The Tinkering Society

The DeFi ecosystem needs lending markets for the long tail of protocol tokens.Being able to borrow and sell a token (short) is good for price discover...

The 1982 Blade Runner is a masterpiece.A recent rewatch brought up questions about AI and how crypto-biometrics could ultimately curtail the concerns ...

Previously I have written how liquidity “primitives” like Uniswap don’t attempt to have a direct relationship with the customer. They are deep in the ...

Note: this assumes a high level of familiarity with Curve ecosystem tokenomics. For a primer, read this first.It’s been a while since I caught up on t...

As mentioned previously, I believe crypto-specific blow-ups and forced liquidation is behind us. Yet the gm Portfolio is in cash with the thesis that ...

Technology trends are mercurial.With early commercial mobile phones - let’s call this the OG Nokia era - the shared industry design goal was to shrink...

What’s the most important factor for success in crypto investing?I wish I could say it’s fundamental analysis because I spend a lot of time doing that...

The gm Portfolio is focused on decentralized exchanges which will be the majority of its core positions. Why DEXs?At this early stage of the DeFi arc,...

With AI-generated content and profiles proliferating exponentially, I’ve been frequently asking myself “ Is this human-generated? ” and “ Do I even care? ”. I believe that though seemingly simple, these are two of the biggest questions in determining the future of social media and guessing at w...

This is our second ChatGPT tinker. Make sure to check out PixelWhimsy, an NFT collection developed (almost entirely) by AI.Lots of DAOs bloomed out of...