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DAO Founder Eman Herawy Is On a Mission to Put Arabs on the Blockchain
The Egyptian computer programmer is helping other Arab women enter the web3 industry
Teddy Pahagbia Gives the Metaverse a Heartbeat with Agent0
Biometrics and web3 technology allow the first human to upload his heartbeat to the metaverse
Mark de Clive-Lowe and the Quest to Preserve His Music —and All Music — Through the Crypto-based $BUYBACK Project
An artist’s quest to buyback some of his music from record labels is about much more than owning the rights
Singapore’s Cryptocurrency Reluctance Put in Perspective by Vitalik Buterin: Scenes from the Singapore Fintech Festival
Can regulators be entrepreneurial? That question, and others, was discussed at the main Singapore fintech gathering of the year.
Web3 As a Weird Tech-Driven Hippie Moment, a Sea of Uncertainty and Other Revelations at the ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ Confab in London
Does anyone know anything about where web3 is heading?
Singapore Regulator to Drive Tokenized Asset Adoption at Institutional Financial Firms to Spur Adoption
Singapore is encouraging digital asset adoption that would bypass the traditional banking system
The Nina Protocol Formed More Like a Band Than a Startup and Wants to Leave More Cash and Control With Artists
Coding went from the mundane to fun again once the founders of the Nina Protocol realized what they were on to
Pakistani Villages as DAOs and the Middle Ground Between Hierarchy and Monarchy: Q&A With Gitcoin’s Azeem Khan
Decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, offer a new way of organizing around a common principle, but there are many issues still be worked out.
Collab.Land Founder James Young On Being the ‘Water Pipes’ of the Web3 World
The founder discusses the move to Reddit, Apple’s recent App Store rules and the economic incentives behind token-gated communities
The Phygital Guerrilla: The Blockchain Provocations of Jet Williams, aka Teji
A grab for attention, or an artist pushing the boundaries with NFT and blockchain?
How to Dip Your Toe Into Music NFTs and Allow for Imperfection With Prolific DJ Bergsonist
We caught up with prolific DJ Bergonist at the Sustain-Release festival in upstate New York to hear about her first foray into music NFTs
The Last Things to Leave This Planet: a Study of Cherie Hu and Her Water and Music Project
A broad community effort to repel the TikTok-ification of modern music seeks a fine balance between the old and the new
EthCC Postcard: A Scorching Paris Proves a Thoughtful Backdrop to Ponder web3’s Potential, Marx and the Inexorable Death Clock
A dispatch from Paris as our correspondent party hops, ponders Marx and asks big web3 questions during the EthCC conference
Inside Reblium’s Quest for the Perfect Digital Clone With Founder Mao Lin Liao
Can artificial intelligence and ultra-realistic avatars combine to create a new type of metaverse reality? Mao Lin Liao is finding out.
Bear Market Building, the ‘Right Game’ and Avoiding NFT Stigma: Scenes from the Sandbox Summit in London
Despite the dramatic downturn in crypto prices of late hope was a theme at a recent music-based NFT conference in London
On-Chain Crypto Lender Maple is Hoping Boosted Transparency Can Set it Apart as ‘Black Box’ Projects Fail
Sid Powell hopes that using the transparency of the blockchain to issue loans will set his firm apart from recent failures at Celsius and others
Crypto Halal: Mohammad Abo Jazar Is On a Quest for a Sharia-Compliant Blockchain
A Gaza startup is researching cryptocurrencies and projects in an effort to find the ones that comply with Islamic financial laws
Serenade Founder Max Shand on Taking an Australian Music NFT Marketplace to the Top of the Charts
The founder of the music NFT platform Serenade talks about his journey into the music business and how NFTs should be a fan’s greatest asset
Chia Hock Lai and His Quest to Make Singapore the Metaverse Capital of the World
Chia Hock Lai has had a hand in creating three blockchain and fintech associations all in the hope of making Singapore the metaverse capital of the world