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Bitcoin's $11B Treasury Race: Is Regulation Creating a Corporate Monopoly?

Bitcoin's $11B Treasury Race: Is Regulation Creating a Corporate Monopoly?

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The Bitcoin landscape is shifting. Public companies are piling into Bitcoin like wild, with a record $11.3 billion in just the past month. GameStop, remember them? They're in the game with 4,710 BTC. And then you have Metaplanet shooting for the moon with a 210,000 BTC treasury. But what's fueling...

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Magic Eden & Sequence: A Web3 Power-Up for Southeast Asian Creators?

It’s the Great Tech Revolution of Our Time… Or Just Another Bubble? For Southeast Asian creators, the answer to that question might just be transformative. Together, Magic Eden and Sequence’s partnership might be the one to finally change that equation.Democratizing Creation - Finally Possible?We’ve all heard these promises of Web3,...

Sequence & Magic Eden: Are We Building a Web3 Monopoly?

The press releases announcing the new Sequence / Magic Eden partnership have only recently started landing on the streets. A feeling of foreboding has begun to settle over the Web3 ecosystem. The idea of easier development, immediate access to distribution and consolidated user experiences all seem tempting. Scratch beneath the...

Crypto's IPO Boom: A Mirage of Legitimacy or Real Financial Revolution?

Circle’s splashy entrance into the public markets, along with rumblings from Gemini and Bullish, seems to herald a new era for crypto: one of audited financials, compliance teams, and maybe, just maybe, mainstream acceptance. Before everyone breaks out the bubbly and calls the revolution over, it is time to hit...

Crypto IPOs: Southeast Asia's Artists Could Be the Biggest Winners

Picture this — a world in which your art is appreciated for more than what is visible. A world where access to funding isn’t an everyday battle and exposure isn’t restricted by industry gatekeepers. This is still far away a dream for most Southeast Asian artists. What if I told...

Web3 Regulation The Shocking Truth No One Wants You To Know

Have we just doomed our golden goose to an untimely end? Never a dull moment in the world of cryptocurrencies and Web3 that is for sure – self-regulation vs. From a consumer door to a technical security one, everyone’s focused on consumer protection, financial stability, and security. Sounds great, right?...

Web3's Ownership Revolution 5 Ways It Can Empower Southeast Asian Artists

Southeast Asia is an astonishing mosaic of humanity, creativity, and the spirit to prevail. Independent artists increasingly find themselves deprived of attention and appropriate payment for their work. That’s because it occurs on platforms that seek to further a pro-Western narrative and algorithms. The exploitative practices and growing centralized control...

Amusnet's NFT Play: A Win for Artists or Just Another Casino?

We can’t risk losing the best new art patronage model because it was just one unlucky roulette wheel turn falsely packaged as innovation. Amusnet is one of the biggest companies on the iGaming market. They are excited to be sponsoring the award for “Most Traded NFT Collection” at the Ortak...

Amusnet's NFT Gamble Will iGaming's Future Be Decentralized?

A huge thank you to Amusnet for sponsoring the < Most Traded NFT Collection > Award! That, or it’s a stroke of genius, or iGaming is just on the verge of getting truly freaky. And as someone who's been watching the blockchain space evolve (and sometimes devolve) for years, I'm...