Greenwich Melts: Sales consulting firm

Mark Zuckerberg searches for friends in the Metaverse. (Paul Murray/Intelligencer)

Was the Metaverse a Bubble?

March 31, 2023January 2, 2024 Jon Jaehnig AI, Binance, Meta, Sony

Our eye on the markets and the continued question of categorizing crypto. Then we ask whether the Metaverse was a flash in the pan and look at the PS VR 2 launch numbers. Finally, calls to pause AI development and news in brief from Yuga Labs, MetaMask, Ledger, 8th Wall, and more.

Ryan Reynolds reads a commercial written by ChatGPT for his company Mint Mobile. (Mint Mobile)

Crypto Media Web3

Binance to Purchase Voyager plus Ryan Reynolds Reads Ad for Mint Mobile by ChatGPT

January 13, 2023January 2, 2024 Jon Jaehnig Binance, Coinbase, Mint Mobile, Ryan Reynolds, Solana

This week continued and accelerating green in charts have some calling for the end of Crypto’s Bear Market. Meanwhile, the DOJ looks at a major Solana company as the SEC fails to block a Binance acquisition. As Binance looks to buy up more companies, Coinbase looks to lay off employees. Then, Major Marketers use AI, followed by News Briefs from the XRA, Meta, Pico, and Ryan Reynolds reads ad for Mint Mobile.

Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta layoffs in leaked video. (CNBC)

Crypto Media Metaverse

Meta Lays Off More Than 11,000 and FTX Shakeup Tanks Crypto

November 10, 2022January 2, 2024 Jon Jaehnig Binance, FTX, Meta, Tom Ffiske

A crypto company shakeup tanks the market and stirs up the Fed. Meta lays off more than 11,000 people. And industry expert Tom Ffiske quantifies the water level rising over virtual land. Good news? Yeah, we’ve got that, too.