The videogame industry is going through one of its best moments all over the world. And in that universe there are outstanding Mexicans, inside and outside the country, like Víctor del Castillo, an art director who left advertising agencies to pursue his passion in Canada. Seven years later, he works at Piranha Games Inc , a videogame studio in Vancouver, the capital of AAA games and the “indie market”, where he has specialized…
January 22, 2019
15 year old activist Greta Thunberg speaks truth to power at the UN COP24 climate talks. Transcription: “My name is Greta Thunberg. I am 15 years old. I am from Sweden. I speak on behalf of Climate Justice Now. Many people say that Sweden is just a small country and it doesn’t matter what we do. But I’ve learned you are never too small to make a difference. And if a…
December 27, 2018
In 2017, we watched the rise and adoption of bitcoin a digital currency and regulation stepping in to control the ICO markets – a global fundraiser tool that help blockchain companies raise funds to create those ideas. 2018 we saw the year of further global regulation on blockchain projects and the secret adoption of bitcoin on stock exchanges globally where regulation was a tool used to slow the advancements of…
December 26, 2018
As many of you may or may not know, I am a mother of two almost-teenagers so I spend a lot of my time thinking about the state of the world when my children are to be the ‘working class’. The one thing that I noticed being a parent is that time goes by fast. I remember when my first born was 3 months, (and I obsessively took photos of…
December 17, 2018
Quantaloop is looking into becoming a B Corp. because as the B CORP DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE states “We envision a global economy that uses business as a force for good.” Don’t know what a B Corp is? Well this post is for you! Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit. The assessment evaluates how our company interacts with our workers, customers, community, and environment. There are currently…
November 11, 2018
Many modern developed cities of the planet & parts of the real estate sector is beginning to explore the benefits of blockchain technology. Blockchain technology is being considered for use in land registration due to its ability to manage financial transactions, asset transfers and regulatory obligations. Some examples of how blockchain is being used in land registry and real is below: The use of blockchain in land registry is primarily…
July 28, 2018
Hello and thank-you for coming to my personal section of the Quantaloop blog ‘Sandra’s Desk’. In this section, I hope to share thoughts and topics that get you to know me more on a personal level and in particular why I co-founded Quantaloop. I plan to write in a very journal-esque format so that you can hear my heart a bit more transparently and really see what goes on behind…
The ability to profit from cryptocurrency and blockchain markets might be more complicated than one would think. The creation of bitcoin and blockchain in 2009 was an evolution of decentralized products and a path to give users more control. Since then, many adopters of this technology have been working to give options to people that the internet in its current form cannot. Central authority has spread across every digital space as…
July 19, 2018
When someone creates a piece of art (music, art, film) it needs to get copyrighted for them to be able to claim it as their own. For digital media, this process is called DRM (Digital Rights Management) and the current process is broken and not very transparent. There are many people involved in the completion of a song and it is very hard to determine who gets what percentage of…
July 5, 2018
Blockchain technology and the modern free-to-play gaming model (where game and apps make money from selling virtual currency and goods) go together seamlessly. As the emerging blockchain revolution takes form, a number of blockchain based games have sprung up and have become vastly popular within the crypto community. At the heart of the emerging blockchain gaming trend is the shift towards owning virtual objects generally classified as crypto-collectibles and the store…
