After "winning" a prize from the CoinGecko raffle yesterday, I signed up with Gala Games to redeem my NFT puzzle piece (1 of 9). Not really sure what type of game it is, but figured I could learn how NFTs are integrated into entertainment. 

I opened an account with Coinbase in 2014 as part of a promotion to offer $5 in bitcoin to new users. I cashed it out as soon as the bitcoin hit my account. Had I held onto it, the bitcoin would be worth over $1,000 today. 

Because I used an old email address, which I don't have access to any longer, I can't log into my account. I emailed Coinbase and got a "We received your email but are currently busy with an influx of new support requests. We will get back to you in the next few days." That was a few months ago and I haven't received a response yet. 

For that reason, I decided to create an account with Gemini. With 2FA and lots of security, I feel safer using Gemini than Coinbase. How has your experience with Coinbase been?

The entire crypto market has held steadily at $2 trillion in market cap.

Some people are saying that the biggest risk is that the U.S. bans crypto but I think that is highly unlikely. So many institutional investors are invested that the government will feel the pressure to not ban it.

In Coinbase's earnings announcement, they report $122 billion of institutional assets. Incredible.

First Quarter 2021 Estimated Results*

For the first quarter of 2021, the Company currently expects the following as of or for the three months ended March 31, 2021:

• Verified Users of 56 million
• Monthly Transacting Users (MTUs) of 6.1 million
• Assets on Platform of $223 billion, representing 11.3% crypto asset market share
  • Includes $122 billion of Assets on Platform from Institutions

• Trading Volume of $335 billion
• Total Revenue of approximately $1.8 billion
• Net Income of approximately $730 million to $800 million
• Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $1.1 billion

In one month of using Brave, I earned 1.25 BAT (just over USD $1). I don't mind the ads and I like the feeling of being involved in a project early. I hope Brave and BAT become something incredible over time.

Over the last couple days in an effort to figure out how to find my POAP raffle ticket (see prior post), I used an online service called mycrypto.com which is listed as one of the many supported online wallets on Trezor's website; so I felt confident in knowing that it's a legit website.

The interface is rather slick (a little bit too much) and it may be useful for someone that holds a variety of cryptocurrencies. But for someone who only has fewer than five, I think the Trezor Suite is perfectly fine. However, Trezor Suite may not support your cryptocurrency and MyCrypto may. I like the fact that data is not stored on their servers, rather it is stored locally, and users have the ability to easily delete the local data.

I still cannot figure out how to view ERC721 in an online wallet. Please comment below if you know how.