The USPTO is “experiencing a huge surge in trademark application filings,” but Web3 provides a scalable alternative. — Origins of the Patent System Ever since at least 1790 with the passage of the Patent Act, copyright and trademark law has governed the demarcation of property rights of all shapes and sizes. …

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) can help solve coordination problems and build community in cities. — If 2021 was the year of crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), then will 2022 be the year of the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)? Even if DAOs don’t reach maturity in 2022, we can be sure that they will grow in their importance and ability to build community and confer utility.

If 2021 was the year that NFTs and crypto hit social media, 2022 is the year of the reckoning: value-enhancing NFTs. — While blockchain, ranging from the general-purpose technology of smart contracts to Bitcoin for payments, has been around for years, 2021 was largely the year of NFTs and crypto — millions of people heard the terms for the first time, as evident by Google Trends. …

Don’t rely on market exuberance— leverage machine learning and AI to make the most of the Web3 revolution. — We’re in the midst of an NFT boom, but that won’t always be the case. Today, NFTs are being flipped quickly — much like house flipping in the lead up to the 2007–08 financial crisis. Obviously, that doesn’t mean that NFTs are all driven by speculation, just that we need…

New research from CoinGecko reveals what people are thinking and asking. — New research from CoinGecko — perhaps the leading independent crypto aggregator — just discovered and announced the internet’s top questions about NFTs… and their answers! What are people asking? First place: “What is an NFT?” That was searched an average of 948,000 times (each month). Second place: “How do you create an NFT?” That…

Prices might decline, but value is not transient: market sentiment remains optimistic, particularly among builders. — Supply-side Shocks and Bear Markets Anyone can see that the market is down, including many crypto assets. But that’s not surprising — the United States, and the world at large, are facing a wide array of crises and recessions are generally inevitable. The question is not if, but when and how bad. Recessions can lead…

Becoming an expert is a journey, but here are 12 definitions that will help you understand the basics. — It’s hard to know where to start when learning something new. To a large extent, we’re all learning something new in the emerging area of Web3! Broadly defined, Web3 refers to distributed ledger technologies, or DLTs for short. My view is that Web3 technologies fall into three buckets: a) fungible…

Automated market makers (AMMs) have fueled decentralized finance, but they also have several challenges. Here’s how they’re getting solved. — There’s no doubt about it. Decentralized finance (DeFi) has surged since 2021, growing from just over $20 billion to nearly $160 billion as of March 2022, compared with a rise in the total cryptocurrency market from $433 billion to $2.5 trillion over the same period.

The spotlight is focused on art NFTs, but that’s only one use-case. Here’s how small businesses can use NFTs. — Many businesses and big brands have already jumped on the nonfungible token (NFT) bandwagon, including Nike, the National Basketball Association, Pepsi and even Taco Bell. And just a week ago, we wrote about Gucci starting to accept crypto for payment. …