Nasdaq Innovation

This interview with Sam Callahan covers current events, Bitcoin as a game changing technology, how inflation/CPI is a made-up number and more!

Saro McKenna, co-founder & CEO of Dacoco, publisher of Alien Worlds (one of the largest blockchain games in the world), talks about how Web3 and the metaverse are changing the gaming industry, along with the trends shaping the Web3 gaming space.

While traveling across the country visiting Bitcoin meetups, Captain Sidd found Bitcoiners have many things in common, but most importantly, they are all doers.

There are numerous new types of jobs since the internet first gained popularity. Bitcoin will experience a similar growth trajectory as more jobs are created.

When it comes to innovation, understanding consumer needs is key. 

Today’s society is one that runs in great contrast to the past. Events are livestreamed, our phones are connected to an internet that alerts us to news in real time, and patience is only a virtue that lives on in the memories of an older generation.

Play to earn games (P2E) have the potential to become one of the major building blocks for the open metaverse. P2E represents a new gaming business model, which empowers gamers by providing ownership benefits for digital in-game assets.

The secretary of finance and planning commented on the city’s plans to put a percentage of the treasury into bitcoin. Brazil has tax breaks for bitcoin miners.

Through Nasdaq Fund Network, in partnership with Luma Financial Technologies, structured products are becoming increasingly transparent and, as a result, an attractive investment vehicle that can benefit a wide range of investor portfolios. 

Structured products have significantly evolved over the past several years, and providing asset managers with greater transparency into these particular investment vehicles is essential for continued growth and adoption. 

On Tuesday, June 14, the Nasdaq Fund Network (NFN), Luma Financial Technologies, and Morningstar hosted a series of in-person panels to discuss how recent innovations in technical and analytical platforms will continue to drive structured product growth.

That’s why the firm is making a big bet on the metaverse, announcing a $30 million investment this year to build a “collaboration hub” for employees, clients and more that will focus on education, training, events and workshops—and ultimately recruiting.

Climate Impact X (CIX), a global marketplace and exchange for quality carbon credits, will be leveraging Nasdaq’s robust matching technology to power its spot trading platform. The platform will launch in early 2023 for global financial institutions and institutional investors.

The Santa Fe Institute has a history of studying complex adaptive systems. Bitcoin has a deep connection to complexity theory and thermodynamic theory.

The pandemic-fueled rush of digital transformation accelerated the need for cloud adoption while compounding visibility and complexity challenges.

Yesterday was a massive day in the world of self-driving cars or autonomous vehicles (AVs). Cruise, a subsidiary of GM (GM), gave rides in their completely driverless AVs to fare-paying customers in San Francisco, marking the first time that has happened in the U.S.

If we’re going to design truly immersive metaverses, we’ll need help from forward-thinking artists and designers who understand exactly what it takes to make something hyper-realistic but never uncanny.  

The economic model of the metaverse differs significantly from what we currently know and use. However, the change will not be immediate or obvious, and that presents a challenge for business leaders accustomed to making informed decisions. 

By partnering with Nasdaq’s eVestment, the Singapore-based Eastspring is setting itself apart, embracing competitive market data and analysis to properly position its investment strategies and provide asset owners and investment consultants the critical information they require.

We speak with Merav Ozair, Blockchain Expert & FinTech Professor at Rutgers Business School about the differences between Web3 and the metaverse, and how soon they will be integrated into our daily lives, along with the biggest challenges standing in the way of adoption.