Web 3.0


Opinion

Web 3 Is More Than Fun and Games; It’s for Work

The internet is where culture forms. How can we make it as secure as possible?

(Sasha Freemind/Unsplash)

Finance

Animoca Brands Leads $130M Investment in Venture Accelerator Brinc for Web 3 Expansion

The funds will be used to lead Brinc’s expansion into DeFi and crypto gaming.

Hong Kong skyline (Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

Finance

What Kickstarter Going Decentralized Means for Web 3

Will other Web 2.0 giants glom onto crypto, DAOs and next generation web technology?

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Finance

A16z Leads $36M Bet on Web 3 Startup From Facebook Crypto Vets

Mysten Labs will soon launch its own NFT platform.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen

Markets

CoinDesk 20 Update: ATOM, ICP and SOL Are In; AAVE, GRT and UNI Are Out

Web 3 is replacing DeFi among the most traded currencies in crypto.

The Solana conference's closing gala in Lisbon's main square. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Hashed Raises $200M for Web 3 Investments

The South Korean venture firm has now raised $320 million in the past 12 months.

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Finance

El metaverso representa una oportunidad de mercado de $1 billón, según Grayscale

Los ingresos de los mundos virtuales de juego podrían crecer hasta los $400.000 millones en 2025.

(The Sandbox)

Finance

German VC Greenfield One Raises $160M Crypto Fund With Backing From Swisscom, Others

The VC’s third fund is its biggest yet, and most likely one of the largest crypto funds in Europe.

Berlin (Adam Vradenburg/Unsplash)

Tech

Web 3 Social Media Needs Dedicated Blockchains

General-purpose blockchains are awesome at DeFi, but prohibitively expensive for decentralized social media.

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Markets

Loopring Price Up 7-Fold This Month on GameStop Speculation, Metaverse Bets

The token has surged from below $1 to over $3 in the space of weeks.

There's suddenly a halo around Loopring in cryptocurrency markets. (Art Institute of Chicago, modified by CoinDesk)