awful, and another example of the extent to which society seems to be fraying. The Pittsburgh attacker spent a lot of time on social media sites that stoked his fear, isolation and anger.  [...]  Read more

Building a meditation routine

I wrote recently about the challenge of turning plans into routines .  One of the activities that is the most impactful for me is meditation.  I cannot say that I have a perfect meditation routine, but I can absolutely say [...]  Read more

Trauma

I am spending the day today at a mediation regarding the accident two years ago where my wife’s parents were hit by a truck while crossing the street. The past two years have been both difficult and wonderful.  Wonderful in [...]  Read more