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  • The Stack: Disney Leaves the Metaverse, Should AI Slow Down?

    This week: Disney shutters its metaverse unit after a year, AI and tech experts call for a pause in development... Do AI developers need to push the pause button? An open letter, co-signed by Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and more than [...]

  • How Will Web3 Change Advertising?

    With the advent of new technologies and enhanced user experience, users have become more connected than ever before. Georges Tertois of Eidgensi looks at how Web3 can enhance this shift even further, and what it will offer to advertisers. Nowadays, virtually [...]

  • Japanese Firms Partner to Develop Web3 Infrastructure; Breton Denies EU Favours Telcos over Big Tech 

    In today's ExchangeWire news digest: major Japanese companies to collaborate on Web3 infrastructure; EU chief Breton denies favouring telcos over Big Tech; and the Canadian government becomes the latest to ban staff from using the TikTok app. Fujitsu, Mitsubishi to collaborate [...]

  • “People care about Web3 now.”: a discussion with Ben Putley, Alkimi Exchange

    Web3’s practical applications are already being felt across various industries. From finance and healthcare to education and gaming, Web3 is providing new opportunities for individuals and businesses to communicate, interact and transact. Advertising is no different, and Alkimi Exchange sits at [...]

  • Amazon-One Medical Deal to Proceed Unchallenged; UK Publisher Pilots ChatGPT for News Coverage

    In today's ExchangeWire news digest: the FTC will not challenge Amazon's purchase of One Medical; UK publisher Reach explores ChatGPT's journalistic capabilities; and the Hong Kong government commits HK$50m (~£5.28m) to expand its Web3 ecosystem. Amazon’s purchase of One Medical will [...]

  • Alkimi Exchange launches the world’s first decentralised ad exchange

    Alkimi, the world’s first decentralised ad exchange, has exited beta and is now available for advertisers and publishers to buy and sell inventory through its blockchain-based programmatic platform. The exchange is built on an ultra-fast, scaleable, next-generation Directed Acyclic Graph [...]

  • What Web3 means for e-commerce

    While discussions of the metaverse often centre around future-gazing, virtual reality is already making waves in e-commerce. The metaverse market is expected to grow in excess of USD$60bn (~£48.3bn) by 2026 and big name brands have already made ventured into [...]

  • Blockchain, the Metaverse, NFTs: Making Web3 Work

    In association with Alkimi Exchange While Web3 is on the horizon (if not already upon us), uncertainty about the value of some elements of this new phase of the internet remains. Technologies, including blockchain, NFTs, cryptocurrencies, and the metaverse, have emerged to [...]

  • Musk Seeks USD$3bn for Twitter Debt; ASML Head Calls for “Sensible” Controls on Chips to China

    In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Elon Musk explores raising USD$3bn (~£2.4bn) to pay off Twitter debt; the head of Europe's ASML calls on The Hague for “sensible” controls on chip exports to China; and Injective launches USD$150m (~£121.4m) ecosystem fund. Musk [...]

  • Is Web3 the next phase of the internet - or just a phase?

    Discussions around Web3 have really picked up pace. Whether it's just dipping their toes in blockchain, or taking the plunge into the metaverse, many brands and advertisers have started to take the opportunities seriously. The medium’s most ardent supporters tout [...]