Sam Hamilton, creative director of Decentraland believes that sports is going to be the fuel that powers the Metaverse, saying, “Sports is going to become really big in [in the metaverse] in the next six months.” This may be true. …

Capgemini released its 2022 World Wealth Report on 14th June. Its poll surveyed 2,972 global HNWIs with 54% reporting a wealth band ranging from $1 million to $30 million and 46% reporting wealth of $30 million and over. …

Have you noticed that a significant number of DeFi projects are offering insanely high annual percentage yields (APY), which, of course, look very attractive to investors, especially retail investors, who are those most at risk. There are DeFi protocols that have been built using the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus protocol offering…

The Washinton Post has published an explosive story about the tech giant this week, reporting that Facebook started altering its policies in 2015 to accommodate the Trump campaign for the Presidency. Numerous former Facebook employees supplied the information, which is behind this paywall. Facebook also saw 7% shaved off its…

By Mehran Muslimi on The Capital — Application programming interfaces (APIs) have been around for 20 years, but, as Ron Shevlin points out, just one in five community banks in the USA had deployed APIs before 2020, and they aren’t even on the radar of at least 20% of the banks. Contrast this with Europe, where 97%…

By Mehran Muslimi on The Capital — According to a recent Bloomberg analysis, we can expect bitcoin to return to the heady days of 2016 and hit the $20,000 mark again, writes financial analyst Charles Bovaird. The Bloomberg Crypto Outlook said, “Bitcoin is mirroring the 2016 return to its previous peak. …

By Mehran Muslimi on The Capital — What will the financial sector look like in 2030 after spending the decade challenging the incumbent financial services? Leeor Shimron, a Forbes Contributor, believes that crypto exchanges are poised to capture the growth in this space. To date, crypto exchanges have provided users with a first contact point with an…

Messaging platforms have been in even greater demand in recent months, and it’s likely that you’re using one of them, and it may be WhatsApp. All platforms have been working hard to improve their services, and WhatsApp is no exception. The world’s leading messaging platform now has 8-person video calls…

By Mehran Muslimi on The Capital — The COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be a fertile breeding ground that has brought together disparate groups, including anti-vaxxers and the anti-5G movement, on any platform they can find to share their conspiracy-based views. …