CrowdConscious - Surfing The Cryptoverse

Image Source Virtual reality continues to be a hot topic in the world of tech as more startups are formed and new technologies see the early days of VR integration. Those of us operating on a day-to-day basis in the cryptocurrency community understand the power of blockchain tech while exhibiting an explosion of startups leveraging VR to raise capital via initial coin offering. However, nothing quite measures up to the uniquely creative virtual platform that  Decentraland  has become along with other innovative projects like CryptoKitties. Digital objects now gain an identity  through blockchain and  other technologies integrating with virtual reality  will allow for a  deeper immersive experience.  One example of a technology which will be able to integrate with VR are projects utilizing the Non-fungible Token (NFT) standard, ERC-721, which is turning out to be quite an interesting development. CryptoKitties  is an example of a Non-fungibl...

This post was originally published on my Medium blog and can be found here . I hope you enjoy and find this helpful! The content below is  heavily built on  this investigative article  from  FinanceFeeds .  For context , the author tells the unfortunate tale of  Social Trading  and its perilous pitfalls as Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) acts as a global regulator  of investment operations, implementing the ‘Iron Fist,’   MiFID II . The story gets interesting when Brokers find themselves under pressure because of the conflict of interest caused by incentive schemes implemented on Social Trading platforms. Social Trading Further Catalyzes the Convergence of Financial Regulation & Technology Social Trading  is really just the utilization of user-generated content as trade signals and wisdom-of-the-crowd to make online investment trades.  Social trading sites  usually  provide their users  with a...