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Crypto Developments Unfold Amid Regulatory Shifts and Market Evolution

Crypto Developments Unfold Amid Regulatory Shifts and Market Evolution

• Metaverse

Taken together, recent news in the cryptocurrency space demonstrates a unique convergence of regulatory attention, market acceptance, and technology innovation. These events point to a maturing landscape, despite some trends that harken back to bygone days of tech industry exuberance.President Trump’s nominee for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has...

Veridas: Pioneering AI-Driven Identity Verification Solutions Globally

Veridas: Pioneering AI-Driven Identity Verification Solutions Globally

• Digital ID

With leading solutions for face, voice and document verification, Veridas is transforming how businesses and institutions validate digital identities are real. Founded a decade ago, the company has grown to 250 employees and operates in nine countries, delivering proprietary technology across multiple sectors. With Veridas, strong security is matched with...

5 Ways Lenders Are Sabotaging the Digital Revolution (And How to Fix It)

5 Ways Lenders Are Sabotaging the Digital Revolution (And How to Fix It)

• Callout

We’re sold on a utopia of invisible commerce, blink-and-you-miss-it convenience and unbeatable protection. Imagine DeFi, imagine smart contracts, imagine a world in which you can purchase a house as easily as you purchase a pizza. While the tech world races ahead, one crucial piece of the puzzle is stuck in...

The Metaverse is Building, But Lenders Are Still Stuck in PDF Land

The Metaverse is Building, But Lenders Are Still Stuck in PDF Land

• Callout

Imagine being able to purchase a piece of virtual real estate in the metaverse with the click of a button. It’s as simple as that! You put on your VR helmet and enter your new pixelated paradise. A few quick presses of your controller and you complete the transaction. Using...

Lenders' Handbook: Is it Time for a Digital Identity Overhaul?

Lenders' Handbook: Is it Time for a Digital Identity Overhaul?

• Writer's Block

The Lenders’ Handbook acts as both an informative resource and compliance manual for conveyancers, setting out how and in what circumstances mortgages will be lent. In a world where digital communication isn’t just a norm, but an essential service, the handbook’s current directive on identity verification seems outdated. This creates...

5 Ways SEC's DeFi U-Turn Will Unleash the Next Crypto Wave

5 Ways SEC's DeFi U-Turn Will Unleash the Next Crypto Wave

• Callout

The SEC’s been leading the regulatory cha-cha with DeFi for years, one step forward, two steps back. In the past few years, it seems like they have actually made the leap to dance with the industry. This ain't your grandma's waltz. This is one of those full-blown raves that’s going...

AIDAv2: Is AI-Powered DeFi Finally Ready for Mass Adoption?

AIDAv2: Is AI-Powered DeFi Finally Ready for Mass Adoption?

• Callout

Picture a financial system that frees you from Wall Street’s grasp. And best of all, it’s available to everyone with an internet connection! If we’re being truthful, the story has been quite the opposite. Jargon-filled interfaces, gas fees that rival a small mortgage payment, and security risks that could keep...

DogeOS and PlaysOut: Genius Move or Just Another Crypto Fad?

DogeOS and PlaysOut: Genius Move or Just Another Crypto Fad?

• Callout

The prospect of DogeOS and PlaysOut is as irresistible as it sounds. A ton of cute mini-games, dangerously infused with Doge cuteness, with rewards paid out in dogecoin? I know, I know, it sounds like a meme-fueled fever dream—but what if it could work? Let’s move past the Shiba Inu’s...

DeFi to Real Estate? Digital ID Is Just The Beginning

DeFi to Real Estate? Digital ID Is Just The Beginning

• Callout

Identity fraud in real estate is skyrocketing. We’re seeing companies like Clear and Forewarn lead the charge here in the US. Over in the UK, fraud is still omnipresent and often even unreported. In this context, digital ID is being positioned as the central solution. I’ll second that it’s a...

Is Africa About to Leapfrog the West in Digital Identity?

Is Africa About to Leapfrog the West in Digital Identity?

• Callout

We've all heard the stories: Africa, unburdened by legacy systems, skipping steps in development. Mobile payments exploded there as the West was still fumbling with checks. Now, a new partnership has me wondering: could the same thing happen with digital identity? Could Africa do the impossible and leapfrog the West...

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5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Remember the early days of the internet? Wild West, right? That’s how DeFi seemed just a few years ago. “Rug pulls” started entering the broader crypto lexicon. That’s starting to change and for the better. We know regulation can be a buzzkill but it’s the only way to find out...

5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol opened the doors to its fast and secure decentralized ID service on June 26. The H token saw its value explode following a successful “Fairdrop” to early users and supporters. The H token, meanwhile, has seen a 40% price surge over the last 24 hours. The flood, of...

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

The crypto world loves a good narrative, and Humanity Protocol's H token is dripping with one: a fairdrop revolution. Yet the promise is unmistakable. We will fight to reclaim airdrops from the arms of the bot armies and restore them to actual, live human beings. The method? Palm scans. Yes,...

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

A billion-dollar valuation for the ability to palm scan? No joke. While everyone’s chasing the next crypto unicorn, I can’t shake the feeling we're blindly galloping towards a future where our bodies are the ultimate key – and the ultimate target. Humanity Protocol’s H token has skyrocketed, partially fueled by...

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

It’s that same sort of exuberance you felt when you first heard about the metaverse. The fulfillment of digital utopia, being in touch with everyone on planet Earth through expansive online metaverses, creating prosperous virtual societies? It sounded revolutionary. Now, look at Horizon Worlds. Clunky avatars, digital tumbleweeds, and a...

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Zuckerberg wants AGI. Personal superintelligence, he calls it. An AI that essentially runs your life. Sounds convenient, right? Maybe. But let's be brutally honest: entrusting the keys to your existence to a single, centralized entity – especially one with Zuckerberg's track record – is a recipe for disaster. Well, it’s...

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

POAP NFTs: Your Digital Ticket to Collectible Memories

Calloutcoin.com aspires to remain at the forefront of the rapidly evolving marketplace of blockchain and crypto. We provide rigorous research on NFT standards, metaverse technology, digital identity solutions and the most recent DeFi innovations. Today, it's time to dive into Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP) NFTs, a unique way to...

POAP NFTs: Your Digital Ticket to Collectible Memories

POAPs Aren't Just NFTs They're the Future of Digital Identity

DeFi might seem like a remote world, but I’ll never forget being at a DeFi conference last year. The typical panicky lunge for registration lines, relatable uncomfortable small talk… but then, wait, what’s this. Rather than needing to keep up with a paper name tag, I simply scanned a QR...

POAPs Aren't Just NFTs They're the Future of Digital Identity