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Crypto and blockchain-based assets have had an incredibly tumultuous year.  Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is sitting at a 74% drop in price from its all-time highs, and daily OpenSea non-fungible token (NFT) volume has declined 97% from its previous records. Nonetheless, this hasn’t deterred...

Equity crowdfunding is a new industry that has democratized startup investing for everyone. At first, it was often considered a last resort for many startups, meaning only the worst and uninvestable startups were raising through equity crowdfunding. A lot has changed since those days. Now startups...

Elon Musk says it’s more likely than not that you live in a simulation and not a physical universe. In 2021, he reacted to the 49th anniversary of the 1972 tennis video game Pong by tweeting, “49 years later, games are photo-realistic 3D worlds. What does that trend continuing imply...

In today's economy, people are always looking for side hustles. They can be a quick, easy way to supplement your main income and, if it takes off, replace it. It seems a new one is becoming increasingly lucrative: selling in-game items. Selling in-game items isn’t a new concept, but it is...

Virtual reality (VR) might be some of the most controversial technology on the market.  While the technology that goes into making these headsets is groundbreaking, the only thing being shattered is the margins of companies getting in on the VR market. After a pretty rough year for market...

For decades, gaming was built around the single purchase of a game that you played for a couple of years until a new one was released. That model quickly became unsustainable as the cost of developing AAA titles rose into the hundreds of millions. This became a bigger issue with games like Fortnite...

During recessions, the focus tends to be on the worst performers — the biggest names now in the news are Bitcoin and FTX, as their respective prices crash or go bankrupt.  Meta Platforms Inc. and Netflix Inc. have both had terrible years, and many have been happy to kick them...

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook had an estimated wealth of $1.5 billion as of January this year. That made him the 2,083rd richest person in the world, far behind the fortunes of Mark Zuckerberg ($142 billion) and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, with $189 billion to his name.  But...

He was ready to collect $1 million for a day’s work – all without leaving his house. And while the work entailed split-second decision-making and a laserlike focus for 10 hours, the day ahead had nothing to do with high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies or market activity of any kind...

The virtual reality (VR) market has been heating up, with dozens of major players and startups rolling out their versions of the original Oculus.  The clear winner is currently Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) with a reported 90% market share in the VR industry. This is in line with the...

For decades, gaming was built around the single purchase of a game that you played for a couple of years until a new one was released. That model quickly became unsustainable as the cost of developing AAA titles rose into the hundreds of millions. This became a bigger issue with games like Fortnite...

In a surprise paradigm shift, retail investors are landing some of the best terms in the hottest startups. Gone are the days of billionaires and hedge funds getting exclusive access to the hottest startups. Heliogen Inc. (NYSE: HLGN) is a company that got a slew of press for receiving an investment...

Meta’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to employees this week while announcing 11,000 layoffs. The mea culpa comes amid doubts over Meta’s $100 billion investment in pursuing its Metaverse project – an augmented and virtual reality project built on blockchain technology...