Our books and streaming picks, then in This Week in Crypto: markets post-Omicron, crypto acronym quiz, 2021 crypto look-back, the Messari themes for crypto in 2022; and why the metaverse doesn’t mean immersive. Then in This week in NFTs, Apes flipping Punks, we launch a Discord and give away some NFTs; and closing out the year with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk. Best of Books & Streaming The Animal Factory by Edward Bunker (1977) https://amzn.to/3muhO7I Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman https://amzn.to/3yXfJG1 The Windrush Betrayal by Amelia Gentleman https://amzn.to/3HoUMqT Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld https://amzn.to/3H6BNky In the Heights (2021) movie (paid download) https://www.warnerbros.co.uk/movies/intheheights Seaspiracy (Netflix documentary) https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81014008 Amazon series Invincible https://www.amazon.co.uk/INVINCIBLE-SEASON-1/dp/B08WJNBTVY/ The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+ 3 part series) https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/the-beatles-get-back/7DcWEeWVqrkE Rick and Morty, season 5 https://www.adultswim.com/videos/rick-and-morty 2019 movie Always Be My Maybe https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80202874? Links to things we mentioned: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker https://amzn.to/3momE6c The first time Hodl was used: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0 The Messari 2022 Crypto Theses (165 pages): https://messari.io/pdf/messari-report-crypto-theses-for-2022.pdf A 30 min Coin Bureau summary video of the Messari report: https://youtu.be/hXp32pWkwqI Commissioner Hester Peirce on Wild West analogies and crypto: https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/peirce-2021-10-08#_ftn34 Full body haptic suit: https://teslasuit.io/ Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9Fktv2u3vu --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support

This week: Musk of the Year, this Microsoft life, then a crypto plus markets update followed by: could properly regulating stablecoins save the petrodollar? In NFTs: Nike buys RTFKT, Adidas apes into the metaverse, and Bitwise’s NFT Index Fund solves for liquidity. We close out with a return to CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk. Links we mentioned: Elon Musk 2021 Time Person of the Year: https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2021-elon-musk/ Slice: a safe-ish (ceramic) packaging opener: https://amzn.to/3eaqtqY Bitwise launches NFT Index Fund: https://bitwiseinvestments.com/crypto-market-insights/bitwise-launches-blue-chip-nft-index-fund-offering-broad-exposure-to-the-most-iconic-digital-art-collections/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support

This week: EV ownership in 2021 and at least two trends for 2022. Then after our non-sponsor it’s This Week in Crypto with a market update, Crypto 101 and: how decentralised is DeFi? In This Week in NFTs Wagmi-san drops physical goods (hints), and which companies will DAO vs IPO. We close out with a reprise of Shitcoin or Fakecoin. Links we mentioned: LinkedIn article “22 Big Ideas that will change our world in 2022”: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/22-big-ideas-change-our-world-2022-linkedin-news-europe/ Anker USB C Charger, 65W 4 Port PIQ 3.0&GaN Fast Charger Adapter, PowerPort Atom III Slim Wall Charger: https://amzn.to/3pA0rmk Wagmi-san’s NFT shop: https://10ktf.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support

This week back from Slush, Doug and Jonathan cover Deliveroo, the verticality of Crypto, Jack leaving twttr and Square becoming Block. After our non-sponsor we turn to This Week in Crypto with a markets update, plus what does it mean when a dictator and an evangelist are buying the dip? In This Week in NFTs it’s Adidas entering the metaverse with Bored Ape Yacht Club; and we close out with a return to CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk. Links we mentioned: Janet Yellen on CBDCs disintermediating the banking system: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/yellen-says-mind-not-made-up-us-central-bank-digital-currency-2021-12-02/ Auraglow Mysa vintage LED bulb (bayonet): https://amzn.to/3ooYGZW Auraglow Mysa vintage LED bulb (screw in): https://amzn.to/31zIJHf --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support

This week Jonathan and Doug talk nuclear fusion, carbon zero protein, Amazon vs Visa, a Tesla app outage, and inflation. After our non-sponsor we turn to This Week in Crypto including a markets update. In This Week in NFTs, Damien Hirst does a Drake airdrop, Wagmi-san and the floating city of Neo Tokyo. And we close out with Metaverse or Metaworse. Links we mentioned: Carbon negative protein: https://solarfoods.fi/ An FT overview of inflation globally, state of the nations: https://on.ft.com/3dmXHmZ Greenshot open source screen grab tool: https://getgreenshot.org/ The home of Wagmi-san in New Tokyo: https://10ktf.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support

