Web3: The Next Generation of the Internet - Trends, Strategies and Insights For The Tech Economy

Budweiser Joins Zed Run In The Metaverse

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Metaverse • 7 min read

Budweiser Joins Zed Run In The Metaverse

Budweiser is building brand assets in the Metaverse & the Crypto Economy: launching an NFT collection, joining a DAO, partnering with Zed Run, a blockchain gaming platform on Ethereum. Will it be worthwhile? Only time will tell, meanwhile, they're learning a lot about tomorrow's digital world.…

Rick Huckstep • 09 Jun 2022

A Rough Week for Bitcoin As Prices Crash Below $30k

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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency • 6 min read

A Rough Week for Bitcoin As Prices Crash Below $30k

Wiser! Essay: Is now the time to buy, sell or hodl your Bitcoin? The price has been on a downward trajectory since late November, then it hit its all time high. Now it has less than half the value. What to do? That is the question.…

Rick Huckstep • 13 May 2022

The Intoxicating Power of Status is Fuelling Growth in NFTs

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Essays and Insights • 10 min read

The Intoxicating Power of Status is Fuelling Growth in NFTs

Wiser! #64 (Premium): NFT prices are being fuelled by Status and Scarcity. It's more than just speculating for a huge pay day, NFTs are about bragging rights. And access to a closed community. Sprinkle a limited supply and, voila, you have a $40 billion market!…

Rick Huckstep • 16 Feb 2022

Are NFTs a Passing Fad? Or the Future of Asset Ownership?

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Essays and Insights • 9 min read

Are NFTs a Passing Fad? Or the Future of Asset Ownership?

Wiser! #62 (Premium): A year ago, nobody outside of the blockchain community had heard of NFTs. A year later, NFTs are a $40 billion industry and the Word of the Year. But is this a passing fad, or an enduring technology that has re-written the rules on digital asset ownership?…

Rick Huckstep • 10 Feb 2022

DeFi, DApps and DAOs; Where the Magic Happens in Web3

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Essays and Insights • 10 min read

DeFi, DApps and DAOs; Where the Magic Happens in Web3

Wiser! #52 (Premium): Part 2 of the Web3 Series looks at the role of nascent decentralised technologies defining the next iteration of the Internet economy.…

Rick Huckstep • 21 Dec 2021

Web3 Versus the Metaverse; Different Journeys to the Same Destination

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Essays and Insights • 11 min read

Web3 Versus the Metaverse; Different Journeys to the Same Destination

Wiser! #49 (Premium): Web3 is everything crypto and the economy that is forming around it; DeFi, DAOs, Dapps, Decentralised, NFTS. It's on the same course as the Metaverse, just taking a different route. In this 2 Part series, I make sense of what's happening and what's next for the Internet.…

Rick Huckstep • 07 Dec 2021

The Metaverse; What it Virtually Means in Reality

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Metaverse • 14 min read

The Metaverse; What it Virtually Means in Reality

Wiser! #45 (Premium): All of a sudden, everyone is talking about the Metaverse. Thanks Meta! In this 2 part series, Part 1 explained what it is and Part 2 looks at what it does.…

Rick Huckstep • 16 Nov 2021

Can El Salvador's #BitcoinDay Be the Saviour of Bitcoin?

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Essays and Insights • 6 min read

Can El Salvador's #BitcoinDay Be the Saviour of Bitcoin?

Rick Huckstep • 10 Sep 2021