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Solana: Crypto That Expands Opportunity

Ken Leiserson
October 17
The SEC recently chose not to label Bitcoin and Ethereum securities, leaving two clear paths exist for establishing a legal blockchain tokens: fair-launch (like Bitcoin mining); and decentralizing control over time (like Ethereum). Current US law makes it impossible to follow the Ethereum path because coin offerings are illegal. The standard venture capital equity raise model notwithstanding, this leaves zero investment as only other legal path start a cryptocurrency.

Digital Asset Companies

Ken Leiserson
October 03
Jotting down some notes about how NFT companies can leverage the value of their brand and treasuries to create more value for the holders of the art. Multiple ways to use NFT’s in the crypto space:
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Unlock Something New

Ken Leiserson
October 03
The best technology breakthroughs are more than business productivity or consumer conveniences. They connect people to a larger vision, a world of possibility and their best selves. The best products in these categories are beautiful as well, artistic. Airplanes, Lighting, Computer graphics, the Internet, and so forth.
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About

Ken Leiserson
January 07
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Data Mining for Car Revenue

Ken Leiserson
December 26
We all know cars depreciate (lose value) as they age and that new cars have a serious drop in value as soon as we drive off the dealership lot. True, but incomplete. How they depreciate matters, and there could be more money at stake than you think.
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Car Futures Markets

Ken Leiserson
December 26
This article builds on the car-tickers article, as part of a short series of business cases for the car market uniquely solved by smart-contract technology. US consumers benefit from lower costs when more sophisticated financial tools are used to support an industry, and financial efficiency then typically unlocks more innovation.
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Car-Ticker Price Network

Ken Leiserson
November 11
A new, nationwide, credibly neutral car price feed enabled by blockchain, and built for business.
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Impatient Pig

Ken Leiserson
November 11
Has the world on a string and doesn’t want to take a loss, so goes full degenerate. Inexplicable and inexcusable. Oink!