Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

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Web3

Retract Royalties, Reduce Revenue: NFT Creators Are Suffering and so Are Marketplaces

A growing list of marketplaces are seeing the impacts of platforms ceasing to require buyers to pay royalties on collections. Experts aren’t optimistic about what this means for the market.

(Getty Images)

Policy

SEC Charges Trade Coin Club Founding Members With Operating a $295 Million Ponzi Scheme

The multi-level marketing organization raised over 80,000 bitcoin from 100,000 investors.

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Web3

Web3 Game Developer Mythical Games Loses 3 Top Executives

SVP Chris Ko, COO Matt Nutt and co-founder Rudy Koch announced their departures on Wednesday. Each hinted at new ventures.

(mythicalgames.com)

Web3

Web3 Platform Alchemy Has a Plan to Thwart Bad Actors in NFT Mints

It’s new technology, Spearmint, is an “allow list” designed to keep out speculators and bots who drive up gas fees.

(Alchemy).

Finance

Aave Community Members Vote to Deploy on zkSync v2 Testnet

The decision will let developers evaluate whether to fully deploy its decentralized exchange on the layer 2 scaling platform that speeds up Ethereum transactions.

The development lab overseeing lending protocol Aave, which means "ghost" in Finnish, is seeking $16 million from the Aave community. (Unsplash)

Web3

Solana-Based NFT Marketplace Exchange.Art Creates Royalties Protection Standard

The new standard will enforce creator royalties on secondary sales of NFTs that originally mint on its platform.

(Exchange.Art)

Web3

NFTs Get a New Place to Live, With Ripple Aiming for Mass Adoption

XRPL from Ripple Labs now supports NFTs. The company wants to accelerate the mass adoption of tokenization, or representing real-world assets on a blockchain.

Frax Ether promises above-average ether staking yields. (ClaudiaWollesen/Pixabay)

Web3

Stepn Parent Company Launches NFT Marketplace

Find Satoshi Lab is establishing a self-sustaining ecosystem for its product lineup, which includes the popular move-to-earn app.

How do Stepn's virtual sneaker NFTs compare with a new pair of Jordans? (Stepn/Barndog, modified by CoinDesk)

Web3

GameStop NFT Marketplace Goes Live on ImmutableX

The marketplace’s official release on the layer 2 blockchain platform is the result of a partnership that’s been months in the making.

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Web3

Generative Art NFTs Bring New Heat to Crypto Winter

As NFT trading slows, generative art projects and renewed interest by traditional auction houses continue to grow.

(Art generated by CoinDesk using QQL algorithm)