The term metaverse is suddenly everywhere, from debates over Fortnite to the pages of the New York Times to the speeches of Mark Zuckerberg, who proclaimed in June 2021 that “the overarching goal” of Facebook is to “bring the metaverse to life”. But what, exactly, is the metaverse? As pioneering theorist and venture capitalist Matthew Ball explains, it is the successor to the mobile internet that has defined the last two decades. 

You can say goodbye to today's Internet, New York Times best-selling author George Gilder says. Soon the current model of aggregated free content populated with "value-subtracted" advertising will die a natural deat. In Life After Google, Gilder takes listeners on a brilliant, rocketing journey into the very near-future, into an Internet with a new "bitcoin-bitgold" transaction layer that will replace spam with seamless micro-payments and provide an all-new standard for global money. 

The NFT Handbook is a detailed guide on how to create, sell, and buy non-fungible tokens without the need for a technical background. Learn exactly what NFTs are, how they evolved, and why they have value.

Cryptocurrency's promise is to make money and payments all around accessible to anyone, regardless of where they are on the planet. The decentralized finance (DeFi) or open finance development makes that promise a stride further. Imagine a global, open option in contrast to each financial service you use today - investment funds, loans, trading, insurance, and more are accessible to anybody in the world with a cell phone and internet connection. This is presently conceivable on smart contract blockchains like Ethereum.

Curious about the metaverse, but can't quite wrap your head around it? Maybe you want to get a headstart, but don't know where to begin? In this practical primer, you will learn why and how we should prepare for a new digital renaissance, and what it means in terms of job opportunities, investments, and new business models.

Are you interested in buying non-fungible tokens? Do you have digital assets which could benefit from this new concept? This book will help you to understand it and make a sound investment! Even if the concept of NFTs is alien to you and you are at a loss to understand how they could increase your wealth, most of us understand that digital investing is now the way forward. This book lays out in simple terms and easy-to-understand language how NFTs could improve your financial position and create real wealth that will last.

Cryptocurrency is now the investment choice for anyone, thanks to its high returns. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, and other crypto coins provide more than 200 percent returns over a year for investors. Many cryptocurrency investors are usually inclined towards Bitcoin due to its popularity. However, different alternative coins can make you successful and can help you create financial stability.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a new way to borrow, lend, trade, save, and invest. It’s an open-source financial system that has no central authority or middlemen. The DeFi network has risen from zero to about $50 billion in value locked! Cameron Belfort brings his knowledge of the DeFi and cryptocurrency space to deliver an easy-to-understand, straight-to-the-point guide through the ecosystem. Cryptocurrency DeFI Guidebook: A Beginner to Expert Guide on Decentralized Finance is written for beginners who are yet to familiarize themselves with how DeFi works.

The NFT industry exploded over the past year, which has resulted in a spike in investors who are interested in cryptocurrencies. NFTs and crypto art have a lot of potential, and if you manage to master the strategies, you are bound to make huge profits. They could even turn your life around and make you a millionaire in no time. However, being a relatively new technology, not much is known about NFTs, especially with regards to investing. Therefore, this is a rare opportunity to make good money while the sun still shines.

If you’ve not heard Metaverse is the future, it’s planned to be the next big thing in crypto, in fact many leaders claim it's going to be the next stage of the Internet. Facebook (one of the biggest companies in the world) have so much trust in it they’ve changed their business name to “Meta” to reflect the investment being made in the Metaverse. Facebook is spending billions of dollars a year already on the Metaverse.

The demand for NFTs is continuing to surge, and the NFT market is showing no signs of slowing down. A lot of people are making serious money. This book is about how and why NFTs are good for business and/or investment and how a newcomer to NFTs can get all the info needed in one place and get started immediately. You will discover how to invest, buy, sell, trade, or create your own NFTs for selling to investors or fans. It’s also a book to change your perspective and will help you to start creating and selling your own NFTs, whether you're an artist, a gamer, musician, etc.

Blockchains are new technology layers that rewire the Internet and threaten to side-step older legacy constructs and centrally served businesses. At its core, a blockchain injects trust into the network, cutting off some intermediaries from serving that function and creatively disrupting how they operate. Metaphorically, blockchains are the ultimate non-stop computers. Once launched, they never go down, and offer an incredible amount of resiliency, making them dependable and attractive for running a new generation of decentralized services and software.

Instead of talking about investing, this audiobook will focus on how blockchain technology works and how it might be used in the future.

During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, our financial infrastructure failed. Governments bailed out the very institutions that let the economy down. This episode spurred a serious rethink of our financial system. In DeFi and the Future of Finance, Campbell R. Harvey, Ashwin Ramachandran, and Joey Santoro introduce the new world of decen­tralized finance. The book argues that the current financial landscape is ripe for dis­ruption and we are seeing, in real time, the reinvention of finance. 

Thirty-five percent of all US dollars in existence were printed during the pandemic year of 2020. The global monetary system is moving toward cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.