Let’s face it — the crypto industry is all hype and no substance. Everyone’s an expert, everyone’s got a hot take, everyone’s got their coin that they want to shill. Between the Twitter storms and Telegram pump-and-dumps, a tectonic shift is happening under the surface. Believe it or not, it’s...
I think back to the day I first met Anya (name changed), a young, accomplished digital artist who lived in a small village in Cambodia. Her art, bold, colorful, and unapologetically her, reflected her journey, her pain, and aspirations. She released an NFT collection, Beyond Imagination, and left it all...
A digital Wild West. We’ve all seen the gas wars and the emergence of bot armies. It’s a nauseating experience when an insider’s dump derails your investment. Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) of 2017 redux, anyone? It’s a deeply frustrating, more often than not infuriating experience for both digital creators and...
The steppes of Kazakhstan. Solana. Web3. Tokenized real estate. At first glance, just like connecting a dial-up modem to a SpaceX rocket, these two things appear to have nothing in common. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll find a revolution shaking the trees. This exciting movement has the potential to...
Kazakhstan’s wager on Solana may very well prove a masterstroke, or it could start to rip the carefully woven fabric of international crypto regulation. Are we ready for the fallout?Regulatory Arbitrage In The Making?The Solana Economic Zone (SEZ KZ) sounds promising: a blockchain haven in Central Asia, attracting startups, fostering...
For too long, the story of the art world has been told by the lens of Western institutions and aesthetics. Galleries in New York and auction houses in London still control the keys to the kingdom. For better or worse, they determine who gets appeared and who stays invisible. What...
Are NFTs really the future of digital ownership, or just another passing fad? Let's cut through the noise. You’ve read the hype, read the news, perhaps even started to wade in yourself. But before you bet the farm on blockchain art, let’s face it.Too Good To Be True?NFTs promised to...
The flashing lights, the promise of overnight millions, the blanket protections of severe regulation – crypto casinos are on fire right now. We read the headlines yelling at us about all these billions in new revenue, about platforms that are processing insane amounts of Bitcoin. But beneath the surface glitz,...
Whether you’re an established artist, or newcomer finding it difficult to pay the bills in Canada’s ever-growing arts and culture sector… Let’s be real though—the traditional paths are stifling, bureaucratic, and let’s be honest—soul crushing. What if the answer to your funding woes lies within the thrilling, new realm of...
Coinbase waving its newly minted MiCA license like a victory flag, in the manner depicted below, across the EU – awesome, right? Standardized regulations, unified market access. But hold on. Before we pop the champagne, let's ask ourselves: is this a genuine step forward, or just a cleverly disguised race...
