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Exploring Upstream’s digital coupon program that aims to turn shareholders into customers and customers into shareholders. by Fernanda De La Torre This week, the Upstream team published the sixth episode of their new Twitter Spaces series, ‘Upstream Up Close’, featuring 10–15 minute conversations about NFTs, blockchain, and trading on Upstream. This sixth episode touches on […]Continue Reading

Leverage Discord to expand your NFT audience By Anastasia Samaras Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with and own digital assets. However, in order to be successful, NFT projects need to overly communicate with their audience to share important updates, answer questions, and most importantly bring the community together to […]Continue Reading

Westmount Capital to introduce clients to Upstream for secondary trading on the blockchain-powered global market By Fernanda De La Torre Earlier this week, Westmount Capital announced that it had signed a Partnership Agreement with Horizon Fintex Advisors, Ltd. (“HFA”), a registered sponsor advisor to Upstream. This HFA partnership offers Westmount Capital’s Canadian, European, and other […]Continue Reading

Take a closer look at current NFT trends in 2023 and how they are changing across industries By Anastasia Samaras This week, the Upstream team published the fifth episode of their new Twitter Spaces series, ‘Upstream Up Close’, featuring 10–15 minute conversations about NFTs, blockchain, and trading on Upstream. This fifth episode focused on current […]Continue Reading

How dual listing on Upstream works to connect issuers with a digital first community By Fernanda De La Torre Just this year, Upstream, a MERJ Exchange market, announced its Dual Listing Exchange Program. The program launched with the intention of offering issuers from exchanges all around the world the ability to expand their investor base and liquidity […]Continue Reading

ShiftPixy Applies to Dual List on Upstream to Tap Into Global Audience Who Can Invest Using Digital Currency & Traditional Payments By Fernanda De La Torre Upstream made history last week! ShiftPixy (NASDAQ: PIXY), the Florida-based national staffing enterprise which designs, manages, and sells access to a disruptive, revolutionary platform that facilitates employment in the rapidly […]Continue Reading

Out with the old, in with the new wave of utility-focused, community-driven NFTs By Anastasia Samaras In the early days of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the spotlight was on high-priced, speculative digital artwork. The market ballooned to $2.6B¹ and NFTs were being paraded around the internet by proud owners. Still, the majority of people were left […]Continue Reading

Upstream paves the way for the future of ads in Web3 with new advertising service that pays users for their attention by Fernanda De La Torre The biggest tech companies made over $384 billion from advertising last year, thanks to user data.¹ How much did their users earn? Zero. Upstream believes you should be paid […]Continue Reading

NFTs creating modern digital experiences for hotels, casinos & more! By Anastasia Samaras The majority of early NFT interactions revolved around the trade of speculative digital collectibles, such as unique profile picture NFTs like Bored Ape Yacht Club and other digital art. With the first NFT frenzy slowing down, we believe the next generation of […]Continue Reading

Privacy, anonymity, data control; how online transactions be affected by the move from Web2 to Web3 By Fernanda De La Torre We’ve seen the evolution of the internet from Web1, a “read-only” Web, to Web2, nicknamed the social web where users can interact with the content, and now we’re on our way to Web3. Web3 […]Continue Reading