Dec 21, 2020Lessons from Rock and Roll, Volume 3The third and final episode in the ‘Bitcoin as Napster’ trilogy explores how early missteps can hurt adoption. We saw the little bear icon in his file directory, and we knew we had a problem. All he wanted to do was download a song. Ironically, a song of our own…Cryptocurrency3 min read
Dec 17, 2020The Ballad of Harold the Hall LizardA look at how gambling industry attitudes toward Bitcoin have changed over the years through the lens of a ‘fictional’ character When I was asked to do an article about the recent rise in the price of Bitcoin and how that might affect the gaming industry, I paused for a…Cryptocurrency3 min read
Nov 12, 2020Lessons from Rock and Roll, Vol 2For tonight’s performance, the role of Napster will be played by Bitcoin Even though I felt like I was one of the ones that ‘saw Napster coming’, I don’t think any of us could have predicted the speed and the totality with which it took over. To me and a…Cryptocurrency4 min read
Nov 12, 2020Betting in the MetaA look at how cryptocurrency gamblers view things a little differently than traditional gamblers and sports bettors. Last time out, we took a brief look at how the people that gamble with crypto think, and more importantly act, differently. Continuing to dig deeper into the mind of the crypto gambler…Cryptocurrency3 min read
Oct 29, 2020Lessons from Rock and Roll, Volume 1Lessons from Rock and Roll, Volume 1 Many people don’t know that before I was in the gambling business, I was in the music business. I worked for Atlantic Records, then in artist management, then later was named the President of an Atlantic subsidiary label. …Gambling3 min read
Oct 16, 2020Why Cryptocurrency Users Aren’t Playing at Your Online CasinoMy guess is you’ve been hearing for at least a couple years about the massive opportunity in the crypto gaming market. I can tell you the opportunity is very real — well into the billions of dollars. But the single biggest learning for me over the past three years spent…Cryptocurrency4 min read