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Meta Worms featuring one of the proposed Worms-themed NFTs called Colonel.

You’d think Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and gaming would go hand-in-hand as most games nowadays already have in-game stores to purchase virtual items. Yet right now, the relationship between the two has been rocky, to say the least. 

The biggest event on the calendar for the crypto-obsessives, Bitcoin 2022, is back. While crypto is never far from the news these days, it is set-piece events like Bitcoin 2022 where those of us watching the sector can get a real pulse on the trends. 

For us PR and comms professionals, we love nothing more than to chase that all-important coverage. But in the pursuit of achieving greatness for our clients, we often overlook some things that can lead to us not respecting our journalist friends quite as much as we perhaps should do.

It is wonderful to see new and emerging femtech startups, it feels like an exciting time for the space and it is definitely long overdue. Interest in the industry is definitely on the rise as global VC investment crossed the 1 billion mark in 2021.

All it takes is just over two hours by train from St Pancras to get to Paris, and find yourself in a culture that is both very familiar and yet very different.

woman jumping in the air with a black umbrella against a yellow wall

The system of apprenticeship, first recorded in the Middle Ages, is a long-established practice that we are extremely proud to be a part of at Gallium Ventures. The progress of any service, craft or skill stops if you don't look ahead to the future and prepare the next generation to face the challenges that will come. For us, taking on apprentices is always a win for both sides of the arrangement.

Any areas in tech and the recurrence of events that COVID-19 put on pause for the past two years. But what impact have these events had on the industry? Are they worth the effort and time it takes to pull them off? Or does the overhanging shadow of the pandemic mean they leave a bad impression? 

It’s that time of year again. I am, of course, not talking about Christmas, but the biggest tech event on all marketing folks’ calendars. It now feels strange, but after nearly two years of logging on to Zoom calls to watch talking heads give their spiel — CES is back to being live and in-person.