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...
The NFT market is dead, right? That's what the headlines scream. A 93% decline in trading volume since 2021? A 98% project failure rate in 2024? Justin Bieber’s Bored Ape NFT dropping nearly 94% in value? It all paints a bleak picture. Let me tell you something: those headlines are...
I still remember clearly a young Balinese artist whose name was Dewi. She found it difficult to gain visibility and be profitable with her digital drawings beyond her remote village. She’d minted her colorful paintings as NFTs, dreaming of reaching the worldwide crypto market. The gas fees were crippling, and...
Are you tired of feeling like the arts community is a members-only club? All of this can make it feel as though just a chosen few get to party behind the velvet ropes. For most artists in Southeast Asia, that’s been the case. Guess what? Solana is tearing down that...
NFTs. Non-fungible tokens. These digital certificates of ownership that you keep hearing about. Some refer to it as a bubble, others as a revolution. I see something more profound, especially for artists in Southeast Asia: a gateway. A visa for agency, independence, and international opportunity.Forgotten Voices Find Global StageHow many...
We constantly hear about blockchain killing commercial banking as we know it, or revolutionizing supply chains. Yawn. But the real revolution? It's unfolding in the vibrant, often overlooked, corners of Southeast Asia, where blockchain isn't just about money, it's about empowerment. Together, these programs aim to put artists and creators...
Binance is also making waves, cleaning house to open the door to new talent. The “Vote to Delist” program … It’s more than housekeeping, it’s making a big statement. An indication that they’re open, willing, desirous for innovation, for projects that really speak to the future possibilities of this Web3....
