Latest from Leah Callon-Butler
Crypto Twitter’s Misdirected Furor Didn’t Fix the Travel Rule
Following a community uproar, Trezor nixed plans to integrate AOPP, an open-source protocol for proving wallet ownership. The rollback changed nothing and FATF’s travel rule still bedevils users.
Most Influential 2021: Trung Nguyen
The CEO of Sky Mavis, the company behind Axie Infinity, is a reclusive genius. Here’s how the “play-to-earn” phenomenon got started.
Some Filipino Merchants Prefer Payment in Axie’s SLP
Hoping to benefit from the success of the blockchain game, merchants in the Philippines are now accepting Axie’s Smooth Love Potion (SLP) token.
How Axie Infinity Creates Work in the Metaverse
A cute NFT pet game called Axie Infinity is currently raking in more protocol revenue than Ethereum and Bitcoin. Filipinos are benefitting.
Artists Who Now Make a Living Because of NFTs
For artists living in remote parts of the Philippines, the rhetoric of NFT empowerment isn't empty buzzwords.
For Filipinos, Axie Infinity Is More Than a Crypto Game
The popular Axie Infinity "play-to-earn" game has a big following in the Philippines. One local innovation: renting NFTs to other players so they can earn too.
‘There’s a Sense of Vindication’: A NFT Pioneer Looks to the Future
Yat Siu, who invested in Dapper Labs and OpenSea, says NFTs remind him of the early days of the internet, before centralizing forces emerged.
Meet the Woman Behind Cambodia's Moonshot Blockchain Project
The Bakong payments system is designed to end poverty and reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar. Serey Chea is making it happen.
The Pandemic Was Just the Catalyst
Harry Dent predicted 2020's economic upheaval several years in advance. The coronavirus pandemic was just a trigger to a long-term reckoning over public debt, he says.
Will the Next M-Pesa Be a Blockchain App?
A contest for inclusive fintech shows the potential for crypto-related tech to help the world's poor, but also how much it still needs to develop.
