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GameStop NFT Marketplace: A Beginner’s Guide

The gaming retailer recently launched a crypto wallet and a marketplace for gaming-focused NFTs.

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Finance

Paradigm Leads $11.8M Funding Round Into Web3 Firewall Blowfish

Blowfish aims to help wallets and custodians protect users with real-time warnings and human-readable transaction context.

Naoris hopes to create a decentralized proof-of-security consensus mechanism by the end of 2022. (jaydeep/Pixabay)

Finance

Elon Musk Was Mulling Creating a Blockchain-Based Social Media Firm Before Offering to Buy Twitter

A series of text messages released as part of ongoing litigation over the failed Twitter deal reveals the billionaire's vision for a social media platform that would charge users to put short messages on a blockchain.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Hannibal Hanschke-Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

Meta Opens NFT Sharing on Instagram and Facebook to All US Users

Users in the U.S. can now connect their crypto wallets to Instagram as part of the app’s new digital collectible feature, which the tech giant has been testing since May.

NFT wallet images on Instagram (Meta)

Finance

Who What Wearables: A Guide to Digital Fashion and the Metaverse

From utility to aesthetic, digitally-native brands are looking to solve problems associated with the fashion industry using blockchain technology.

Web3 looks good on you sign window NYC (Cameron Thompson/CoinDesk)

Learn

NFTs on Instagram and Facebook: How to Show Off Your Digital Collectibles

Whether you’re a creator or a collector, Meta's NFT integration allows users to share their digital collectibles and verify ownership.

NFT wallet images on Instagram (Meta)

Finance

Crypto Whale DJ Seedphrase Sells Rare CryptoPunk for $4.4M

The investor-turned-DJ told CoinDesk that he was running low on liquidity and wanted to spark movement during crypto winter.

(CryptoPunk 2924 via OpenSea)

Finance

Tyler Hobbs’ QQL NFT Project Raises Nearly $17M in Successful Mint

The Fidenza NFT artist's latest project continued to climb in trading throughout the day.

(Generative art created by CoinDesk.)

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Why Would Anyone Take a College Course on Urbit?

Neal Davis taught the first graduate-level seminar on the controversial computing platform Urbit. Here’s why.

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