Thousands Descend on Miami to Glorify Bitcoin

“Ninety percent of NFTs are going to be worthless,” Mr. Taub warned.

The conversation moved on to Zed Run, a site for buying, racing and breeding digital horses. Ali Spagnola, a popular YouTuber who started selling her paintings as NFTs, asked Roman Tirone, head of business partnerships at Zed Run, how long the digital horses lived.

“The horses never die,” he said.

Satoshi is Black

Down the road at the historic Lyric Theater, a crowd sipped wine at a “Wine, Women and Crypto” gathering. Najah Roberts, a cryptocurrency executive, and Hill Harper, the actor who created an app called The Black Wall Street, explained that investing in cryptocurrency was a key step toward financial freedom and wealth for the Black community.

“They can’t colonize Bitcoin,” said Mr. Hill, who wore a T-shirt referencing the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, which said “Satoshi is Black.”

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/technology/miami-worship-bitcoin.html