OK, the Devs at Chivey Social didn’t exactly greenlight this article when I pitched it in our weekly meeting. But, I’m addicted to puns. And once I got the title, “Don’t Sleep on $YAWN” in my head I was writing this article come hell or Crypto Winter. So here we are. I got my pun in, but now what?
I have a theory about why $YAWN will be huge, but I need you to indulge me before I explain why. Just three or four generations ago my grandfather was saying things like, “Sleep is for the week,” and, “I would rather die than take a sick day.” We all know Boomers – the generation of emotionally stunted alcoholics – didn’t spend a lot of time with self-reflection. Thankfully their kids tortured them with all that free-love hippy bullshit the Boomers despised. That bred the most hated generation in history.
Millennials gave birth to the generation that will probably solve all the screw-ups of the previous generations, Gen Z. It sure as shit isn’t going to be me. It’s a miracle I leave the house on any given day. (FYI, I am writing this from my bed in the tee-shirt and shorts I slept in.) Back to more of my emotional trauma: My grandfather would roll over in his grave if he knew I quiet-quit my last three jobs. Shh, no one tell the Devs at Chivey Social that, please. Pap-pap believed it’s un-American to die any other way than by a heart attack at your desk. Other options he might have accepted would be, yelling at immigrants or in bed with your mistress.
My point is, from the Boomers to Gen-Z the one thing we learned is we all need our sleep. Who loves sleep more than people who want to get rich quick? I mean, tweeting “Wen Lambo,” is practically a full day’s work. So yeah, check out $YAWN. For a project that professes the virtues of laziness they have a lot going on with an active X account, merchandise, NFTs, and staking. If you don’t see an article from me in the next week, I’m probably still here. I’m just shaming my family by doing the minimum required to keep getting a paycheck.
Ben Aronson is a self-proclaimed tech rebel and blockchain evangelist with a vendetta against the status quo. When he’s not ranting about central banks or corporate greed, he’s dissecting code, dreaming of a decentralized utopia, and plotting how crypto can set fire to every outdated institution standing in its way. Equal parts cynic and visionary, Ben writes with a passion for tech disruption and a healthy dose of “burn it all down” energy.