I admit I was wrong on Runes.I thought they were one of the most fun crypto native innovations this cycle in a market dominated by tradfi and macro narratives.Memecoins on Bitcoin? Fungible tokens were supposed to be impossible on BTC and yet they were.Casey, the creator of Runes, said he wanted to bring speculation, gambling and fun to Bitcoin.Not so fun losing money. Maybe the bounce is not coming.But beyond speculation, Runes could have added more fees, more developers and more users to Bitcoin while kee ...

What's your favorite crypto brand, even if it's not the best product?Branding = visual + story tellingMy list:1. Pudgy Penguins - "Spreading good vibes".2. Coinbase - Increase economic freedom. Upgrade the system3. $PUPS / NFTs - Spread world peace4. Uniswap - Pink Unicorn. OG DeFi. Creating a more open and fair financial future5. OKx - Rebranding from OKEX with a great logo and McLaren F1 partnership was a win.6. Milady - The FU, I love you energy that Vitalik & Ethereum needed for $ETH reboot7. Metamask: ...