Web 3.0


Tech

Chad DePue, Former Snapchat Director of Engineering, Moves to Uniswap Labs

The talent drain from Web 2 tech companies into crypto continues.

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Opinion

GameFi’s Promise and Reality Are Still Worlds Apart

In creating closed, interoperable environments, are developers forgetting to ensure that players are having fun?

GameFi skeptics say that these games are not fun. (Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

Finance

Bain Capital Launches $560M Crypto Fund

The $155 billion investment giant will focus on DeFi and Web 3 and isn't afraid to get its hands dirty with liquid tokens.

Bain Capital staffers dedicate a wing of the Boston Children's Hospital in 2018. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images for Boston Children's Hospital)

Finance

Griffin Gaming Partners Raises $750M Fund With Eye on Web 3

The gaming-focused venture capital firm now has more than $1 billion in assets under management.

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Opinion

The Game Is On: The Hunt for Web 3 Gaming Models

GameFi will be bigger than just Axie Infinity.

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Finance

Lemniscap, Jump Crypto Lead $4M Bet on GameFi Firm metaENGINE

The metaverse publishing platform is looking to attract developers with a slate of Web 3 gaming tools.

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Finance

Notifi Is Latest Startup Trying to Crack Web 3’s Push Notification Problem

With $2.5 million in funding from Race Capital and others, CEO Paul Kim wants to give DeFi degens better tools for minding their bags.

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Finance

NFT Artist Pplpleasr’s New Project ‘Shibuya’ Brings Long-Form Animation to Web 3

It’s Kickstarter meets Netflix, but on the blockchain. The pilot episode for Shibuya’s inaugural “White Rabbit” series drops on Wednesday.

The name Shibuya is a homage to a famous crosswalk in Japan that bears the same name. (@fungusamongus/@spazdotjay)

Opinion

Play-to-Earn Games Are Missing the Point. Here’s How to Fix Them

A more sustainable, impactful P2E ecosystem must be free, fair, transparent and purposefully decentralized.

Gaming (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

African Web 3 Super App Jambo Raises $7.5M in Seed Round

The all-in-one education, play-to-earn and personal finance app is backed by Coinbase, 3AC, Alameda Research and Polygon Studios, among others.

Africa holds great potential in the ongoing evolution of cryptocurrency technology. (Moussa Kalapo/Getty Images)