Alongside the usual tranches of cash,property,and intangible assets,the balance sheet of ASX-listed DigitalX features one highly unusual addition:216 bitcoin.
As a fund manager with a passion for crypto,Heath Behncke admits the Web3 portion of his portfolio isn’t looking too hot right now.
The Norton Rose Fulbright lawyer is excited about the possible utility these nascent technologies could have for businesses in ways that “don’t involve punting”.
In a space filled with strange terminology,dubious technology and valuable non-fungibilty,how do you convince companies and their customers to dive into the world of Web3?
Having founded $15 billion cryptocurrency Dogecoin,you might not expect Australian software engineer Jackson Palmer to be one of the industry’s harshest critics.
While often seen as the realm of investors,entrepreneurs and engineers,the whirlwind world of crypto and NFTs has started to capture the attention of academics.
Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs say Web3 will be a decentralised utopia. But engineer Geoffrey Huntley is more than a little sceptical.
With billions in VC backing,Leah Callon-Butler believes blockchain gaming will ‘inevitably’ be part of big-name franchises.
If you owned a digital picture of a gold-skinned monkey in a striped shirt and someone offered you $5 million for it,would you sell it?