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.

Cam Thompson

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Web3

Japan to Invest in Metaverse and NFT Expansion

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida continued calls for Web3 technology integration.

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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

Sushi Community Votes in 'Head Chef' to Oversee Decentralized Crypto Exchange

CEO Jared Grey plans to work out the kinks associated with Sushi’s internal structure that may have prompted departures in the past.

Sushi is in flux. (Jakub Dziubak/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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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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)

Policy

Delaware DOJ Freezes Wallets, Accounts in 'Pig Butchering' Crypto Scams

A total of 23 entities, including wallets, accounts and individuals, were traced in this version of a common crypto romance scam.

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Finance

Christie’s Auction House Announces On-Chain NFT Art Platform

Christie’s 3.0 has teamed up with Chainalysis, Manifold, and Spatial to sell NFT artwork on Ethereum. The inaugural sale features artist Diana Sinclair.

Diana Sinclair (CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi Hub Umee Targets TradFi With Institutional Lending DAO

The cross-chain lending protocol has raised almost $40 million since June 2021.

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Finance

Robinhood Releases Beta Version of Web3 Wallet to 10,000 Users

Robinhood has been steadily moving away from its original “walled garden” approach to crypto over the past year.

Robinhood's Web3 wallet beta (Robinhood)

Finance

Cryptography Network Lit Protocol Raises $13M to Bolster Web3 Autonomy and Interoperability

The Series A round is being led by crypto investment firm 1kx.

Lit Protocol has raised $13 million in a Series A round. (Pixabay)