From Learning Scientific Communism in the Soviet Union to Pioneering Fintech Entrepreneur – LHV Founder Rain Lõhmus

Rain Lõhmus is the founder of LHV Group, a public financial company listed on the Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange in Estonia. He recently joined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast to talk about his experiences with cryptocurrency ventures as well as the banking business. Rain shared the story of his early days, how he first got interested … Read more

Community-Driven Ecosystem Accelerators ‘A Vital Component of Crypto Funding Mechanisms’ – Elie Le Rest

Large institutions will fully embrace decentralized finance (defi) only when they are confident that their trade counterparties will comply with sanctions and other international laws, argues Elie Le Rest, CEO of Colony Lab. However, Le Rest, also an angel investor, said trade counterparties can still demonstrate their willingness to adhere to rules by implementing gated … Read more

Aleksandr Li: Understanding Pik-Swap and the Hybrid Decentralized Wager Platform

N-PIK is an online gambling platform that utilizes its own PIK token, PLYP token to enable players to join raffles, as well as a comprehensive token-based economy to allow players to bet, wager, and win in the best games of skill and chance. The ecosystem’s platforms are already licensed in Uganda and Kenya. Li Aleksandr … Read more

Exploring the Capabilities of the Cross Finance Ecosystem

Cross Finance is a next-generation digital ecosystem of cutting-edge payment solutions, bridging the worlds of banking and blockchain. CrossFi seamlessly integrates these two pivotal segments of the global economy into a unified ecosystem, offering unparalleled scalability and processing speed of up to 1 million transactions per second through the core of the CrossFi Chain—a modular … Read more

Future AI Models Will ‘Know Users Better Than They Know Themselves’ – Calanthia Mei

The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) models in recent years is contributing to the escalating problem of personal data harvesting, or “grabbing,” by major tech companies, Calanthia Mei, the co-founder of the data marketplace Masa, has argued. Mei, a Web3 builder and investor, asserts that this personal data harvesting frequently occurs without the consent … Read more

Quoth the Raven’s U-Turn: From Bitcoin Skeptic to Believer, Envisions a New Era of Financial Freedom

In a candid interview about his past skepticism towards bitcoin, Chris Irons, also known as ‘Quoth the Raven,’ founder of Quoth The Raven Research, has taken on a transformative journey from doubt to belief in the leading digital currency. During an episode of the “What Bitcoin Did” podcast with Peter McCormack, Irons explains his newfound … Read more

SBINFT’s Jangdeok Ko Links the Surge in NFT Piracy to the Ease of Token Minting

Since Japan designated Web3 as a “national strategy,” an increasing number of traditional companies in the country have either merged or are contemplating integrating their businesses with Web3, Jangdeok Ko, the CEO of the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace SBINFT, has said. Ko conceded however that many of these companies are still in the “trial-and-error stage,” … Read more

Blockchain-Based Loyalty Rewards Foster Brand-Customer Connection, Accelerate Web3 Adoption — Gennady Volchek

Universal loyalty programs can serve as potent tools, not only forging a direct link between a brand and its consumers but also influencing the latter’s shopping behaviour, Gennady Volchek, the CEO of the loyalty rewards app Shping, has said. However, by harnessing the power of blockchain and cryptocurrency, these loyalty programs empower brands to connect … Read more