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Wert and Ancillary Service Provider, Avata, to Enable Warranty On NFT Purchases

Fintech Finance

Wert , the payment solution provider enabling fiat payments in Web3, today announced their partnership with Avata , an InsurTech service provider and expert in digital asset insurance solutions, to offer customers first-of-its-kind protection for consumers purchasing NFTs on platforms leveraging Wert’s checkout solution.

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Will the AI Hype Die Down or Is It Here to Stay?

The Fintech Times

Particularly since the release of OpenAI ‘s ChatGPT at the back-end of 2022, the world has sat up and taken notice of the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to disrupt all industries in countless ways. In 2021, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) took off in popularity seemingly overnight.

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The global impact of money laundering in 2024

Neopay

billion in cryptocurrency was laundered in 2022, representing a 68% increase over 2021. NFT Money Laundering: In 2021, laundering through NFTs reached $1.377 million, a 231% increase from the beginning of the year. out of 10 in 2022, a slight improvement from previous years. billion between 2011 and 2014.

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SMB Crypto: Should small businesses issue social tokens (or NFTs)?

Fintech Labs Insights

What about NFTs? NFTs are another viable route to encouraging and rewarding membership-powered businesses. It’s working great for the NFTs that capture popular attention ( case in point, Gary Vaynerchuk’s VeeFriends , see note 3 ). NFT owners would actually be MORE protected if they owned the underlying asset.

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Are NFTs the New Kickstarter for Crowdfunding Small Businesses?

Fintech Labs Insights

Note: This is a followup to my first web3 post discussing social tokens (the fungible kind) as well at NFTs. . I recently won an NFT in a raffle promoting a new conference, brilliantly named CEX ( Creator Economy Expo ) by Joe Pulizzi. He calls the NFT, a never-ending ticket, which pretty much explains the primary benefit.

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The future according to Tiger Global Management

CB Insights

Tiger Global has only accelerated its dealmaking in 2022 so far, doing 2 deals per business day — in spite of a rocky few months of lower-than-average fund returns and a broader public-market tech stock selloff. Download the free report to see the investor’s activity across areas like: NFTs and other blockchain-based tech.

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WhiteBIT Surpasses 5 Million Users, Strengthening Its Leadership in Europe’s Crypto Market

Fintech Review

In the past year, WhiteBIT added over 1 million new users, more than doubling its user base since 2022. WhiteBIT , one of Europe’s largest centralized crypto exchanges, is proud to announce it has reached a major milestone, exceeding 5 million users.

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