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...
I still vividly recall my first meeting with Anya, in a tiny cafe in Hanoi. She was a wonderful ceramic artist, unable to gain traction to have her work shown and, even more crucially, compensated for appropriately. Traditional galleries took their astronomical commissions, and international transfers were a nightmare of...
Wait, the NFT market crashed last week? Big deal. Headlines are screaming "NFTs are dead!" Again. Been there, heard that. To be frank, it seems like the Western crypto echo chamber just enjoys proclaiming the death of NFTs every other Tuesday. Let me tell you something: they're not dead. They’re...
The U.S. Attorney’s Office is using that authority to combat crypto “confidence scams” exceeding $225 million. That's great. Let's zoom in. Let's talk about the real victims – not just faceless investors, but the vibrant, struggling artists of Southeast Asia whose dreams are being crushed before they even get off...
Let’s face it — the crypto industry is all hype and no substance. Everyone’s an expert, everyone’s got a hot take, everyone’s got their coin that they want to shill. Between the Twitter storms and Telegram pump-and-dumps, a tectonic shift is happening under the surface. Believe it or not, it’s...
Coinbase’s shiny new MiCA license, a passport to the whole of the European Union, is certainly a historic moment. It shouts legitimacy, standardization, and further integration of crypto into the global financial system. Awe, right? A nagging question lingers: What about the rest of us? Specifically, what about Southeast Asia?Europe's...
You might be rolling your eyes. BAYC? Really? Hear me out. I know, I know, Bored Apes—they’re the bad boys of NFT land. Their move to Telegram stickers? It's not just another cash grab. It’s a pretty big deal, artists grinding in Southeast Asia especially should be looking to take...
In collaboration with The Binary Holdings, Hedera has rolled out the engagement platform, a blockchain-based engagement platform, throughout Southeast Asia. This experimental initiative bridges blockchain technology with traditional, mainstream telecom platforms. It opens tremendous opportunities throughout the industry and user community in the state. The technology is embedded natively into...
The crypto world has moved on. Remember the NFT frenzy of 2021? Celebrities were shilling Bored Apes, and the world was sure that digital tulips were the way of the future. Now, it’s all about memecoins. Doge, Shiba, and all the other canine-themed bullshit that comes along in their wake....
Forgotten Playland is an experimental social indie party game evoking a stylized attic atmosphere. On the surface, it would appear to be a universe apart from the dynamic creative sphere of Southeast Asia. Its recent addition of support for NFTs flips the script. This kind of initiative can connect underappreciated...
