Tag: blockchain

Crypto Regulation Navigates Shifting Sands in Early 2025

Crypto Regulation Navigates Shifting Sands in Early 2025

• Regulation

The first few months of 2025 were tumultuous in the crypto regulation landscape. Experts in law and corporate governance, including Joseph A. Grundfest and Paul Grewal, continue to play pivotal roles as the industry adapts to these changes. As such, their experiences as regulators, academics, and former executives at crypto...

SEC's Crypto Meme Is This the End of Fair Regulation?

SEC's Crypto Meme Is This the End of Fair Regulation?

• Commentary

The Securities and Exchange Commission. The supposed bastion of fair markets. These days, it’s starting to seem more like a Spotify for memes, spitting out… well, memes. That’s precisely the problem. When a regulatory body uses meme culture, it deserves to be interrogated. Are we witnessing a real strategic re-orientation,...

5 Ways Crypto Legislation Could Empower Southeast Asian Artists

5 Ways Crypto Legislation Could Empower Southeast Asian Artists

• Commentary

Southeast Asian artists are in the middle of an unprecedented renaissance. An invisible insurrection, powered by algorithms and imagination. It requires one big catalyst, and that catalyst may just be – wait for it – crypto legislation. I know, this one sounds as riveting as watching grass grow, huh? I...

Might & Magic: Fates – Will Web3 Finally Empower Southeast Asian Gamers?

Might & Magic: Fates – Will Web3 Finally Empower Southeast Asian Gamers?

• Commentary

I think back to a visit to a tiny arts collective in Yogyakarta, Indonesia a few years ago. Fabulous artists were producing beautiful batik creations, but having a hard time keeping afloat financially and making consistent contributions to their communities. They were stuck in a domestic bubble, their growth hampered...

Ubisoft's Web3 Gamble: Will 'Fates' Evade Scrutiny?

Ubisoft's Web3 Gamble: Will 'Fates' Evade Scrutiny?

• Commentary

Ubisoft's latest foray into Web3 with Might & Magic: Fates, in partnership with Immutable, throws down a gauntlet. We’re talking about an awesome free-to-play card game that leverages blockchain technology to provide true digital ownership. This idea is still developing and truly seems like the Wild West! Having full ownership...

Forget Bitcoin, These 4 Cryptos Empower SEA

Forget Bitcoin, These 4 Cryptos Empower SEA

• Commentary

Bitcoin had its moment. It ignited the crypto revolution, no doubt. Southeast Asia doesn’t need another store of value. We need more tools for construction, for creation—instruments to empower the artists and communities that traditional finance has passed over and continues to exclude. Drop the bluster, 2025 is all about...

Web3's Dark Secret: The 4 Cryptos Actually Building A Better Future

Web3's Dark Secret: The 4 Cryptos Actually Building A Better Future

• Commentary

Even hearing the word brings to mind visions of scams, rug pulls and ape JPEGs selling for more than homes. Worse, the media can’t get enough of a good crypto collapse, and regulators are circling like vultures. To be completely fair, much of the criticism is justified. Burying the whole...

Qubetics Emerges as a Promising Crypto with $16.3 Million Raised in Presale

Qubetics Emerges as a Promising Crypto with $16.3 Million Raised in Presale

• Web3 Projects

Adding weight to this suggestion, Qubetics is currently becoming one of the most sought-after new cryptocurrencies, having already raised an impressive $16.3 million in its ongoing presale. The project seeks to make development tools more accessible to any business wanting to explore the Web3 space. With its native token, $TICS,...

Top 4 Cryptos Set to Explode in 2025: Are You Ready?

Top 4 Cryptos Set to Explode in 2025: Are You Ready?

• Facts

The crypto market is a wild beast, perhaps the most lucrative in terms of potential eye watering gains but among the deadliest. Attracting a community is the first step to any cryptocurrency making giant strides in the years to come. Through looking at existing trends, unique pioneering projects, and a...

Gods Unchained Forges Ahead with Web3 Technology

Gods Unchained Forges Ahead with Web3 Technology

• Web3 Projects

Gods Unchained is a blockchain-based free-to-play trading card game that uses Web3 technology to improve its gaming experience. Immutable, co-founded by Robbie Ferguson, supports the card game. Players earn cards and in-game money through gameplay to level up their players.Gods Unchained sets itself apart with a high-summary card structure. It...

Japan's "New Capitalism 2025" Plan Signals Regulatory Embrace of Bitcoin and Web3

Japan is strategically positioning itself as a global leader in digital innovation with its updated "New Capitalism 2025" plan, released on April 13. Taken together, this plan represents a major regulatory turning point event toward welcoming Bitcoin and Web3 technologies. The initiative aims to leverage digital assets to solve social...

ProCap's Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Bet: Genius Move or Regulatory Minefield?

ProCap’s billion-dollar Bitcoin play, made possible by taking the company public through a SPAC merger with Columbus Circle Capital, is nothing if not audacious. It's a statement. A great big middle finger, I suppose, to the established financial universe. Anthony Pompaliano, Bitcoin bull and crypto entrepreneur. He is taking a...

5 Ways MiCA Fuels Europe's Crypto Art Boom While US Stalls

Let’s face it, the crypto art world is booming. It’s a great sign that digital artists are getting their long-overdue recognition. They are establishing tangible careers, reaching audiences across the world in ways we could have never fathomed just years ago. Here's the thing: that explosion is happening much faster...

Crypto Confidence Scams: $225M Seized! Are You at Risk?

The crypto space is teeming with both innovation and opportunity. It obscures terrible risks, chief among them being confidence scams. Just last week, the U.S. government seized another $225 million in cryptocurrency. This is the largest-ever seizure of funds stolen through so-called “pig butchering” scams. In this article, we’ll look...

U.S. Attorney Aims to Recover Millions Lost in Crypto ‘Confidence Scams’

The U.S. Attorney’s Office recently filed a civil action targeting cryptocurrency investment fraud, seeking to recover funds lost by dozens of victims across the country. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro joined other officials in announcing the dramatic action. This action comes in response to more than $225.3 million connected to...

Trump's Crypto Promises Ring Hollow As MiCA Steals The Show

Donald Trump speeding into the crypto lane now has all the makings of a not-so-subtle, last ditch effort to grab votes. He's saying all the right things, promising a crypto-friendly environment, but forgive me if I don't exactly rush out to buy a "Trump Coin" just yet. Words are cheap....

Coinbase Goes EU-Wide: MiCA License Secured in Luxembourg!

Coinbase has received an official Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license from Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This pivotal move allows the cryptocurrency exchange to extend its services across all 27 member states of the European Union, potentially reaching a market of 450 million people. This license puts...