Maya, a young Filipino businesswoman, perches nervously over her computer. When she’s not lounging on the beach, she hustles in a tiny co-working space in Manila. She’s developing a blockchain-enabled, direct-to-consumer agricultural platform that eliminates the middlemen to save consumers money and provide more revenue to farmers. Her moonshot idea...
SoftBank’s Interstellar platform is creating a stir, promising to shake up the digital payments industry with the disruptive technologies of Web3. The audacity is breathtaking: can a blockchain-based system really dethrone the likes of Visa and Mastercard? So, let’s get beyond the hype and focus on the data. And let’s...
The AI revolution and digital transformation is underway, but are we creating a digital dystopia by default? Let's face it: the current AI landscape is dominated by a handful of tech giants, hoarding data and compute power like digital dragons guarding their gold. A new report shows that 97% of...
With SoftBank’s Interstellar platform, that day has finally arrived, and it’s expected to connect the boring world of traditional finance with the wild west of Web3. SBC Pay, their Web3 wallet, is promised to solve all the inefficiencies we now just accept as status quo. It certainly can’t hurt to...
Can one random meeting on a combat frontline really inspire the kind of innovation that would fundamentally change an entire sector? TBD VC came out of a consequential meeting at the Zikim crossing during the Iron Swords War. Picture this — this time, they know they’ll do well. $35 million...
Web3 companies hitting the stock market? Sounds like a party, right? Maybe not. From your barber to your Uber driver, they’re all raving about Web3 IPOs being the next big thing. Suddenly, I feel like I’m surrounded by darting, dangerous high beams, this cacophony of flashing red lights. I’m not...
The crypto winter hasn’t only cooled off portfolios—it’s fundamentally altered the way that Web3 companies across Asia are approaching funding. Forget all those ICO scam—er—enormous fortunes and the enticing melody of SAFTs. The smart money is now eyeing something far more traditional: the IPO.The VC taps have constricted. Global crypto...
A brutal, devastating chapter. But even in the most hopeless times, sparks of possibility are just waiting to catch fire. I never thought that I would see a venture capital fund born from the center of that conflict. It continues to serve today as a great symbol of cutting edge,...
Paris Blockchain Week (PBW) 2025 has come to a close, but the memories of all that innovation are still fresh. I looked past the sponsored parties and the typical “the future is now” proclamations. I went a few layers deeper than the numbers and Twitter threads, honing in on the...
Resolv Labs snagging $10 million in seed funding is more than just another headline. It's a flashing neon sign pointing to the UAE's crypto ambitions. Is it a harbinger of sustainable growth, or a passing mirage in the Mojave? We need to get underneath that data and understand what this...
