Promise Or Hype? — Some Notable Crypto Trends

Crypto is everywhere these days. From news to sports-break ads, literally everywhere. It is indeed difficult to not know something or the other about crypto these days. There’s of course more noise than signal. But that is a problem for another day, another time. For now, let’s ask why crypto is everywhere. Hype? Speculation? Gambling? Marketing? What? I’d say it’s all of these and more. Crypto is after all a budding industry and stakeholders are investing heavily in marketing. There’s speculation and hype, as well. And some people are pumping crypto simply to make more money for themselves. But at the same time, there’s tremendous disruptive potential. Denying this would be short-sighted and foolish. Especially if we take into account some of the ongoing trends. Most of them involve Non-Fungible Tokens or NFTs. NFTs can represent almost anything on...