WATCHING TODAY:
1. Putin loves to roll the dice. Ukraine is his biggest gamble yet. WSJ reports the former spy chief’s tolerance for risk is tested as he threatens a ground war unseen in Europe since the 1940s.
2. Most NFTs are more like baseball cards than fine art: Scott Duke Kominers writes collectors aren’t just paying crazy prices for blockchain entries. They’re also buying affordable access to communities and the opportunities that come with it.
3. NYC Mayor Adams will convert his city paycheck to cryptocurrency via Coinbase: The Verge reports he can’t get paid directly in cryptocurrency under US labor law.
4. The eerie, lunar nothingness of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast: NYT writes the stretch of coastline in southwest Africa is a strange and beautiful reminder that, in the end, we are powerless against nature and time.
5. Football, the ultimate team sport, has been distilled to a single position: WP reports these playoffs are a quarterbacking fantasy, thanks to the design of the modern NFL.
