Let's be blunt. Yet another Web3 conference, yet another set of promises to decentralize our futures and empower individuals. CoinFerenceX has been drawing attention for all the right reasons, too, due to its glitzy setting in Dubai. It dares to call itself the “first decentralized Web3 event.” Are the hackathons...
Jesse Pollak's retweet. A 20% price jump. Millions in trading volume. Sounds like another Tuesday in crypto, right? Wrong. As artists of Southeast Asia, this is a clarion call. We must act swiftly. ZORA is only the beginning. This is a monumental change in how creators are able to reach...
As a Southeast Asian artist, I tread the slippery digital terrain. In the meantime I continue to watch regulatory battles unfold in the West with growing concern. The recent news of Oregon's Attorney General planning to sue Coinbase on April 18th, mirroring the SEC's previously dismissed case, feels like a...
Is LOL Land, this deceptively complex, totally adorable, browser-based game from Yield Guild Games (YGG) really all that and a bag of chips? Or would it instead open the floodgates to a surge of artistic inspiration within Southeast Asia’s thriving Web3 ecosystem? I understand how this sounds, crazy even, connecting...
Nandar, a beautiful, passionate young artist in Myanmar, uses her imagination and artistic talent to develop rich, complex digital art. She aspires to escape the grip of poverty and hunger via her artistic endeavors. Out of necessity, she stumbles upon the world of NFTs—her ticket to finally getting paid for...
DeFi. Decentralized Finance. Just the name alone pulls you in, promising a song of welcome and acceptance. … revolutionizing finance in a way that is open to anyone with an internet connection. Here’s the thing—let’s get behind the curtain for a minute. Is this promise indeed coming true, particularly for...
To be honest, the NFT ecosystem is often described as a gilded cage. So much hype, so much money, yet who is actually profiting? It can be tempting to be carried off by the dazzling allure of million-dollar sales and celebrity endorsements. We should never forget the artists, the real...
Bitstamp, one of the original crypto exchanges, now getting picked up by Robinhood? It’s not only a great headline, but a real potential pivot point. Never mind the short-term impact on market share and trading volume. I'm thinking bigger. I'm thinking about forgotten voices and the raw, untapped potential bubbling...
The EU’s MiCA regulation has only recently touched down, a heavyweight champion of crypto rules. Over at the pond, something rad is fermenting. With a potential Trump resurgence, we're staring down the barrel of a radically different US crypto policy – one that could inadvertently become a lifeline for Southeast...
The crypto world is holding its breath. Paul Atkins would be the new SEC chair at that point. This change would be nothing short of revolutionary for Web3 — particularly artists from developing economies. Forget the Bitcoin bros for a second. So let’s shine a little more light on those...
