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Samsung Electronics has entered the metaverse by opening a version of its New York City flagship 837X store in Decentraland, a blurring of the line between the physical and virtual worlds. "The Hash" crew chats about the features of this experiential store, such as the Connectivity Theater and the Sustainability Forest, and questions whether the early stage virtual world is ready for mainstream adoption.

Jan 6, 2022

NFT marketplace OpenSea is valued at $13.3 billion after raising $300 million in the latest funding round led by Paradigm and Coatue. "The Hash" hosts examine what this big number says about the broader NFT market and where NFTs go from here.

Jan 5, 2022

Director Quentin Tarantino is launching his "Pulp Fiction" NFT collection despite being sued for copyright infringement by film studio Miramax. "The Hash" team questions how this lawsuit will be a messy case study for other studios who are trying to apply Web 2 copyright laws to Web 3 products. "To the extent that there's valuable intellectual property in the background that people have disagreements over, they're going to want to turn them into NFTs, and those NFTs are going to be legally contentious," co-host Adam B. Levine said. Plus, the team's favorite Tarantino films.

Jan 5, 2022

Meme coin Shiba Inu has launched a beta version of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to give users more authority to decide on crypto projects. Is this an opportunity to participate in governing or just another way to hype up the coin?

Jan 5, 2022

Stablecoin issuer Tether froze over $1 million worth of USDT belonging to a single address. "The Hash" host Naomi Brockwell uses this news to point out "all these stablecoins are freezable at the protocol level." The hosts dive into trade-off risks between centralized versus algorithmic stablecoins like Terra's UST.

Jan 4, 2022

New year, new tax requirements. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is cracking down on payments received through third-party apps like Venmo, PayPal and Cash App to ensure those using these networks are paying their fair share of taxes. These platforms, coincidentally, also allow crypto purchases. "The Hash" crew discusses the issues of regulation, consumer privacy and impact on small businesses.

Jan 4, 2022

LinksDAO sold out a collection of 9,000 NFTs and booked its first $10 million toward buying an actual golf course. “The Hash” team finds the similarity between this story and the ConstitutionDAO project that recently raised $40 million to buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution.

Jan 4, 2022

“I’ve been hacked … All my apes are gone,” an NFT trader posted on Twitter last week, referring to his cache of over $2 million worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.

Jan 4, 2022

Crypto exchange Binance held a meeting with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to clarify an announcement to its users that suggested it could still provide trading services in Canada’s most populous province. The exchange, operating under the umbrella of Binance.US, continues to face hurdles with governments worldwide.

Jan 3, 2022

Big brands continue to hop on the NFT train. Samsung Electronics announced three TV models for 2022 that will enable NFT trading on the set, but "The Hash" team is skeptical of the product. "Smart TVs are notorious for being hackable," Naomi Brockwell says. As major tech corporations continue to build NFTs into their product suite, what will 2022 look like for the industry?

Jan 3, 2022