Tag: web3

Liberation Labs Secures Funding to Fuel Web3 Gaming Expansion in Africa

Liberation Labs Secures Funding to Fuel Web3 Gaming Expansion in Africa

• Web3 Projects

Liberation Labs, a provider of global counterparty baking as a service (BaaS) technology, has completed a USD 23.80 million capital increase with several UK funds. This funding round aims to bolster the company's expansion in the African gaming market and support its partnership with NEOM's food company, Topian. This investment...

Is AI-Powered Smart Contract Deployment a Web3 Savior or a Trap?

Is AI-Powered Smart Contract Deployment a Web3 Savior or a Trap?

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We’ve been told for years that AI is going to change the world, and Web3 is no different. AGII, a Seattle, Wash.-based venture thinks it’s found the secret sauce for how you unlock truly scalable blockchain apps. Their innovative piece is the deployment of smart contracts guided by AI. Faster...

AGII's AI: Leveling the Playing Field for Southeast Asian Web3 Artists?

AGII's AI: Leveling the Playing Field for Southeast Asian Web3 Artists?

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Is the future of Southeast Asian art being written in Seattle? It sounds absurd, right? AGII's recent AI integration into its Web3 platform might be the most significant development you haven't heard about. Put aside the buzz of celebrity NFTs; this is truly about democratizing opportunity for artists that have...

US Crypto Boom: Will It Crush Southeast Asian Artists' Web3 Dreams?

US Crypto Boom: Will It Crush Southeast Asian Artists' Web3 Dreams?

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That’s what makes the world of crypto a thrilling adventure! As we sit today, the US is preparing for a steep ascent. Wall Street this week is all aflutter with excitement as Bitcoin climbs. In the background, I can’t help but notice a ball of fear growing in the pit...

Web2 to Web3: Futurum Gaming Partners with Immutable for Easy Onboarding

Web2 to Web3: Futurum Gaming Partners with Immutable for Easy Onboarding

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Futurum Gaming is joining forces with Immutable to make it simpler to jump into the world of Web3 gaming than ever before. Through this partnership, Immutable’s IMX Passport will be incorporated. This feature makes it easy to onboard Web2 gamers into the decentralized gaming universe. This change will help make...

Tokyo's Web3 Summit Ignored Southeast Asia's Creative Revolution

Tokyo's Web3 Summit Ignored Southeast Asia's Creative Revolution

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The TEAMZ Summit 2025 in Tokyo. Ten thousand attendees. Japan loudly declaring itself a Web3 hub. All sounds impressive, right? I couldn't help but feel a pang of disappointment, a sense that a crucial voice was missing: the vibrant, disruptive, and utterly essential voice of Southeast Asia's creative Web3 revolution.Let's...

Web3 and AI Convergence Takes Center Stage at TEAMZ Summit 2025 in Tokyo

Web3 and AI Convergence Takes Center Stage at TEAMZ Summit 2025 in Tokyo

• Web3 Projects

It showcased the power of community as it brought together the best industry leaders, innovators and enthusiasts to dive into the thrilling convergence of #Web3 and #ArtificialIntelligence. The summit was held at the famous Toranomon Hills Forum. It quickly grew to be the essential convening space for conversations, partnerships, and...

Tokyo's Web3 & AI Future: TEAMZ Summit 2025 Highlights & 2026 Preview

Tokyo's Web3 & AI Future: TEAMZ Summit 2025 Highlights & 2026 Preview

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The TEAMZ Web3・AI Summit 2025 is now in the books, but its impact on the global tech landscape will be felt for years to come. The summit, Japan’s largest of this kind ever held, convened world leaders, disruptive innovators, next generation investors, and global companies. Each of them convened to...

Web3's Tokyo Triumph Hides a Dangerous Truth About AI Security

Web3's Tokyo Triumph Hides a Dangerous Truth About AI Security

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The cherry blossoms have long since fallen, and the sake consumed. At the same time, the ripples from TEAMZ Summit 2025 are still reverberating with force in the Web3 universe. Some call it a victory. It’s emblematic of Tokyo’s receptivity to a decentralized, self-driving, transit-connected future — old and new,...

My Neighbor Alice Unveils $ALICE Grants for Web3 and NFT Development

My Neighbor Alice Unveils $ALICE Grants for Web3 and NFT Development

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My Neighbor Alice recently introduced The Alice Collective, a creative space and community for artists. This grants program will help make its virtual universe even better by accelerating innovation and sparking collaboration among the Web3 community. Long term, the Alice Collective will continue providing opportunities for developers, artists and NFT...

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...

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...