Web 3.0


Opinion

The Balance Between Art and IP Theft in NFT Culture

From "Squid Game" to Olive Garden, the NFT boom is an orgy of intellectual property infractions.

A scene from the MetaBirkins project home page. (MetaBirkins)

Finance

Opera Releases Web 3 Browser Ahead of Cross-Chain Wallet Launch

The browser includes a slew of new features aimed at onboarding some of Opera’s 350 million users to crypto.

The longstanding Norwegian browser company has been on a recent crypto streak. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Indian Gaming Firm nCore Games Raises $10M for Web 3 Offerings: Report

The funding round was led by Animoca Brands and Galaxy Interactive and including participation from Polygon.

Indian rupees

Opinion

Web 3 Is a Long Fight Worth Fighting

Decentralization has been on minds of internet futurists for more than 20 years. That doesn't make the need to break with Web 2.0 any less urgent, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Channel Wants Content Creators to ‘Squad Up’ via Web 3

Three crypto-oriented content creators are merging businesses for a self-funded “decentralized media organization.”

(Channel/CoinDesk)

Finance

Proof of Learn Raises $15M in Round Led by New Enterprise Associates

The "learn-to-earn" platform will launch its first educational program by the middle of the year.

Proof of Learn co-founder Sheila Lirio Marcelo speaks during the 2016 Milken Institute Global Conference while she was CEO and founder of Care.com. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Finance

Checkout.com, Back-End Firm for Crypto Giants, Raises $1B, Eyes Web 3 Push

The payments processor counts FTX, Coinbase and Crypto.com among its customers.

Checkout.com (Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Torus Rebrands to Web3Auth, Raises $13M to Simplify Crypto Logins

The company will use the funding to support its Web 3 plans for providing non-custodial authentication infrastructure for cryptocurrency wallets.

The Torus team (Credit: Torus Labs)