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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

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The Internet and World Wide Web themselves emerged from open protocols (HTTP, HTML, SMTP, etc) that allowed businesses, individuals and governments to put information online that was accessible to the masses and then to build applications on top of this infrastructure to the benefit of the masses. Without trust no currency has value.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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(there’s a great story from Jonah in the video but you have to watch to hear it :)) But it’s undeniable that it has become a digital media powerhouse having raised around $500 million in capital with a valuation reported at $1.7 Video is the new HTML.” The 30-minute interview of Jonah Peretti is here but my summary in the notes below.

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