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How an 11-year-old programmer created his own NFT minter
Inspired by the success of Beeple, Miguel Wang created CryptoTigers to generate pixelated tiger images for the Year of the Tiger.
Ningwei Qin
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Opinion Pieces
Where does Singapore’s crypto policy go from here?
Despite Singapore’s reputation as a crypto-friendly hub, the truth is more complicated. Is the city-state purposely keeping out small companies?
Anndy Lian
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Industry Leader Insights
Hyundai Card VP: Crypto’s ‘tulip mania’ stage is passing
Hyundai Card vice president Chung Tae-young said on Wednesday the rise of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and the metaverse is helping crypto to move past the Dutch tulip mania stage. Fast facts “Although there might be ups and downs, it seems cryptocurrencies are passing the ‘Dutch tulip stage,’” Chung wrote in a Facebook post. Hyundai Card, […]
Danny Park
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Opinion Pieces
Ignore the rise of Web3 credit unions at your peril
Today’s consumers are looking for more equitable financial services, writes Sean Rach of hi. Here’s how blockchain can offer a nonprofit banking alternative.
Sean Rach
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Industry Leader Insights
Elon Musk named Time Person of the Year
One of the most influential cheerleaders for cryptocurrency is named Time's 2021 Person of the Year for his work on electric cars and space rockets.
Jeanhee Kim
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Industry Leader Insights
Foxconn’s Terry Gou: mainstream monetary finance could not be decentralized
Terry Gou, founder of Foxconn, which manufactures components for Apple’s iPhone, said Saturday at an event that mainstream monetary finance could not really be decentralized and only an underground economy would adopt cryptocurrency, as reported by Taiwanese local media Economic Daily News. Fast facts Gou later said in a Facebook post — to clarify comments […]
Timmy Shen
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Expert Interviews
Thinking big: Blockchain paradigm shift may upend the social contract
Trust, data privacy and job elimination are some of the challenges that society will face as blockchain ushers in Web3.0, according to Don Tapscott.
Jocelyn Yang
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Expert Interviews
Vitalik Buterin: How DeFi, NFTs and DAOs are building a value exchange layer for Web 3.0
Speaking at the Singapore FinTech Festival, Ethereum’s creator discusses DeFi adoption and why he expects Ethereum’s ‘killer ecosystem’ to grow over the next few years.
Michelle Lim
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Opinion Pieces
Disrupting the status quo: Why the world needs decentralization
The familiarity of centralized systems may feel comforting, but decentralized technologies like blockchain are the wave of the future, writes Corey Petty of Status.
Corey Petty
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Opinion Pieces
Why blockchain is the operating system of the digital age
Blockchain has achieved platform status, writes Don Tapscott of Blockchain Research Institute. Get ready for the ‘trivergence’ that will shake up the world.
Don Tapscott
