Recent NFT Activity
This block of updates from today’s Modern Finance newsletter on recent activity around NFTs blew me away.
Here are some fun NFT stats from the last few days:
- @artblocks_io has done 5,570E ($13M) in the last 24hrs, up 401%, primarily driven by @tylerxhobbs Fidenza project
- Two CryptoPunk zombies purchased for 700 & 850 ETH ($1.72M & $2.09M). The next available zombie is 1.23KE or $3.71M. There are only 88 zombies in total
- Gary Vee buys rare CryptoPunk Ape for 1,600 ETH ($3,764,576.17 USD), this triggers a CryptoPunk buying frenzy
- I picked up a badass a 1/1 XCOPY (🏆 grail for me)
I continue to see a lot of potential for NFTs, well beyond just the collectible space. However, it seems that the collectibles are a huge deal on their own.
Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 3, Monday
Weather: Perfect.
- Breakfast at Kerhonkson Diner in Kerhonkson.
- Drive to Bethel, about an hour.
- Woodstock Museum and Historical Site at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
- Drive back to Accord, and found a Road Sign Math winner on the way.
- Dinner at The Egg’s Nest in High Falls.
Jump to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 of Vermont Road Trip.
We are on a road trip and are playing Road Sign Math! Today we found a winner outside of Wurtsboro!
Tyler created a cairn of his own at the site of the Woodstock stage. He even added a little flower to it.`
The original site for Woodstock is just a little bit down the road from the historical marker. The original stage location has several cairns and peace symbols. It was cool to stand in that spot and look towards the hill and imagine 500,000 people! ✌️☮️
While we were visiting the Woodstock site today we took the restored Bindy Bazaar Trail through the trees. I loved Carol Hummel’s crocheted shapes wrapping by trees.
The Magic Bus in the Woodstock & the 60’s exhibit at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
Tammy and I at the official marker for Woodstock from the National Register of Historical Places! This was an incredible place to explore.
Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 2, Sunday
Weather: Brief drizzle in the morning. Clear weather through entire route. Drizzle and very cloudy in Accord.
- 8:25a: Depart Cleveland
- 9:20a: Enter Pennsylvania.
- 9:56a: 1,000 miles on Mazda CX-9.
- 11:45a: Stop in Bellafonte, PA for lunch at Four Ways Pub & Eatery.
- 3:48p Enter New York.
- 4:42p: Arrive Accord, NY.
- Dinner at Westwind Orchard.
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Today we have part two of the drive to get to our first real destination in Accord, NY. 475 miles. Should take around 8 hours. 🛣
Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 1, Saturday
Weather: Slight fog in the morning. Good weather throughout route.
- 5:00am: Up early!
- 5:30a: Mazda odometer is 117 miles.
- 5:59a: Depart! Sunrise!
- 6:25a Enter Wisconsin
- 7:16a: Son Volt “Trace”
- 9:50a: Gas in Madison
- 11:00a: Enter Illinois
- 1:05: Enter Indiana
- 2:00p CT/3:00p ET: Enter Eastern Time Zone
- 4:55p: Enter Ohio
- 7:40p: Arrive in Cleveland!
- 8:30p: Dinner at 3 Palms.
- 9:30p: Delicious Graeter’s Ice Cream.
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Today we “blast off” 🚀 our road trip to Vermont with a 760 mile drive to Cleveland! 🛣
I sat outside for two hours tonight with my book club and now my eyes are burning. The air is very smoky.
We just sent out the Summer 2021 edition of Reading Things! Here in the Real World, Think Again, My Eyes Are Up Here, Klara and the Sun, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Radical Markets. If you enjoy books, check out our family newsletter.
I’ve been following the development of the Playdate for a while. I love all the innovation — including games by season and the crank! The games look like they will be fun to pick up and play. I’ll be pre-ordering on Thursday!
Vermont 2021 Road Trip
A week from today we depart on our summer vacation! We are heading out on a 2-week road trip to Vermont and back with stops in:
We’ll be driving our new Mazda CX-9.
Mazda CX-9 Carbon Edition
We had no plans to be buying a new car right now, but with severe hail damage to our Honda Pilot costing over $23,000 to repair the insurance company decided to total it. We have a road trip coming up so we we needed to get something quick.
We were curious to check out the Kia Telluride but those are impossible to buy without a 6 month wait. I had no interest in the BMW X5 since they haven’t done much of anything with it for years. We looked at another Honda Pilot but that just seemed incredibly boring. Tammy did some heavy research and found Morrie’s Mazda had two Mazda CX-9’s on the lot.
She test drove the Mazda CX-9 Carbon Edition in the morning and liked it. Given our time pressure, she told me to head to the dealership later in the day and if I liked it, buy it.
We pick it up this week. One banner feature for me is cooled front seats. I’ve always wanted that. And oddly this is the first car we have owned that has Apple CarPlay.
Also see list of vehicles.
“Not being busy is a competitive advantage.
Most people are so strapped for time they can’t take advantage of lucky opportunities or quickly resolve unexpected problems.
Maintain a bias toward action, but leave room for the unexpected.” — James Clear, 3-2-1 Newsletter on July 22.
There is a lot of wisdom here. Managing your time, and not being fooled into thinking that business is value, is critical to making progress on the goals that really matter for you. This is true in all aspects of life.