Remember the loot box craze? Think back to when you spent actual, hard-earned dollars for a chance to win something really cool in a game. Then voíla, you just created a virtual mountain of digital trash! Welcome to the gaming industry in 2023 – a rigged casino masked as recreation....
This Web3 world promised us a great reset, a digital utopia where creators are better compensated and players actually own their in-game assets. Instead, we were pitched the promise of decentralized platforms, open metaverses, and a future where we wouldn’t suffer under the thumbs of evil gaming monopolies. A shadow...
Now picture spending thousands of hours, perhaps thousands of dollars, building up your character in a Virtual World. You've got the best gear, the rarest skins, you're a legend. Then, the company shuts down the servers. Poof. All gone. That's the reality of Web2 gaming, and frankly, it's highway robbery....
Just the other day, I was talking to this super talented indie game artist, Sarah. She invested herself emotionally and spiritually into developing full collections of character skins for an exhilarating new blockchain based game. She had been promised a cut of every secondary sale, a royalty, a lifeline for...
Litecoin. It’s been around as long as cryptocurrency itself – usually playing second fiddle to Bitcoin. Something's brewing. Forget the technical charts for a second. A Litecoin breakout isn't just about price. It's about something far bigger: a victory for the little guy, a punch in the gut to centralized...
Litecoin. The silver to Bitcoin's gold. It’s one of those that have been around so long it’s easy to forget in crypto years. Its recent technical setup hints at something bigger: a potential altcoin season. For South Asian investors, who have historically been marginalized by traditional corporate and financial systems,...
FIFA’s going all-in on the Ethereum ecosystem with its own blockchain. But beneath the shiny veneer of improved user experience and enhanced scalability, lies a crucial question: can this move actually fix the broken NFT royalty system, or is it just another punt in the dark?NFT Royalties: A Broken Promise?Let’s...
Okay, let's be honest. When you heard FIFA was launching its own blockchain, your first thought probably wasn't, "Wow, this is going to revolutionize fan engagement!" Or more probably it was closer to, “Wonderful, just what we need—another direct, top-down, centralized power grab. I get it. FIFA’s not exactly the...
Crypto. The term itself is enough to inspire visions of stampeding bulls, plummeting bears and perhaps a Shiba Inu or two. We’ve all heard the horn toots, the selfies with stacks of cash, and seen the scams and shams. But scratch beneath the surface of the get-rich-quick schemes and you'll...