Donald Trump’s unexpected crypto rebirth has the entire internet abuzz — and to be clear, it absolutely should. While Wall Street might be seeing dollar signs, I’m looking at this from a different angle: what does this mean for the emerging artists and creators in Southeast Asia who are increasingly...
Are you sick of hearing about NFTs as the latest get-rich-quick fad? Think again. Because under the hype, there is indeed something truly revolutionary brewing, particularly for artists in Southeast Asia. Forget the tired narrative of speculative JPEGs. This time we’re all about real empowerment. It’s high time we changed...
We're told NFTs are the future. Digital art, proof of ownership, a revolution in how we interact with… well everything. Let’s just take a second and be real with ourselves. Remove all the jargon and the lingo and the hype about how you’re going to get rich beyond your wildest...
The SEC is once again under the sway of the Trump flame. Just as alarming is its partnership with crypto companies linked to such ties to the former president. Regulatory reset, or stepping into the abyss? Industry insiders widely supported it as a significant course correction after what they considered...
OpenSea's back, baby! They’ve reclaimed the NFT marketplace throne, beating Blur, Magic Eden, and OKX NFTs into a pulp. More than 40% of the entire NFT trading volume passes through their marketplace platform. In just the last month, a stunning 70% of wallets made at least one active transaction on...
To be fair, let’s admit, the NFT space has been an up and down adventure. We've seen the hype, the outrageous prices, and frankly, a lot of…well, let's call it disposable blockchain content. Underneath the noise, something significant is brewing: the slow but steady legitimization of NFT art. With that...
We all saw it: the dreaded black screen. Your prized CloneX NFT may have been a status symbol of your digital life. Now, it’s being overshadowed by a pretty shocking warning about Cloudflare’s Terms of Service. It wasn’t a hack or a rug pull or even an especially glamorous crypto...
Sure enough, the crypto winter froze much of the hype found in the NFT space, and to that I say, good riddance. We're finally seeing the dust settle, revealing the true potential: art. Not monkey JPEGs created to pump and dump, but real, challenging art. And within this renaissance, Southeast...
I’ll never forget the first time that we met Nandar in Yangon in 2021. Her lips curled into a smile as she buzzed with excitement explaining her vision. NFTs would democratize the art world in Myanmar, allowing artists to market directly to collectors around the world, without established gallery gatekeepers....
Or, I think back with great enthusiasm to last year, when we interviewed a young, amazingly talented digital artist from Malaysia. So imagine that she had been super excited about NFTs. Finally, she discovered a means of escaping the art world gatekeepers and reaching right past them, directly to collectors....
