The Cannabis Job Market

In 2025, the legal marijuana industry will employ up to 600,000 full time workers across the United States.  Cannabis is one of the few industries that has significantly grown during the pandemic; in 2020, the industry added 77,300 full time jobs.  That’s 32% year-over-year job growth!   Support for legalization continues to grow.  1 in … Read more

Wu-Tang Clan’s Ticalion Stallion Method Man to Drop ‘Tical World’ NFT Comic Art

Clifford Smith Jr., better known by his stage name Method Man from the rap supergroup the Wu-Tang Clan, announced plans to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) collection called “Tical World.” The tokenized comics and Killa Beez-centric art was designed by the New York artist Alex Smetsky. Wu-Tang Member Method Man to Launch Killa Beez-Centric NFTs … Read more

UK Police Raid Alleged Cannabis Farm, Finds Bitcoin Mining Facility Stealing Power

Police from the UK executed a raid in an industrial unit in the West Midlands county expecting to find a cannabis farm, but instead found a big bitcoin mining facility, that was coincidentally bypassing the controls from the local power utility company to siphon energy from the main grid, stealing thousands of pounds in the … Read more

California Cannabis Chain People’s Remedy Starts Accepting Cryptocurrencies as Payment

People’s Remedy, a growing chain of cannabis stores, has started accepting cryptocurrencies as a payment method, allowing their customers to use them as a fast, easy way of getting their products while taking advantage of the traits cryptocurrencies bring to the table. Unlike other stores, People’s Remedy assumes this symbiotic relationship between cannabis and crypto … Read more

German Cannabis Firm Hedges Bitcoin to Protect from Massive Currency Devaluation

On Tuesday, the cannabis firm Synbiotic SE, a publicly-traded company in Germany that’s listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Xetra, has announced it is leveraging bitcoin to hedge against the euro. Synbiotic’s chief executive officer, Lars Müller explained that the company decided to hedge with the leading crypto asset in order to protect the … Read more