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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‘Stand With Crypto’ NFT Spreads Across Crypto Twitter Amid SEC Crackdown

After the SEC announced separate lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase this week, figures across the crypto space have been minting Coinbase’s “Stand with Crypto” NFT to show their support.

Coinbase's Stand with Crypto NFT (Zora)

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NFT Lending Is Trending, Raising Concerns of ‘Predatory’ Platform Behavior

Amid an extended crypto winter that has cooled NFT trading, platforms like Blur, Binance and Astaria have introduced new lending options to boost liquidity. While some traders support NFTfi, others say the trend is risky.

(Blackdovfx/Getty Images)

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Louis Vuitton To Release $39,000 Physical-Backed NFTs

According to a Vogue Business, the Via Treasure Trunks are being sold as soulbound tokens, meaning they are non-transferable once purchased.

Louis Vuitton "Via Treasure Trunk" (Louis Vuitton)

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Haun Ventures Leads $10M Seed Round for Web3 Gaming Studio Argus

Argus also announced the World Engine, an SDK that helps developers build their own blockchain-based gaming ecosystems.

Video game controller (Jose Gil/Unsplash)

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GameStop Teams Up with The Telos Foundation to Grow Web3 Gaming Strategy

The leading game retailer will distribute Telos-based games on its forthcoming Web3 gaming launchpad, GameStop Playr.

GameStop (John Smith/VIEWpress/Getty Images)

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Pixel Penguins, an NFT Charity Scam, Shows Dangers Of NFT Influencer Culture

Behind every PFP with thousands of followers on Twitter is a person. And in Web3, it’s not always best to trust one person’s word on whether or not to mint into an NFT collection.

Pixel Penguins (OpenSea)

Web3

NFT Artist Fewocious Reveals Upcoming Collection “Fewos”

The collection consists of 20,000 Fewos, which are characters in Fewocious’ Web3 universe Fewoworld, and will be available to mint in late August.

Fewos logo (Fewocious/fewoworld.io/)

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Find Satoshi Labs Rolls Out AI Tool That Turns Selfies Into NFTs

The parent company behind Web3 game STEPN is releasing GNT V3, which will allow users to turn their selfies into digital artworks on the Solana blockchain.

GNT V3 (Find Satoshi Lab)

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BRC-721E Token Standard Converts Ethereum NFTs to Bitcoin NFTs

The new token standard allows traders to burn their ERC-721 NFTs and transfer them to inscriptions on the Bitcoin network.

Los NFT lideran la actividad en la blockchain de Bitcoin. (Ordinals Protocol)