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This weekend, thousands of crypto acolytes and investors have come down on a Bitcoin-themed conference in Miami, a very real, really heavily-produced conference sporting crypto stars and real celebs all on a mission to make waves. Even though I am not at the conference face to face (panels from its primary stage were live-streamed online), I have lots of welcomes in my email for afterparties featuring celebs, open bars and limitless discussions on the dangers of fiat.
In spite of having so much, what they still appear to be doing not have is a customer saint. For the longest bout, that was Space, X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk who boosted the currency by pressing Tesla to invest cash on its balance sheet into bitcoin, while likewise pushing for Tesla to accept bitcoin payments for its lorries.
There are a lot of celebrities wanting to fill his shoes a current recommendation gone incorrect by Soulja Boy was among the more humorous circumstances. This Author has been no complete stranger to grift of that even the most hardcore crypto grifters can likely agree and I think there's been some contract that the only leader who can really preach the gospel is somebody who is currently so abundant they don't even require more money.
The finest runner-up at the moment appears to be one Jack Dorsey, and while like Musk he is also another double-CEO, he is quite a bit various from him in behavior and desire for the spotlight. He was, however, a heading speaker at Miami's Bitcoin conference. Dorsey collects the most headlines for his work at Twitter however it's Square where he is pressing the majority of his crypto interest.