5 ways the metaverse can help with the climate crisis
The metaverse is no longer a buzzword as more brands and individuals harness the potential of blockchain technology to create new services and reach new audiences. How can individuals and organizations use these new virtual worlds to tackle challenges in our physical world? This ...read more
Is Gucci setting a precedent in accepting ApeCoin as payment?
Gucci has announced that it will be accepting ApeCoin in its stories. This is in addition to 12 other digital assets. The world-famous fashion brand has already carved out a name for itself in the metaverse, experimenting with new NFT collections and partnering with influencers ...read more
5 benefits of web3 gaming
What is web3 gaming? Web3 gaming is decentralized gaming. This means decision making and asset ownership are not controlled by a central authority. Game assets are held by players in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and fungible tokens. These are held in players wallets. ...read more
Crypto Gilraltar will take place September 22 - 24
The Crypto Gibraltar 2022 festival will take place from September 22 - 24. It was the first major crypto event following the pandemic and delivered a fantastic combination of informative discussions, productive networking and banging parties. The distributed festival that takes ...read more
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In a Trusted World with Sebastiaan van der Lans
In June 2020, WordProof and Sebastiaan van der Lans were awarded the top prize of Blockchain for Social Good by the European Commission and with it a whopping €1 million. They beat off 175 contenders from more than 40 countries at various rounds to emerge the overall winner with ...read more
Interview with Peter Burgess, Founder of Crypto Gibraltar
Peter shares what we can expect at Crypto Gibraltar 2022. From merging a metaverse experience with the real world, to sightseeing tours Crypto Gibraltar is set to be a weekend not to miss. Peter and Lisa talk about the importance of bringing the lessons from web2 into web3 and ...read more
Coinbase to offer Crypto to the largest asset manager in the world
Coinbase has announced today that it has partnered with Blackrock, the worlds largest asset manager, to offer crypto to institutional investors. The news was announced on Twitter today. Blackrock's end-to-end investment management platform, Aladdin, will integrate with Coinbase ...read more
Gaming in Web 3 – WAX leading the way
Gaming is now one of the most profitable sectors of the entertainment industry with growth topping $52.7 billion in revenue in 2021 according to the NDP group (1). Within that segment is the hugely popular Play2Earn (P2E) blockchain based games which is growing at an even faster ...read more
Hong Kong University to develop Worlds First Metaverse Campus
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has announced plans to develop the first virtual metaverse campus called Metahkust. In a broad move in support of virtual education, the University will be building a virtual reality classroom that allows all students from ...read more
Interview with Toya Zhang, CMO of Bit.com- Blockleaders
Toya Zhang hails from a traditional communications background in Finance, but in 2015, part of her job involved investigating Bitcoin for a client. She went down the rabbit hole and never looked back. “The whole industry is evolving – from ICOs, IDOs to Web3 and NFTs – I am ...read more
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Could Virtual Reality Police Training be an Easier Way to Train Law Enforcement?
While virtual reality has been helping to transform experiences like shopping or education to be more engaging, this technology is also helping law enforcement. Police departments around the United States are beginning to use virtual reality headsets and programs as part of their ...read more
Zilliqa Partners with Alien Worlds to Expand their Portfolio of Competitive Blockchain Games Ahead of the Launch of Gaming Hub
Zilliqa, a high-performance, high-security, and low fee Layer-1 blockchain protocol, is announcing a partnership with Alien Worlds, the #1 play-to-earn blockchain game according to dAppRadar. The partnership will see Alien Worlds pursue integration with the Zilliqa blockchain via ...read more
Will Damien Hirst destroy his physical art in support NFTs?
Artist Damien Hirst is set to destroy physical works from his latest collection, The Currency. In a passionate account, world-renowned artist, Damian Hirst, expressed his struggle in choosing between physical and digital representations of his art. In 2021, Hirst announced that ...read more
Pangolin DEX launches on Flare
Flare Network, the blockchain that aims to connect everything, has announced its first decentralized exchange on its protocol, Pangolin Exchange. Pangolin is one of the most popular and trusted DEXs on the Avalanche blockchain, with over $15B in total trading volume, 3K token ...read more
Topl Raises $15M Series A Funding to drive social impact initiatives
Topl, the blockchain-as-a-service, BAAS, provider, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The fund was co-led by investors Mercury, Republic Asia, and Cryptology Asset Group. Topl pride itself on being the creator of the world’s only blockchain built to drive impact ...read more
What is a Roblox Avatar, and Why are They Important?
Roblox is one of the biggest online video games on the planet. It is estimated that the game has around 23 million players. Everyone from adults to young children plays the game due to its easy to pick up nature. Roblox, much like TheSandbox and Fortnite, is one of the big ...read more
Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 “OMA3™” to jointly address interoperability challenges of the industry
The leading blockchain-based platforms for the metaverse and Web3 Alien Worlds, Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, Decentraland, Decentral Games, SPACE, Superworld, The Sandbox, Upland, Voxels, and Wivity have formed the Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 (short: “OMA3”) to address ...read more
A New Playroom for Adults with Heather Montgomery
Exploring your sexuality in a safe place has become more difficult ironically in this digital era. It might be argued that people can look online for any number of different interpretations of their sexuality, but in reality, it’s easier to come a cropper as anonymity is often ...read more
Reduce crypto tax in an increasingly regulated market
Let's take a closer look at how to reduce our crypto tax in an increasingly regulated market. In spite of the recent crash, cryptocurrency remains a popular asset across the world. It’s not hard to see why: although there is the risk of substantial losses, many coin traders, both ...read more
NFTs; The New Drug for the Digital Classes with Evan Vandenberg
NFTs, or Non Fungible Tokens, just might be the next gateway drug into all things crypto. NFTs address the critical issue of a digital asset being unique – ensuring provenance and ownership while removing the problem of counterfeits. In essence, NFTs are used to create verifiable ...read more
