While the majority of cryptocurrency exchange (92%) takes place on centralised exchanges such as Binance, Coinbase, and OKX, the remaining volume is exchanged on decentralised exchanges (DEX) that leverage the power of blockchain and smart contracts in their true sense. As an informed investor, it is important to understand the…

Fun fact: Half of the world is active in gaming (~3bn), driving annual revenues of ~$200bn yearly. 🤯 Some estimates suggest revenues might jump to $600bn by 2028. For non-gamers, these numbers are slightly hard to grasp. …

The average YouTuber with one million subscribers only earns US$60k in annual advertising revenue - Antler While it can take forever for an influencer to reach 1 million subscribers on YouTube, the bulk of the ad revenues go to the platform (YouTube in this case). Sadly, the influencers and their…

Shocking - The music industry generates $43bn in annual revenue but only 12% goes to content artists. Universal music group’s yearly revenue in 2021 was more than the earnings of all the artists put together. 🤯 I knew the artists were being run over by record labels and centralised distributors…

Fractional ownership is exploding and driving the next wave of NFT adoption. 💣 I heard the term “Fractional Ownership” for the first time in 2017 when a colleague quit to start a company in the space. I didn’t understand the term much back then. Enter 2022, and the growth of…

The following pointers are based on my experience growing GoPay (the fintech arm of GoJek) in Indonesia. GoPay has consistently been ranked as the #1 digital payments wallet in Indonesia since 2018. Banking activities in emerging markets are moving online at an unprecedented rate. CV19 has accelerated this rate manifold…

The following pointers are based on my experience growing GoPay (the fintech arm of GoJek) in Indonesia. GoPay has consistently been ranked as the #1 digital payments wallet in Indonesia since 2018. Let’s quickly revisit the history of digital payments first:

Intro/Background CV19 has undoubtedly been a dark age for most companies, even more so for startups that rely on more immediate business revenues and growth to sustain or continue raising money. …