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Friend.tech: The Legal and Tax Ins and Outs of This Year’s Hottest Crypto App
Friend.tech, a decentralized social media platform in which you can buy and sell “keys” in your friends on X, whose value can go up and down, has become a viral sensation, racking up as many as 100,000 users since launching on August 10. Securities and banking law professor at George Mason Law School JW Verret, and tax partner and co-head of the Digital Assets and Blockchain Practice at Fried Frank Jason Schwartz, share their thoughts.
Will Crypto Ever Be Rid of Influencers Like BitBoy?
Ben Armstrong may lose access to the brand he helped build, but crypto's hype men will always have a place.
Tokenization News Roundup: Resource Extraction, Social Media Monetization and Real World Connections
A weekly digest of articles, reports and analyses about tokenized RWAs, the fast-growing financial instruments that merge traditional finance to the blockchain.
Binance Needs to Get Off Twitter
Until the world's largest crypto exchange gets better at corporate communications, it’s just FUDing itself.
Friend.tech Attracted NBA Influencers. So Why Does Everyone Think Crypto’s Latest Trend Will Die?
Despite its initial success in attracting celebs, the portents aren’t good for the latest “Twitter-killer.”
Vitalik Buterin Has Thoughts on Social Media Fact Checking
Ethereum's founder applauds Elon Musk's “Community Notes” tool for taking a crack at “credible neutrality.”
Is Friend.tech a Friend or Foe? A Dive Into the New Social App Driving Millions in Trading Volume
The new social app has driven 4,400 ETH ($8.1 million) in trading volume in less than 24 hours since its launch, far surpassing OpenSea’s in the same time frame. But with its mysterious origins, lack of privacy policy and lagging network, it raises some red flags.
Some Users May Want an ‘Everything App’, but What We Need Is Digital Sovereignty
Jameson Lopp argues Twitter's recent rebrand falls in line with big tech's obsession with data. Nostr, an increasingly popular social network, is one alternative.
Patreon, Platform for Creators, Disables Payouts After ‘Issue’ With Payoneer System
The issue was first identified on Aug. 2. Crypto developers monitor payments glitches on major platforms partly because a key premise of the blockchain industry is to build infrastructure that improves on the current options.
Twitter Is Dead. Long Live Crypto Twitter?
Elon Musk's rebranded X.com used to be the white-hot center of the crypto world. What comes next?
