Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Monday, February 14th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Turns out Super Bowl ads really do move the needle. Another day, another crypto bug, this one could

have let you create unlimited ether from thin air? See what I did there. Could we see a digital

euro by the end of next year? A couple of super interesting raises, and the curious case of the

missing NVIDIA graphics card. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Well, the cards got shuffled and we ended up getting dealt a bunch of

crypto stories today, so buckle in. Do you ever wonder if ads in the Super Bowl

actually work? You might have noticed there were a ton of crypto ads last night during the big game and, well, it seems they were effective.

Coinbase, FTX, E. Toro and other apps are surging in popularity this morning.

Coinbase, for example, rose from 186 to second in the US App Store after its QR code ad, quoting the block.

FDX owned Block Folio and E. Toro, the investment app, also shot up the rankings after running

ads during the big game.

Coinbase's minute-long ad featured a QR code bouncing across the screen and

invited viewers to participate in a large giveaway with over $100 million in

incentives for the crypto community expected this year.

Coinbase's website briefly experienced issues soon after the ad aired.

FTX's ad featured comedian Larry David,

the two minute video shows David rejecting some of history's greatest inventions from the wheel to a fork to a toilet.

He is ultimately introduced to the FTX app and says, I don't think so and I'm never wrong about this stuff."

End quote.

So if Coinbase's website was even briefly down

after the QR code ad, I guess it was effective.

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