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...
Digital identity. Sounds utopian, right? A future without the annoyance of passwords, where your information belongs only to you. Yet the road to digital paradise is covered with good intentions and a truckload of broken projects. Conveniently, Terminal 3, a colorful new startup from Hong Kong with a mighty $8...
This isn't just another blockchain funding announcement. So much of this story is about real people, real art, and real opportunity blossoming all throughout Southeast Asia. Ika’s strategic investment from the Sui Foundation, alongside the strength of the Sui blockchain, are the backbone supporting this exciting growth. Forget the technical...
It sounds like the future, right? We look forward to an ever more artistically rich future, particularly for the artistic creators across Southeast Asia. That future sounds a bit…shady at the moment. The biggest reason? The Wild West regulatory environment.We hear the cries: regulations kill innovation! I’ll hand it to...
Imagine a world where vibrant Southeast Asian artists, brimming with creativity and cultural heritage, can seamlessly share their digital masterpieces with the global community. Picture this—blockchain technology freed from the overwhelming web of today’s regulations! Rather, it acts as a dynamo for creativity and entrepreneurship. That world is possible, but...
Southeast Asia is an incredibly rich tapestry of vibrant cultures and heritage— full of artistic masterpieces and stories waiting to be told. All too often, these voices are silenced, choked by old gatekeepers and a lack of access to the world marketplace. Web3 provides this radical solution, the opportunity to...
Those same Nintendo 64-style avatars, once considered the embarrassing vestige of a faded Web3 trend, are back in the news. Sales are up 106%. At a time where NFT volume across the entire market is down, this seems like… counter intuitive. Is this return truly an indication that the future...
The Web3 world is buzzing. HackerNoon’s “Startups of The Year 2024” is the world’s largest decentralized startup competition. It includes more than 150,000 participants and has received almost 300,000 votes in the Web3 category so far. So now we’re in this incredible kind of Cambrian moment of innovation in decentralization,...
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...
The NFT art scene has been changing by the minute. Focusing more on the present, a few online platforms have quickly taken the lead in this space, building communities around, curating, and distributing digital art. As we approach 2025, Art Blocks, Feral File, Heft, and Verse are among the leaders...
