If you've been even remotely exposed to financial news in the last couple months, you've no doubt heard about cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin is the biggest, but there's also Litecoin and Ethereum in the spotlight (along with countless other altcoins). They're all exploding in value right now, and if you feel like getting on this completely ridiculous rollercoaster, the best way to do it is by signing up on Coinbase as their interface is a lot like just using an online bank. However, once you actually have some cryptocurrency, what do you do with it" For a lot of people, the answer is to hold it and watch it (rapidly) appreciate. For others, it's try to actually use your cryptocurrency as a currency, and one of the most hilariously absurd ways to do that right now is by getting involved in the browser-based game which is headed to mobile, CryptoKitties. But what the heck even is CryptoKitties" Basically, it's game of collectable, trade-able, breed-able cats, that all live as smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. This is an unbelievable over-simplification of the whole thing, but that's the best way to compress it into a sentence. For more details, take a look at this video:

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What's truly fascinating about CryptoKitties is you own your digital kitties, just like you might have owned physical trading cards in the past. You can trade them, sell them, buy them, and whatever else you want to do. The rabbit hole on this...