Web3


Web3

Japan to Invest in Metaverse and NFT Expansion

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida continued calls for Web3 technology integration.

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Videos

Bitcoin Gains Momentum on Fed Pivot Narrative

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to build bullish momentum on the expectation that the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks would slow tightening. Arca Portfolio Manager David Nage discusses his crypto markets analysis, investor sentiment, and consumer trends. “A lot of people are on pause, they’re in neutral,” Nage said.

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Opinion

Can Starbucks Bring Web3 Into the Mainstream?

What corporate Web3 initiatives can learn from the announcement of Starbucks Odyssey.

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Finance

Rare David Bowie NFT Collaboration With FEWOCiOUS Sells for $127,000

The high-value sale on OpenSea continues a trend of celebrity estates minting postmortem memorabilia on the blockchain.

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Finance

Azurbala NFT Mint Postponed After Art Goes Viral for Wrong Reasons

“We failed at doing the very thing that we do best, which is involve the community in the creative process,” says an Azurbala co-founder.

Azurians: Top left @LadyVoTheRich; top right @FalonTheKingpin; bottom left @JetTheRogue; bottom right @Lorathepoet

Finance

A16z Leads $40M Funding for Web3 Data Protocol Golden

The protocol will use tokens to incentivize users to submit accurate information.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)

Layer 2

Liberal Arts Colleges Show the 'Inherent Interdisciplinary' Nature of Web3

Crypto has major implications for economics, politics and culture, and is finding its way into a number of professors' courses.

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Layer 2

Student Organizations Pull Their Weight in DeFi Protocol Governance

Crypto-curious students find valuable hands-on experience and empowerment in policy elections, a typically low-participation area of the Web3 ecosystem

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Finance

Beleaguered NFT Traders Can Now Relive Mania With Fantasy League Game

As NFT winter deepens, Flip says its new fantasy league will still provide traders the “sweet adrenaline” of flipping JPEGs.

NFT Gallery at Consensus 2022

Videos

Elon Musk Considered Creating Blockchain-Based Social Media Firm Before Offering to Buy Twitter

A series of text messages released as part of ongoing litigation over the failed $43 billion Twitter acquisition deal reveals Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s vision for a social media platform that would charge users to put short messages on a blockchain. “The Hash” panel discusses Twitter on the blockchain and Musk’s Web3 push.

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