Why the future of Web3 will be more than crypto and blockchain

Why the future of Web3 will be more than crypto and blockchain

Amy-Rose Goodey started out down the bitcoin “rabbit hole” but now believes it would be naive to believe the current iteration of blockchains could form the future of the internet.

  • byDominic Powell

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Crypto merge a win for tech heads but fails key test

Crypto merge a win for tech heads but fails key test

Ethereum has pulled off “The Merge,” a fundamental change in the way the platform operates. While that almost wipes out its heavy carbon footprint it,and its peers,are still searching for a killer app.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Crypto games,and the promise of monetising our leisure time

Crypto games,and the promise of monetising our leisure time

Video games account for as much as half of all blockchain activity,but whether proponent’s big promises come true is yet to be determined.

  • byTim Biggs
‘Lean in to the unknown’ to find your way to a creative career

‘Lean in to the unknown’ to find your way to a creative career

Traditional career pathways aren’t always the way to go,especially when it comes to finding your niche in the cultural and arts sector.

  • bySue White
Researchers develop method to track criminals using cryptocurrency

Researchers develop method to track criminals using cryptocurrency

Researchers have been given a grant to develop software which can track criminals using cryptocurrency to launder money linked to illegal activity.

  • byStuart Layt
Crypto could replace domestic dollars in growing countries:IMF

Crypto could replace domestic dollars in growing countries:IMF

Cryptocurrencies have attracted strong interest in emerging economies. The IMF says that in some nations,crypto could replace the local currency.

  • byShane Wright
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Bonds and bank guarantees get the blockchain treatment

Bonds and bank guarantees get the blockchain treatment

Australia’s biggest banks and tech giant IBM are backing an Australian startup using the building blocks of cryptocurrencies to make paper-backed ban guarantees extinct.

  • byColin Kruger
Bitcoin and beyond:Making dollars and sense of blockchain

Bitcoin and beyond:Making dollars and sense of blockchain

Blockchain underpins cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin,but experts in the sector are now looking at other applications for the technology.

  • byStuart Layt
‘Highly unlikely’:ASX exec rules out further delays for blockchain project

‘Highly unlikely’:ASX exec rules out further delays for blockchain project

The executive now responsible for the highly anticipated CHESS replacement system says it would take a major crisis for it to miss its 2023 deadline

  • byCharlotte Grieve
The world knows her as ‘disaster girl’. She just sold her meme for $640,000

The world knows her as ‘disaster girl’. She just sold her meme for $640,000

After more than a decade of having her image endlessly repurposed as a vital part of meme canon,Roth has sold the original copy as a non-fungible token,or NFT.

  • byMarie Fazio
As bitcoin keeps booming,ignore blockchain at your peril

As bitcoin keeps booming,ignore blockchain at your peril

The early hype around blockchain has died down amid investors’ exuberance around the price of bitcoin. But the technology will ultimately have a bigger impact on the world economy than cryptocurrencies,experts say.

  • byDominic Powell