We stand at a pivotal moment. The groundswell of support for crypto in the new Congress – 250 in the House, 16 in the Senate – isn't just about numbers. It's about opportunity. It's about leveling the playing field for creators, especially those who've been historically marginalized by traditional art...
Meet Aisyah, one of the best batik artists based in Yogyakarta. She puts so much love into her detailed designs but has a difficult time getting the word out to the world. Established galleries often demand high commissions, and global transaction services charge brain-numbing costs. Her vision? To be able...
The smell of potential is thick in the air, right? Blockchain and crypto was once viewed as niche technology. Today, they are taking off quickly in surprising parts of the world—in particular, Southeast Asia. I’ve experienced the hustle and creativity of the artists using NFTs to sidestep traditional gatekeepers and...
Claynosaurz relocating some of its operations to Sui Blockchain isn’t just another blockchain headline. This will be a potential game changer, particularly for up and coming creative talents and developers in the Southeast Asian region. Is this, at long last, the movement we’ve all dreamed of jeering at? Let's dive...
Is Trump’s possible crypto-friendly future a real win-win for all or is it just one more gilded cage, especially for those adventurous, entrepreneurial artists grinding in the digital fields? Because that’s the question we should really be asking.Crypto's Promise: A Level Playing Field?We've all heard the siren song of crypto:...
Hester Peirce's "Floor is Lava" analogy? This declaration is not merely a witty soundbite – it’s very true for developing musicians. Most of them are struggling to make their creative futures in the colorful, underappreciated crusts of South East Asia. The SEC’s regulatory fog isn’t just a theoretical legal discussion,...
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,...
I’ll never forget the first time that we met Nandar in Yangon in 2021. Her lips curled into a smile as she buzzed with excitement explaining her vision. NFTs would democratize the art world in Myanmar, allowing artists to market directly to collectors around the world, without established gallery gatekeepers....
The traditional art world? It's a gilded cage. Gatekeepers, galleries, and opaque pricing structures have artificially created scarcity and decided who was seen and who was never heard. What if that system could be disrupted, not by another app or platform, but by something fundamentally different: a self-writing internet?DFINITY’s Internet...
The Web3 revolution had us believing that decentralization, democratization, and creator empowerment were just around the corner. The good news is that everybody should be benefitting. Look around. It's largely the same players who dominated Web2: Silicon Valley giants, established venture capitalists, and a select group of already-famous artists. The...
