Instagram's Threads, a privacy-focused social media platform, has gained attention from Mark Zuckerberg as a potential rival to Twitter. With new features and a growing user base, Threads aims to transform social media and influence the future of social networking.

The Rise of a Potential Twitter Rival: Threads

We are thrilled to announce our newest partnership in the world of crypto with Salad Ventures, pioneers in the realm of decentralized Web3 labor.

CGU partners with Salad Ventures

Fresh off the back completing an intensive Web3 bootcamp in partnership with our learning partners Crypto University,  the inaugural CGU x Crypto University Web3 hackathon took place in Zambia. It was a platform for creativity, innovation and collaboration.


Revolutionizing the Future of Zambia: Inside the Web 3 Hackathon

The future of crypto is a rapidly evolving space with exciting trends to watch. Some of the top trends include decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), interoperability, and privacy and auditability. DeFi protocols are open and accessible, providing a killer use case for blockchain and attracting interest from the wider financial sector. NFTs are unique tokens that can represent digital or physical items and are a critical technology for the metaverse. Interoperability is vital for the DeFi world to avoid fragmentation, and solutions like oracle networks provide cross-chain solutions. Finally, privacy and auditability remain important themes for the crypto community as they advocate for strong encryption and anonymity.


The Future of Crypto: Top Trends to Watch

Helio is a promising Web3 payments platform that enables rapid integration of crypto payments for online merchants, akin to a PayPal for Web3

CGU invests in Helio as part of their seed round investment

The year has started on a strong note, with confirmation of the end of the bear market as bitcoin reached its low point of below $17,000. However, the first three months of the year have also been filled with scandals and shocks, including the collapse of Terra, the arrest of its founder, and regulatory action against many crypto exchanges. Meanwhile, blockchain advances have continued with Ethereum's Shanghai and Capella upgrades, and Polygon launching its full zk-EVM in beta. NFTs remain popular, and a new marketplace called Blur has taken market share from OpenSea thanks to its token airdrops.


Crypto 2023 Review: Q1 

The entertainment industry has always been driven by new technologies, from gramophones to live streaming. The growth of Web3 utilities has enabled rapid evolution of traditional entertainment, with blockchain, smart contracts, NFTs, the metaverse and decentralised finance (DeFi) providing new options for engaging audiences. While the impact of Web3 on the entertainment industry has already been profound, the Web3 shift is only just getting under way.

How The Entertainment Industry Is Moving To Web3

As we continue to promote growth in Zambia as a hub for crypto, we are excited to roll out the CGU Zambia: Web3 bootcamp.

CGU Zambia Web3 Bootcamp

The Runner is an endless arcade game that allows players to compete with others and reach the highest possible score to earn exclusive rewards in the form of crypto tokens. 
The game is a play-to-earn model where players' efforts are monetized daily, and rewards are sent through crypto to provide easy cashouts with no restrictions or delays. 
Developed on Unreal Engine 5, the game features complex programming and blockchain integration that creates automatic wallets for players and automated daily payments. 
The Runner is revolutionising the gaming industry and providing a classic game idea for the community to enjoy their time while playing.

New Play to Earn Game THE RUNNER launches, exclusive to CGU

CGU is proud to announce a partnership with Big Baller Brand (BBB) to launch their brand into the world of Web3. 
BBB, an American company that designs, manufactures, and sells apparel, has most notably produced signature shoes for basketball players Lonzo Ball, LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball.

CGU Partner with Big Baller Brand to Launch Big BallerVerse into Web3

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency. It enables machines to process and analyze large amounts of data, automate business tasks, and provide new solutions for data processing, market sentiment analysis, and supply chain management. AI-powered blockchain platforms, such as Fetch.AI and SingularityNET, are leading the way in this field. They use machine-style intelligence to make previously impossible connections, allowing for more efficient and effective data processing. With this comprehensive guide, discover the many benefits of the integration of AI and blockchain technology.

CGU ACADEMY: Artificial intelligence in the Crypto World

The cryptocurrency exchange industry experienced a turbulent 2022 with the collapse of FTX and Terra stablecoin ecosystem leading to a bear market. Despite the lack of major hacks, contagion spread causing crypto hedge funds and organizations to suffer losses, resulting in bankruptcies and bailouts. Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) offer a safer alternative to centralized exchanges (CEXs) with platforms like dydX and Uniswap managing daily volumes of over a billion dollars. However, CEXs still dominate with only Binance and Coinbase handling more volume. The recent trend of half a million BTC leaving exchanges and evaporating confidence in CEXs has benefited Binance with increased inflows, while Gemini and Coinbase Pro have experienced massive withdrawals.

