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Australian startup Serenade was one of the most prominent firms in the brief music-NFTs boom, but after the hype cooled it was acquired by Vinyl Group in September 2024. Like many of its peers, the company has also pivoted away from NFTs – a process completed today with the launch of Serenade’s new ‘smart formats’ platform. The focus is now on helping artists and labels sell “physical-digital” products, where fans buy something physical to unlock digital music and content, with the sales often being chart-eligible. Burna Boy mini-cassettes, Craig David lanyards, Mariah Carey clothing tags and a Babymetal magazine cover are among…

Macro investor Raoul Pal said on Wednesday that cryptocurrency’s real significance lies in enabling AI agentic finance, rather than token price moves.‘Exciting’ Unlock For Square SellersIn an X post, Pal argued that tokens going up and down is the “smallest part of what’s happening.”“Money is about to start moving at silicon speed,” the Real Vision CEO said. “Billions of agents transacting with each other, negotiating, settling and running full businesses at a velocity no human system can match.”Pal said that regulatory attempts to control this new economy would be akin to “trying to catch a bullet with a butterfly net.”He positioned blockchain rails…

Gold, silver, crude oil, and natural gas are among the most actively traded commodity derivatives in India. While gold and silver are often tracked during periods of inflation and economic uncertainty, crude oil and natural gas tend to respond to global production levels, inventory data, geopolitical developments, and seasonal demand. Because each commodity reacts to different market drivers, traders require a platform that offers timely market information and efficient execution. Beyond simply providing market access, a good commodity trading platform should enable traders to monitor price movements, analyze trends, and manage positions efficiently. Features such as live market…

Roy Brunke has joined Blacks Real Estate as a Sales Consultant. Photo source: Blacks Real Estate ‍Roy Brunke has joined Blacks Real Estate as a Sales Consultant, bringing decades of experience in commercial print and marketing to the Mackay property industry. Roy recently commenced his new role with the agency and is set to assist clients across the region with the sale of residential and commercial properties. ‍His background in print and marketing is expected to provide valuable insight for vendors looking to effectively present and promote their properties in a competitive market. ‍Blacks Real Estate said Roy’s extensive experience…

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Interest in and sales of NFTs have waxed and waned since the first non-fungible token was minted in 2014. That first one, a piece of digital art called Quantum, a video created by husband-and-wife Kevin and Jennifer McCoy, was registered on the Namecoin blockchain. Inspired by cryptocurrency and sparked by a desire to enable ownership of art in the digital space, Kevin McCoy worked with technologist Anil Dash to create a blockchain-based record of ownership for his artistic creation. The NFT market blew up in the early 2020’s with a flurry of buying and selling driven by demand for…

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) published a new policy program and platform this summer called Workers Deserve More. A committee elected under the group’s 2025 convention rules drafted it, its National Political Committee approved it, and it now stands as the clearest statement of what America’s largest socialist organization wants. Below are the DSA program’s main arguments for socialism, my short responses to them, and links to some of the most relevant evidence.1. “Under socialism, ‘You have no debt. You don’t need health insurance. You don’t pay a mortgage or have a landlord, because comfortable housing is a human…

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This is the third in a series of posts that introduce the thought of historian Martin J. Sklar, as a prelude to a print symposium on his life and work in a future issue of Telos. For a fuller introduction, refer to the head note to the first TELOSscope post. Whereas the first two posts showcased the historian’s engagement with philosophy, this post highlights one of his important contributions to political economy.* Sklar profoundly reinterprets the idea of a “mixed economy,” on the basis of the new concepts of “capitalist investment component” (CIC) and “socialist investment component” (SIC). In so doing,…

What happens when a market moves faster than the systems built to watch it? That question sounds theoretical until you look at the numbers. India’s capital markets have compressed settlement cycles, expanded retail participation severalfold, and pushed algorithmic trading into the mainstream, all within a few years. The infrastructure underneath hasn’t always kept pace. This is the quieter half of India’s capital markets transformation story. Much of the conversation has centered on faster settlement, broader access, and platform modernization. Far less attention goes to whether the risk layer sitting beneath all of it was built for this speed in the…