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The New Stablecoin Legislation and Why Museums Should Care
Today’s post exemplifies the service the Center for the Future of Museums provides to the museum people: helping you stay abreast of emerging trends, understand the implications of significant events (in this case, legislation), and factor … -
NFTs: Museums Can Build Other, Better Digital Stuff
“When I was a congressional aide, we had an expression, ‘No idea was too stupid to say out loud,’ so here it is, hear me out. Instead of buying these ships? Don’t buy these ships. Buy other ships. Better ships. That’s my … -
To NFT or Not to NFT: The View from Two Museums
A few weeks ago I published a post on blockchain collectibles, offering a primer on NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and exploring some factors, notably alignment with mission and values, that might inform a museum’s discussion about whether and … -
Two Artists on the Future of Blockchain and Art
Every year I feature an emerging technology in TrendsWatch, and this year I dove into blockchain—the distributed, encrypted digital ledger system that supports both cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether, and “crypto-art” like Primavera … -
I Can Haz Cryptokitties and You Can Too
I will be running a Cryptokitty meet-up at the AAM annual meeting in New Orleans on Tuesday, May 21 from 2:00 – 2:30 in the Alliance Resource Center in MuseumExpo. Join me for a brief tutorial on collecting, breeding and trading digital … -
Futurist Friday: Fractional Art
Here’s William Gibson, writing in 1986, offering an off-hand glimpse of art collecting in the year 2042: “He led her across the room and through a doorway. A graying, heavyset Frenchman in a rumpled corduroy suit was speaking into the … -
TrendsWatch 2019: Ledger de Main: How blockchain is transforming transactions
This is one of the five trends from the 2019 TrendsWatch. Click here to read more about the full report. “The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet of information. The second generation—powered by blockchain …
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