Tag: digitalart

Indonesia's RWA Revolution: 3 Ways Tokenize Indonesia Empowers Artists

Indonesia's RWA Revolution: 3 Ways Tokenize Indonesia Empowers Artists

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Indonesia. A place with a rich history of artistic culture, stunning natural landscapes, and unrealized creative capacity. We’re all familiar with the hard times artists are going through, particularly artists from our countries’ emerging economies. They produce brilliant works, put their hearts and souls into their art, and they continue...

5 Ways India's Crypto Rules Could Ignite (Or Extinguish) Web3 Art

5 Ways India's Crypto Rules Could Ignite (Or Extinguish) Web3 Art

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Meet Anya, a gifted batik artisan from a remote village in Indonesia. For years, she struggled, trying to take her detailed art learnin’ pieces out of her neighborhood. Her income barely sustained her family. Then, she discovered NFTs. Now, collectors everywhere could get her art with the click of a...

Is Trump's Crypto Embrace a Win for Artists or a Regulatory Trap?

Is Trump's Crypto Embrace a Win for Artists or a Regulatory Trap?

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Donald Trump’s unexpected crypto rebirth has the entire internet abuzz — and to be clear, it absolutely should. While Wall Street might be seeing dollar signs, I’m looking at this from a different angle: what does this mean for the emerging artists and creators in Southeast Asia who are increasingly...

OpenSea's Comeback: How They Reclaimed the NFT Throne

OpenSea's Comeback: How They Reclaimed the NFT Throne

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OpenSea, the formerly undisputed marketplace king of the NFT world, began to see increased competition and changing market conditions chip away at its crown. Here’s how OpenSea battled to get its crown back, as explained in this article. It examines how OS2, Solana integration, and settling an SEC investigation are...

NFT Art Renaissance: Where to Discover Digital Masterpieces in 2025

NFT Art Renaissance: Where to Discover Digital Masterpieces in 2025

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The NFT art world has had quite the roller coaster ride lately. What was once perceived as a speculative crypto fad is now solidifying its place as a legitimate form of artistic expression. In 2025, the ecological system for finding and curating premier NFT art is even more sophisticated and...

CloneX's Cloudflare Fiasco: The NFT Wake-Up Call We Needed?

CloneX's Cloudflare Fiasco: The NFT Wake-Up Call We Needed?

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We all saw it: the dreaded black screen. Your prized CloneX NFT may have been a status symbol of your digital life. Now, it’s being overshadowed by a pretty shocking warning about Cloudflare’s Terms of Service. It wasn’t a hack or a rug pull or even an especially glamorous crypto...

CloneX's Cloudflare Fiasco Exposes Web3's Centralization Problem & Artists

CloneX's Cloudflare Fiasco Exposes Web3's Centralization Problem & Artists

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Or, I think back with great enthusiasm to last year, when we interviewed a young, amazingly talented digital artist from Malaysia. So imagine that she had been super excited about NFTs. Finally, she discovered a means of escaping the art world gatekeepers and reaching right past them, directly to collectors....

CloneX's Vanishing Act A Warning Sign For NFT Regulation & Future

CloneX's Vanishing Act A Warning Sign For NFT Regulation & Future

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The CloneX incident – where digital art linked to valuable NFTs briefly vanished, replaced by a stark error message – isn't just a tech snafu. It's a flashing red light screaming: "We need NFT regulation, now."Centralization Kills Decentralization Dream?Think about how you would purchase a home. Then poof – the...

CloneX NFT Art Vanishes! Cloudflare ToS Strike Shakes NFT World

CloneX NFT Art Vanishes! Cloudflare ToS Strike Shakes NFT World

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The NFT space soon learned that relying on decentralized storage solutions must come with caveats. Last week, pictures associated with the widely held CloneX NFT hoard and other Ethereum NFTs from RTFKT simply disappeared. Instead of the digital art they assumed they would receive, they were greeted with an all-black...

5 Ways This Crypto Bill Empowers Southeast Asian Artists, Not Wall Street

Let’s be honest, when you hear about crypto regulation, your first thought probably isn't Southeast Asian artists finding new avenues for creative expression. Surely visions of Wall Street honchos and inscrutable derivatives dance in your head. Well, what if I told you that the Senate’s Banking Committee just released their...

Crypto's 'Light-Touch' Regulation Gamble Will It Protect You?

The Senate Committee’s proposed “light-touch” regulatory framework for crypto is a long high-stakes poker game. Are we all truly holding a winning hand, or are we collectively bluffing our way into a future financial crisis? It’s a question every investor, every innovator, and frankly, every citizen should want to know....

Trump Jr. at KBW2025: Web3's Mainstream Moment?

Donald Trump Jr.’s scheduled keynote address at KBW2025 is raising eyebrows and inspiring intense discussion across the Web3 ecosystem. He’s just a high-profile guy shaking things up in the crypto world. His presence further exemplifies the increasing importance of blockchain technology and its potential to revolutionize the traditional economy. Does...

Trump Jr. at KBW2025: Web3's Punk Rock Moment or Sellout?

Or I think about Nandar, a wonderful Burmese artist that I met in Yangon, sharing with me her latest NFT collection. Each work exploded with vivid imagery, bravely fighting back against the junta’s repressive hold. She began selling them directly to supporters around the world, allowing her to cleverly sidestep...

KBW2025: Is Trump Jr. Web3's Trojan Horse or its Savior?

Donald Trump Jr. at Korea Blockchain Week? It's a head-scratcher, isn't it? About as easy as locating a MAGA hat at a Burning Man soirée. Before we put this down as just another short-lived publicity stunt, let’s take a closer look at what this could IoTally Web3 means. Cynical ploy...

Schiff's Crypto Ban: Is He Protecting Us or Silencing Innovation?

Senator Adam Schiff's proposed crypto ban, the COIN Act, aimed at preventing the President (read: Donald Trump) from dabbling in digital assets, raises a critical question: Is this genuine protection against corruption, or a veiled attempt to stifle innovation, especially for emerging markets? Let's be real, the optics are terrible....

Civitas Goes Immutable: Faster, Cheaper, and Gas-Free Trading!

Civitas is making a massive leap into the future of blockchain gaming, so join us! As an official partner of Immutable’s, our competitive game officially migrated from Ethereum to the Immutable zkEVM. This change will transform the Civitas experience for players all over the world. This new transition brings with...