This week Jonathan returns from the diminishing Maldives to find COP26 in full blah. Also, hydrogen and how to decarbonise transport. After a short non-sponsor, in This Week in Crypto, Jonathan and Doug cover: a busy fortnight in the markets and crypto, 13 years since the bitcoin white paper was published, Coinbase as a Service, ETH ATH, and these meme dogs. Also the mayor-elect of New York wants to be paid in bitcoin. In a new segment we look at This Week in the Metaverse and how it diverges from the sci-fi which informed it. In This Week in NFTs, a PSA on hacking by airdrop, EA considers Play-to-Earn, and using NFTs as collateral. And in a format twist, we close out with a segment called Metaverse or Metaworse. Links we mentioned: Michael Liebreich’s Clean Hydrogen Ladder: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clean-hydrogen-ladder-v40-michael-liebreich Regulatory gaps around stablecoins to be patched: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/business/stablecoins-cryptocurrency-regulation.amp.html The Enjin Metaverse Fund: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/123271/enjin-floats-100m-efinity-metaverse-fund-to-boost-nft-marketplace SoftBank invests in Sandbox: https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/02/softbank-invests-93m-in-the-sandboxs-nft-game-platform/ On using NFTs as loan collateral: https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/v7e58j/people-are-taking-out-loans-against-their-nftsand-defaulting NFTfi itself: https://nftfi.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support

This week saw the Pixel 6 and MacBook Pro launch with each event showcasing Google and Apple’s culture in microcosm, HTC photoshopping VR onto stock photos; and our non-sponsor. In This Week in Crypto, an all time high for Bitcoin and the arrival of various ETFs, checking in on El Salvador’s bitcoin deployment, and the US political opportunity after Trump II. In This Week in NFTs, are NFTs dead? Also Sotheby’s Metaverse, an NFT project involving the organic growth of a crystal reef; and we close out with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk. Links we mentioned: Photos physicalised: https://www.whitewall.com HTC and Panasonic photoshopping: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/10/14/22726604/htc-vive-flow-wearable-photoshopped-wearable-models-stock-images Andrew Yang’s Party of Crypto: https://decrypt.co/83967/andrew-yang-bankless-release-nft-support-forward-party --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support

This week: the Queen on green, iron in batteries, how do you solve a problem like Facebook, and dismantling Apple’s beautiful walled App Store. After our non-sponsor, we talk This Week in Crypto, including SEC-approved Bitcoin ETFs, BoE on crypto systemic risk, Jonathan votes in a DAO, and the metaverse of the commons. Then in This Week in NFTs: Coinbase vs OpenSea, Shiboshi gas panic, turning down $9.5M for a CryptoPunk, NFT logins, Proof of Attendance; and we close out with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk. Links we mentioned: Form Energy making multi-day energy storage using cheap, abundant, rusting iron: https://formenergy.com/ The CEO of Form explains how they went about filling a very specific market need (July ‘21): https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-interchange/id1221460035?i=1000530458550 Alternative Form podcast link: Form Energy's Iron-Air Battery for Multi-Day Storage ESS Iron Flow batteries backed by Gates and SoftBank, which SPAC’d last week: https://essinc.com/ Affordable and authentic Japanese meals delivered in the London area (with £3 off using code 63214b): https://www.waso.tokyo/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support

This week we open with Amazon’s new physical store, electrifying classic cars and the Pandora Papers. After our non-sponsor it’s This Week in Crypto with a markets update, rumbles of regulation and a Bitcoin futures ETF. In This Week in NFTs, Jonathan is exiting Top Shots, London is the NFT capital of the world says the FT, CDBs, the seven stages of NFTs, NFTs save proper photography, Pancake Squad drops, and OpenSea competitor Infinity launches. We close out as usual with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk. Links we mentioned: Bloom&Wild with £10 off: https://refer.bloomandwild.com/m/ol/gc6zv-jonathan-tipper London, NFT capital: https://www.ft.com/content/9c5a831f-4c3a-457f-b36e-950ba3a23b80 On Christie’s NFT arm: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/118967/christies-nft-business-is-booming-despite-a-market-lull OpenSea competitor Infinity: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/119887/new-nft-marketplace-takes-direct-aim-at-opensea-with-a-token On leaving Netflix for NFTs: https://kaigani.medium.com/why-would-i-leave-netflix-to-sell-jpegs-on-the-internet-5c20623a76a5 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support

This week is packed: EU cable rules, Doug gets an EV, Amazon’s pet robot Astro, Evergrande, #mintthecoin, and the the possibility of a mid-October economic pileup. After our non-sponsor segment it’s time for This Fortnight in Crypto, covering the China ban, Bitcoin tipping on Twitter, typos at Compound and Bitfinex, Robinhood’s introduction of a real crypto wallet, and El Salvador’s considerable wallet adoption. In This Week in NFTs, Snoop Dogg unmasks, verified NFT identity on Twitter, a Christie’s lookback and we close as usual with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk. Links we mentioned: Cuvva car insurance with a £60 discount for monthly subscription, or £10 off a short-term policy: https://cuvva.insure/umRULvU3Yjb Discount code: UP3W6QB6QB Font marketplace: https://font.community/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support