Blockchain Blog — written column

Play. Earn. Connect.   It all started in early 2018 during a late-night Monopoly game between Upland co-founders Mani, Idan, and Dirk. This was a time when digital collectibles via non-fungible tokens based on blockchain technology started making a big splash in the news. An unusual way to earn and collect. The combination of Monopoly and the rise of digital collectibles had the three cofounders asking themselves: What if we can “tokenize” the real world through the very same technology that powers these collectibles? What if every property in the world could be its own collectible, non-fungible asset whose ownership...