Tag: web3

NFT Winter Is Over? One Founder's Bold Claim Challenges Web3 Skeptics

NFT Winter Is Over? One Founder's Bold Claim Challenges Web3 Skeptics

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Alexander Salnikov, co-founder of Rarible, is making waves with a bold claim: the NFT winter is thawing. Headlines overshadow the downturn with decreased trading volumes. Economic headlines trumpet the phenomenon of ‘failed NFT projects’. Salnikov insists adamantly that what we’re witnessing is a transition, not a collapse. A greater emphasis...

Web3's Creative Spark: How Korea's Culture Empowers Emerging Artists

Web3's Creative Spark: How Korea's Culture Empowers Emerging Artists

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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...

South Korea's Digital Culture Poised to Accelerate AI and Web3 Innovation

South Korea's Digital Culture Poised to Accelerate AI and Web3 Innovation

• Web3 Projects

South Korea's unique digital landscape, characterized by its vibrant creator culture and early adoption of new technologies, is ideally positioned to drive advancements in both artificial intelligence (AI) and Web3. The nation has a strong tradition of supporting digital connectivity. Its strong and zealous embrace of blockchain technology provides an...

Web3 & E-Learning: Revolutionizing Education with Blockchain

Web3 & E-Learning: Revolutionizing Education with Blockchain

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Web3 and e-learning will completely change the state of education and education access as we know it. They will address the critical shortcomings of legacy systems and deliver transformative solutions. With the power of blockchain technology, educators and institutions have the opportunity to facilitate learning experiences that are more accessible,...

Web3 E-Learning Revolution: Southeast Asia's Artists Lead the Way

Web3 E-Learning Revolution: Southeast Asia's Artists Lead the Way

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The future of education isn’t determined in a Silicon Valley board room. Rather than coming fully-formed, TED’s next big thing is being built, pixel by pixel, in the innovative studios and creative cities of Southeast Asia. And it's powered by Web3. You might think art and blockchain are strange bedfellows,...

Web3 E-Learning's Dirty Secret: Is Decentralization Really Democratizing?

Web3 E-Learning's Dirty Secret: Is Decentralization Really Democratizing?

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We keep hearing the buzz: Web3 is going to revolutionize education. Decentralization! Democratization! Empowerment! As someone who's spent years digging beneath the surface of shiny new things, I've learned to ask the tough questions. Is Web3 e-learning really making an equal playing field… Or does it just rework the same...

Polygon's NFT Surge: A Glimpse Into Web3's Real-World Future?

Polygon's NFT Surge: A Glimpse Into Web3's Real-World Future?

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Okay, let's talk about Polygon. And even better, what Polygon’s new NFT colonialism is good for. We've all seen the headlines: Polygon overtook Ethereum in weekly NFT sales. Big deal, right? Another crypto flash in the pan? Maybe. I would argue that this indicates a deeper truth. It also signals...

Polygon's NFT Win: Southeast Asia's Artists Get a Web3 Lifeline?

Polygon's NFT Win: Southeast Asia's Artists Get a Web3 Lifeline?

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Is the art world finally becoming democratized? For too long, white galleries and gatekeepers have decided behind closed doors who gets to be seen, who gets visibility and who gets paid. Now, something is stirring. And it’s happening on Polygon.Polygon overtook Ethereum in weekly NFT sales volume recently. $22.3 million...

Web3 and Blockchain Reshape the Future of E-Learning

Web3 and Blockchain Reshape the Future of E-Learning

• Web3 Projects

Web3 technology is impacting the future of e-learning. It liberates itself from conventional constraints, building a more dynamic, responsible, and sustainable educational ecosystem. Its integration into blockchain technology brings six distinct pieces to the table that could fundamentally change how people learn and develop skills. This article will focus on...

Web3's Ticket to Inclusion: How NFTs Can Empower Southeast Asian Artists

Web3's Ticket to Inclusion: How NFTs Can Empower Southeast Asian Artists

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Southeast Asia pulses with creativity. My favorite part is the magic these artists produce on bustling streets of Bangkok. They bring their buzzing creativity to life by painting the peaceful rice fields of Bali. Too often, their voices are silenced, their chances stifled by a rigged structure that benefits insiders...

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 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...

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...

ProCap's Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Bet: Genius Move or Regulatory Minefield?

ProCap’s billion-dollar Bitcoin play, made possible by taking the company public through a SPAC merger with Columbus Circle Capital, is nothing if not audacious. It's a statement. A great big middle finger, I suppose, to the established financial universe. Anthony Pompaliano, Bitcoin bull and crypto entrepreneur. He is taking a...