The TEAMZ Summit 2025 in Tokyo. Ten thousand attendees. Japan loudly declaring itself a Web3 hub. All sounds impressive, right? I couldn't help but feel a pang of disappointment, a sense that a crucial voice was missing: the vibrant, disruptive, and utterly essential voice of Southeast Asia's creative Web3 revolution.Let's...
As someone who’s spent decades diving into the deep end of technology fads, I’ve seen it all, from social media’s early dawn to AI’s current explosion. And believe me when I say that blockchain is the most misunderstood technology I have ever seen. It is no longer only about Bitcoin—it’s...
The cherry blossoms have long since fallen, and the sake consumed. At the same time, the ripples from TEAMZ Summit 2025 are still reverberating with force in the Web3 universe. Some call it a victory. It’s emblematic of Tokyo’s receptivity to a decentralized, self-driving, transit-connected future — old and new,...
A Cold War–era bunker, purchased with crypto, controlled by a DAO. It may read like the prologue to a dystopian film, right? Dead Bruv’s new “Meatbags” NFT initiative is intriguing to say the least. It seeks to buy a 20th century paradigm with 21st century dollars! They’re hawking 100,000 virtual...
The My Neighbor Alice grants program, “The Alice Collective,” is not another Web3 cashgrab. This is potentially a huge game changer. It directs strategic support into the dynamic but under-recognised cultural milieu of Southeast Asia. This is the region that’s bursting with artistic talent and cultural richness. Its potential too...
The Alice Collective's $ALICE grant program: is it a lifeline for struggling Web3 dreamers, or a cleverly disguised trap set against a backdrop of regulatory uncertainty? 100,000 $ALICE tokens may seem like a hefty sum. A golden parachute for developers, artists, and NFT communities ready to create experiences in the...
Let’s face it, the NFT space can sometimes be a bit of a digital echo chamber. All hype, no substance. Today we see the Bored Apes, the CryptoPunks and thousands of derivative projects. To be frank, a lot of it just seems all over the place. That’s when you’re totally...
We're told international cooperation is always good. Regulation is necessary. What if the global push for cryptocurrency regulation is truly just paving the way for a different kind of colonialism? This new colonialism would be again driven by code and controlled by the same concentrated power and money. This theme...
Make no mistake, the story told about crypto is usually one written by the Wall Street wolves and Silicon Valley speculators. Instead, we’re inundated with tales of Bitcoin billionaires and NFT millionaires. Let’s zero in on the tremendous promise of this technology to empower people who desperately need it. I...
Congress is laser-focused on stablecoins. Really? Trade wars are escalating and murmuring of recessionary times are getting harder to ignore. In the background, our elected officials are scrambling to catch up to regulate stablecoins. It strikes many of us as the equivalent of polishing the silverware while the house is...
