Chris Campbell:

I Bought Uranium at a Crypto Conference

At Consensus 2025 in Toronto, I was introduced to a new way of “collecting” uranium: investing in tokenized uranium on the blockchain. You can own uranium like you own Bitcoin. Of course, you can’t redeem the uranium unless you’re a licensed handler. But you can trade it. And it’s the beginning of the emergence of something else: programmable commodities.

The idea? Embed intelligence directly into traditionally static assets—enabling automatic execution, fractional ownership, self-enforcing compliance, transparent tracking, and more efficient price discovery. 

And it's already here. Gold was the gateway. Tokens like PAXG and CACHE let you own real, redeemable ounces of London-vaulted gold—tokens that move at internet speed but are backed by the Midas metal. Silver followed, with similar models.

Electricity is next. Projects like Powerledger provide a way for neighbors to sell solar power directly to each other—no utility needed. Your Tesla’s extra charge? That can become a revenue stream with a few lines of code.

Even your data—biometrics, location, voice—can be wrapped into tokens. Ocean Protocol and Filecoin are turning raw information into a tradeable, stakeable, income-producing asset.

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Ray Blanco:

Breakthrough Stretchy Battery Moves Like Toothpaste and Could Power Pacemakers and Hearing Aids

Scientists say they've created a battery that can stretch and bend without losing power. The discovery paves the way for wearable technology, smart medical devices, and robots with human-like movements.

"The texture is a bit like toothpaste," senior author Aiman Rahmanudin, an assistant professor at Linköping University in Sweden, said in a statement. "The material can, for instance, be used in a 3D printer to shape the battery as you please. This opens up for a new type of technology."

Traditional batteries face a tradeoff between size/flexibility and power. The scientists at Linköping University's Laboratory of Organic Electronics solved that problem by using materials that can hold and conduct negative and positive charges to power devices regardless of their energy demands. The findings were published April 11 in the journal Science Advances.

"Batteries are the largest component of all electronics," Rahmanudin said. "Today they are solid and quite bulky. But with a soft and conformable battery, there are no design limitations. It can be integrated into electronics in a completely different way and adapted to the user."

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James Altucher:

Part 2: How to Write and Publish Your First Book in 30 Days - Frameworks, First Lines, and the Craft of Storytelling

Yes, you really can write and publish a great book in 30 days. In Part 2 of this writing series, I walk you through the actual systems that make it not only possible—but repeatable.

You’ll learn four powerful “meta-outline” frameworks you can use to organize any non-fiction book quickly and clearly. I’ll show you how I wrote Think Like a Billionaire in under 30 days using one of these frameworks, and how authors I know have launched entire careers with similar methods (some even in just three days). 

I also dive deep into one of the most important—but most overlooked—parts of writing a book: your first sentence. You’ll hear legendary first lines from some of the world’s best authors and learn why they work.

This episode of The James Altucher Show is a blend of process and artistry—because writing a great book requires both.

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