Crypto Exchanges: The Year In Review

Our previous blog post, titled Crypto 2022: The Year In Review, took in the highs and lows of the last 12 months for the digital asset sector. While the markets and wider ecosystem have been rocked by bankruptcies and scandals, including the collapse of Terra and the fall of FTX, blockchain as a technology has gone from strength to strength. Here are some of the trends and highlights from the past year.

The Blockchain year in review

We had hoped to ride a bit longer on the wave of euphoria sweeping over the global gamefi market, but instead we were required to buckle down and continue building with the knowledge that the market is evolving and maturing but still growing steadily with huge opportunities ahead.

A recap of 2022 for CGU

It has been quite a year for the crypto world. There are several words that could characterise 2022, but ‘trauma’ and ‘pain’ are two of the most apt, as the industry has endured a seemingly unending run of unpleasant surprises. 

Crypto 2022: The Year In Review

Today, Crypto Gaming United is Levelling Up to Crypto Global United, a tribute to the changing nature of opportunities to play, learn and earn in the metaverse.

CGU levels up to become Crypto Global United

Barely a decade ago, blockchain was still a niche technology, known only for its role in underpinning Bitcoin – a controversial new form of digital cash or cryptographic currency (cryptocurrency). Few people knew about it, and fewer still understood it.

CGU ACADEMY. The Steady Rise Of Blockchain Technology

The Metaverse has become one of the most exciting themes in internet technologies over the past two years. Driven by advances in blockchain and growing awareness and adoption of decentralised platforms, the metaverse offers new ways to access online services of all kinds as well as new benefits for users.

CGU ACADEMY - What’s Cooking in the Metaverse?

Non-fungible tokens are one of the hottest things to come out of the blockchain space. Treated with equal parts excitement, cynicism and confusion, depending on who you ask, NFTs are establishing themselves as a vital part of the Web3 and metaverse space.

CGU ACADEMY: The Reality of NFTs

An introduction into the world of Crypto
Crypto offers amazing benefits over the conventional financial system but can sometimes be confusing for beginners. Here is a one-stop primer to some of the most important topics you’ll need to know and understand when working with blockchain, cryptocurrencies, DeFi, and Web3.


CGU ACADEMY: The Crypto Beginners Guide

As part of its goal to acquire valuable treasury assets on behalf of the DAO, CGU is making a strategic investment in Caduceus, a blockchain designed specifically for metaverse development and applications. CGU’s investment will take the form of a significant stake in Caduceus Metaverse Protocol (CMP) tokens.

CGU Makes Strategic Investment In Metaverse Blockchain Caduceus

The last two years have seen accelerating changes across almost every area of life, as the pandemic has forced more and more activity online. At the same time, the rise of Web3 and the Metaverse have brought new ways to interact with internet services. While there have been limits to the impact these have had on our work habits so far, that’s starting to change as these technologies are offering new ways to communicate, organise our working practices, and even how we do business. 

The Metaverse, Web3 And The Future Of Work

CGU have released our FIRST Learn and Earn program in conjunction with The Crypto University.

Introducing LEARN & EARN!

As promised in the CGU white paper released before our public token sale took place in October last year, CGU was always intended to operate as a DAO. In the early days of the project, it was necessary to bootstrap CGU as a centralised initiative, providing the focus and resources to ensure it would grow and achieve critical mass.

CGU DAO Takes First Steps To Greater Decentralisation

Earn rewards simply by depositing your CGU tokens in the CGU staking contract – or increase your earnings by committing to locking your CGU for longer. 

CGU Launches Token Staking!

‍Binance Smart Chain (BSC), the leading DeFi, NFT, and GameFi ecosystem, has announced its investment into Crypto Gaming United (CGU) under its $1B Growth Fund.

Binance Smart Chain’s $1B Growth Fund Invests In Crypto Gaming United

Announcing The Crypto Gaming United Public Token Sale!

The CGU Token Is Set to Launch October 18

CGU’s white paper details the business case, tokenomics and supporters for the project, which is set to leverage the rapid growth of the play-to-earn space.

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