Web3


Consensus Magazine

Metaverse Fashion Is on the Rise, but for Whom?

Digital fashion is nascent in the Web3 space, with the potential to onboard millions of users in the coming years. But as brands work out who to target with hard-to-fathom technology, adoption is still in its early stages. This piece is a part of CoinDesk’s Culture Week.

A screenshot from Metaverse Fashion Week (Decentraland)

Opinion

AI and Crypto Are Combining to Create Web3's 'Multiplayer Era'

Creating with code has never been easier. Web3 tooling shows us how it can be equitable and collaborative.

Video game controller (Jose Gil/Unsplash)

Web3

Web3 Service Unstoppable Domains and Polygon Labs Roll Out .polygon Domains

The new tool will allow users to expand their digital identity across over 750 decentralized applications, games and metaverses on the Polygon network.

(Polygon Labs)

Policy

India’s Crypto Industry Finally Sees Lawmakers Engaging

The event managed to bring senior leaders from India’s ruling party and the opposition benches.

Indian politicians and policy makers at a crypto event by CoinDCX and Bharat Web3 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Web3

NFT Artist Beeple Opens Digital Art Gallery in Charleston, SC

Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, has opened the 50,000-square-foot Beeple Studios to showcase his art and to build a community of fellow creators.

Beeple at SXSW Conference in 2022. (Jason Bollenbacher/Getty Images for SXSW)

Web3

Meta Will End Support for NFTs on Instagram, Facebook

Meta’s Stephane Kasriel said on Twitter the decision is prompted by a desire “to focus on other ways to support creators, people, and businesses.”

(Meta)

Learn

What Are MoonCats? The Legacy NFT Project Revived by Its Community

Created in 2017, the collection of generative pixel art-style cats was rediscovered in 2021 and quickly gained popularity.

(MoonCats Rescue)

Opinion

The Australian Open Goes Full Web3

January’s tennis grand slam shows how brands can embrace the metaverse for increased fan engagement.

(Josephine Gasser/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Web3

Facebook Parent Company Meta Exploring Decentralized App: Report

The app will be a standalone product for sharing text updates.

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 24, 2018 : Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Press conference at VIVA Technology (Vivatech) the world's rendezvous for startup and leaders. (Shutterstock)

Web3

Starbucks Odyssey Releases ‘The Siren Collection,’ Its First Limited-Edition NFT Drop

Members of Starbucks Odyssey, the rewards program currently in beta, were able to purchase up to two “Stamps” from an edition of 2,000 featuring the brand’s iconic siren, but the launch was not without issues.

Siren (Starbucks)