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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Hubble Protocol Raises $5M to Expand Solana-Based DeFi Protocol

The protocol aims to create a Solana-based equivalent of MakerDao: a DeFi protocol with a U.S. dollar denominated stablecoin.

Starry Night is the name of Three Arrows Capital's NFT collection. (Unsplash)

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Swan Bitcoin Moves Into TradFi With Platform for Financial Advisers

The new product allows advisers to manage their client’s bitcoin positions as well as access educational content for clients new to crypto.

Swan Bitcoin is launching a new product for financial advisors. (Warren Little/Getty Images)

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LG Shuns Ethereum, Picks Hedera for Television NFTs

The consumer electronics company, which has served on the Hedera Governing Council since 2020, is bringing NFTs to television screens through a platform built on the Hedera network.

LG will only support NFTs on Hedera Hashgraph. (Kārlis Dambrāns/Flickr)

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Automated NFT Market Maker Sudoswap to Release Its Governance Token via Airdrop

Holders of XMON, the native token behind the 0xmon NFT collection, will receive 41.9% of SUDO’s initial supply of 60 million.

Sudoswap is distributing its new governance token primarily by airdrop. (Stocktrek Images/Getty Images)

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Solana-Based Automation Network Clockwork Raises $4M in Seed Funding

The decentralized network utilizes the Solana validator to facilitate tasks such as automated payments.

Clockwork has raised $4M in seed funding (quan long/Getty Images)

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NFT Security Startup Tokenproof Raises $5M to Keep JPEGs Safe From Scammers

“A lot of people talk about the utility of NFTs, but there hasn't been the rails for the infrastructure to be able to unlock that utility in the real world,” Alfonso Olvera, CEO of Tokenproof told CoinDesk.

Blue chip NFTs on display (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Federal Reserve’s FedNow Real-Time Payments Set for Mid-2023 Debut

The instant payments service is seen as a step towards eventual rollout of a CBDC.

Bitcoin and ether traded slightly higher following Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s latest comments on inflation and the economy. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Facebook se suma a Instagram y ofrece soporte para publicar NFTs

Los usuarios ahora pueden vincular sus billeteras cripto y comenzar a compartir sus coleccionables digitales, según la empresa matriz Meta Platforms.

Facebook ya permite publicar NFTs. (Solen Feyissa/Unsplash)

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Facebook Joins Meta’s Instagram in Supporting NFTs

Users can now link their crypto wallets and begin sharing their digital collectibles, parent company Meta Platforms said.

Facebook ya permite publicar NFTs. (Solen Feyissa/Unsplash)

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Polkadot Parachain Moonbeam Integrates Cross-Chain Messaging Protocol LayerZero

Developing Web3 interoperability via cross-chain messaging has become a growing trend.

PureStake is building the Moonbeam network for release later this year.