The first time you hear about meme coins HOTMOM and IKUN, you can’t help but raise an eyebrow. You may want to do an eyebrow raise, a wry smile or maybe even an eye roll at the sheer improbability. I get it. Considering how speculative the crypto world is, and...
Is Wall Street on the verge of creating unexpected allies in a new generation of artists? It sounds crazy, I know. But hear me out. BlackRock’s new plan to introduce staking to their Ethereum ETFs is a potentially groundbreaking move for crypto investors. It also provides a glimmer of hope...
Coinbase is in the process of cementing its European strongholds as we speak, with France looking like its beachhead. They imagine a future brimming with crypto innovation, economic freedom, and a flourishing web3 community. Is this really a dawn for all artists, or just a strategic land grab for big...
I had the opportunity to meet Sari, a Balinese weaver, during a visit to a blockchain conference in Bangkok earlier this year. She was showcasing her intricate designs, each piece tokenized as an NFT, directly connecting her to buyers globally and bypassing exploitative middlemen. Sari’s story is not unique. From...
Dewi is a Masters alumni and budding Balinese artist. She spends hours hand-drawing elaborate batik patterns, her fingers permanently dyed blue by indigo under the blazing equatorial sun. She dreams of being able to show her art to the world, but galleries are difficult to get into and online platforms...
It’s now clear that Southeast Asia will be the birthplace of Web3’s revolution. Ironically, though, it’s not the venture capitalists or Silicon Valley giants leading this charge. It’s these artists – empowered and protected by AI DApps – who are set to finally be the ones to rewrite the playbook....
The Doodles $DOOD airdrop. It happened. And while everyone's busy dissecting charts and comparing it to Pudgy Penguins (again!), I'm looking at something far more interesting: the potential seismic shift this could trigger for Southeast Asian artists.Airdrop: A Bridge, Not Just Free MoneyLet’s not kid ourselves, airdrops are usually thought...
Even before the pandemic, the art world had begun to feel like a gilded cage to many. Galleries, collectors, and critics functioning as the gatekeepers, the arbiters of taste – determining who was worthy of a public platform and who would die in anonymity. What if there was a crowbar...
The atmosphere was electric at Token2049 in Dubai as Meta Earth dropped their ME Network v2.0 to the world. "Community-driven," they declared. "Decentralized future," they promised. As someone who's spent years working with grassroots movements in Southeast Asia, particularly in Myanmar, I can't help but ask: Is this genuine empowerment,...
Can an ecosystem, whose very foundations are rooted in code and creativity, really free the artistic appetite bubbling beneath the surface of Southeast Asia? Nexchain, with its AI-powered blockchain and DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) governance, for sure lays down the challenge. Yet, is this really all hype, or is this...
