Tag: web3

Web3's RWA Reckoning: Are Regulators About to Crash the Party?

Web3's RWA Reckoning: Are Regulators About to Crash the Party?

• Commentary

The Wild West days of Web3 are over, folks. We've all been riding high on the promise of decentralized finance, but a reckoning is coming, and it's wearing a badge and carrying a rule book. Yet that reckoning has suddenly turned very squarely toward Real World Assets (RWAs), the touted...

Navigating the Real World Asset Maze in Web3: A Lawyer's Guide to Due Diligence

Navigating the Real World Asset Maze in Web3: A Lawyer's Guide to Due Diligence

• Web3 Projects

Over the past month, Real World Assets (RWAs) have quickly become one of the hottest buzzworthy trends in the Web3 space, filling everyone with equal parts optimism and skepticism. All of these projects have the goal of tokenizing real-world assets and moving them onto the blockchain. Combined, they stitch together...

Web3's DEX Dilemma: Why True Decentralization Still Eludes Us

Web3's DEX Dilemma: Why True Decentralization Still Eludes Us

• Commentary

We're constantly told that Web3 is the future, a utopian landscape of decentralized finance (DeFi) where power rests with the people, not the gatekeepers. Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) are reputedly the bedrock of this revolution, offering unrestricted access to trading and liquidity. Let’s be frank—is this the case for everyone?Centralization Masquerading...

Nike's NFT Fiasco: Betrayal or Growing Pains for Web3?

Nike's NFT Fiasco: Betrayal or Growing Pains for Web3?

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Nike, formerly the poster child for athletic excellence and breakthrough innovation, has met its moment. The new digital world comes with its challenges that the company must face head on. A proposed class-action lawsuit, spearheaded by an Australian resident, Jagdeep Cheema, seeks over $5 million in damages, alleging that Nike...

Mint & Noves Foresight: The Safety Net Web3 Desperately Needs

Mint & Noves Foresight: The Safety Net Web3 Desperately Needs

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Web3. It sold the idea of a decentralized utopia, a world liberated from the gatekeepers of old-school finance. If we’re honest, it’s more like a blindfolded walk through a minefield. Heavy jargon and convoluted, dense code can scare away future users. At the same time, the overwhelming threat of scams...

RTFKT's Glitch Shows Why Web3 Needs Southeast Asia's Resilience

RTFKT's Glitch Shows Why Web3 Needs Southeast Asia's Resilience

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The black screen. That's all it took. NFT holders are left with a chilling digital emptiness. It’s an unfortunate reminder that, even in the most decentralized of cyberspaces, like that of Web3, there are still centralized vulnerabilities lurking beneath the surface. The RTFKT image disappearance wasn’t merely a technical hiccup....

RTFKT's Vanishing NFTs: A $2800 Lesson in Web3's Broken Promises?

RTFKT's Vanishing NFTs: A $2800 Lesson in Web3's Broken Promises?

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Well, your $2800 NFT just became a digital black hole. How does that make you feel? Angry? Defeated? Welcome to the club. RTFKT’s Clone X and Animus NFT images have recently disappeared, leaving just a spooky black screen. This deeply disturbing shift should send shockwaves to anyone who is interested...

RTFKT Transitions to Decentralized Storage Following Image Hosting Disruption

RTFKT Transitions to Decentralized Storage Following Image Hosting Disruption

• NFT Drops

RTFKT, an industry leader in the NFT space, recently announced their development team is migrating their entire storage infrastructure to Arweave, a decentralized storage network. This decision comes on the heels of a mess when a recent Cloudflare outage briefly made the images tied to RTFKT NFTs vanish. The incident...

India's Web3 Future Hinges on Overcoming Crypto Regulatory Hurdles

India's Web3 Future Hinges on Overcoming Crypto Regulatory Hurdles

• Web3 Projects

India has emerged as a significant player in the Web3 space, boasting a vibrant ecosystem of blockchain developers and startups. The nation’s ambivalent approach to cryptocurrency regulation hangs like an anvil over a budding innovation. Yet, Indian entrepreneurs and developers are looking for more friendly jurisdictions. India’s future as a...

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...

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....

Donald Trump Jr. Headlines Korea Blockchain Week 2025

Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) 2025, Asia’s largest and most influential Web3 conference, is returning to Seoul this coming September. The collaborative innovation summit recently announced its second wave of speakers and lead partners. You can expect big names such as Donald Trump Jr., Keone Hon from Monad Foundation, Guy Young...

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 Adopts Immutable Passport for Gas-Free Gameplay

Welcome to Civitas, an exciting new digital universe where players create and lead their own city-states. To make that experience all the more seamless, they’ve recently added Immutable Passport. This transition allows players to shape their civilization's future using augmented reality (AR), on-chain tools, and subDAOs without incurring gas costs....

ProCap's Bitcoin SPAC: A Gateway for Southeast Asia's Untapped Crypto Potential?

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...

Pompliano's ProCap Launches Bitcoin-Focused Financial Firm After $750M Raise

Anthony Pompliano is now in charge at ProCap Financial. This new entity will offer exclusive bitcoin-native financial services tailored to the needs of sophisticated investors. This venture was made possible through a SPAC merger between Pompliano's ProCap BTC and Columbus Circle Capital (NASDAQ: CCCM).ProCap Financial’s first fundraising round was met...