The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Webinars & Podcasts Webinar: How China's Belt & Road Initiative is Powering a Green FinTech Revolution Can a new Silk Route for the 21st century serve as a model of sustainable development, and a globally relevant sandbox for critical innovations in renewable energy, digital currency and supply-chain logistics?
Metaverse Ethereum History: Joel Dietz on Metamask, Web3 & the Metaverse Joel describes the metaverse as a bridge into unseen worlds. His previous project was called “vapour”, back when he wasn’t working on ether, ciphers or referencing medieval alchemy.
Metaverse VR History: Jack McCauley on Palmer Luckey, Kickstarter & the Early Days of Oculus Rift McCauley’s work would help to develop USB drivers, kernel mode drivers, the first scrolling feature for a computer mouse, and the Guitar Hero controller
Re*dacted Crypto-Currency Regulation in the GCC: Project Aber & the Remittance Economy COVID-19 massively accelerated the extent to which GCC markets were exposed to crypto-currencies, particularly in the UAE, which for a number of months saw elements of the global crypto-community descend on Dubai
Re*dacted Washington's Interlocutor: Jordan, Syria & the Rehabilitation of Bashar Al-Assad After the historical level of dismay that accompanied the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, it is clear that Washington is intent on more carefully calibrating its relationship with Syria.
Metaverse ‘Eversion’: The Real-World Impact of Virtual Self-Organizing Communities To conclude, metaverse economics may not be limited to the virtual. Rather they may come to influence and perhaps even dominate aspects of the global economy in the distant future
Re*dacted Podcast: Jeftovic on 'Evil Coin' & the Old Monetary Order So this isn’t simply an episode about crypto currency - instead, it’s about how superpowers, citizens, banks, platforms and nation-states are competing to shape the next 100 years of finance.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Webinars & Podcasts Banking Without Banks: How API’s are Transforming Royal Bank of Scotland Is there a future for banking, even if there might not be a future for traditional banks? Has the western banking system truly transformed from a siloed-away dragon to an intra-platform fairy godmother? Have a listen and make up your own mind. Just don’t mention crypto. Or interest rates.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Webinars & Podcasts Is Software Eating the ArtWorld? On Crypto Art and the End of the Academy Can the historic, unregulated and shadowy art market really be tamed by a bunch of dark web crypto geeks? Let’s hope so.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Webinars & Podcasts VC in the UAE: Shorooq Partners & the Digitalisation of the GCC Economy Shorooq is an emerging case study for how VC funding can impact the trajectory of the wider digital and service economy.
Re*dacted Anduril Industries: Palmer Lucky's Journey from Consumer VR to Project Maven & Swarm Drones Anduril, a technology defense company founded by an early creator of virtual reality, is an illustrative example of the extent to which Silicon Valley is assimilating into the political and defense establishment in the United States
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Webinars & Podcasts Archiving Cyberspace: How Blockchain Records & AI Filtration Can Preserve a Digital Era With so much human activity taking place online, archiving the age in which we live has become a challenge. Blockchain and AI can help in developing new data storage standards, selection and search for mega-datasets.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Webinars & Podcasts Webinar: Abu Dhabi Global Market & a 'Digital Sandbox' for FinTech Innovation ADGM had this idea of a Digital Laboratory. This is essentially a completely digital infrastructure we wholly own to allow start-ups to display their APIs and get certified.
