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Blockchain

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Blockchain’s Billion-Dollar Blunder: How Finance’s Tech Revolution Became an Awkward Evolution

Blockchain was supposed to rewrite finance’s playbook, but costly smart contracts, endless integration struggles, and security fiascos have turned the tech’s promised revolution into a lesson on incremental evolution. Real progress isn’t about replacing banks—it’s about working alongside them.
By Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki
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Proving You’re Human Is Harder Than Ever (But It Doesn’t Have To Be)

As A.I. advances, CAPTCHAs fail and deepfakes proliferate, the internet faces an identity crisis. Blockchain and decentralization could the key to solving it.
By Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki
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The Crucial Role of Blockchain in Data Privacy

The Biden administration's push for digital identity must prioritize decentralization to protect against identity theft and ensure citizen privacy.
By Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki
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Louis Vuitton Is Selling Its Iconic Trunk as a $39k NFT

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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Meet the Platform Selling Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ to Investors for $53 a Share

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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Diana Sinclair and IX Shells to Inaugurate Sotheby’s New Secondary NFT Marketplace

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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Web3 Games Are Huge in Asia, So Why Haven’t They Taken Off in the US?

By Rachyl Jones
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Meta is Reportedly the Latest Social Media Company to Embrace ActivityPub Technology

By Rachyl Jones
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With Mantras, Energy Healers and Quantum Physics, Shara Senderoff Is the Guru of the Metaverse

By Rachyl Jones
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Christie’s Auction House Launches Blockchain NFT Sales With New Platform, Christie’s 3.0

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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Despite an NFT Downturn, Christie’s Just Launched a Venture Fund to Improve Technology in the Arts

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Zoop Avatars

New Platform Zoop Will Offer Tradable NFTs Without the Baggage of NFTs

By James Ledbetter
Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary

Shark Tank’s Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary is an NFT Believer

By James Ledbetter
Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk and VCs Are Arguing About Web3—What Is It and Why Does It Matter?

By Sissi Cao

Nifty Gateway Just Hosted a Stunning $91.8 Million NFT Sale

By Helen Holmes

Christie’s Is Now Accepting Ether in Exchange for Ethereum’s Earliest NFTs

By Helen Holmes

$897 Million in NFT Sales Took Place in July and August, New Report Finds

By Helen Holmes

Walmart, Amazon Seek Crypto Leads: Are Retail Giants Finally Embracing Bitcoin?

By Sissi Cao

Shares in a 1964 Picasso Painting Will Soon Be Available on the Blockchain

By Helen Holmes
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The Hidden Value Hollywood Hopes to Unlock With NFTs

By Brandon Katz

NFTs: The Center of Attention at Sotheby’s Virtual Decentraland Gallery

By Helen Holmes

ARTECHOUSE Founders Tati Pastukhova and Sandro Kereselidze Look Towards the Future

By Helen Holmes

Elon Musk Faces $700 Million Loss After Bitcoin’s Brutal Week

By Sissi Cao

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Has a Solution to Bitcoin’s Environmental Problem

By Sissi Cao
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