Web 3.0


Finance

Coinbase Ventures Backs Moralis' $40M Funding Round

The firm provides a development platform for building and launching Web 3 games, apps and NFTs.

Moralis co-founders Filip Martinsson and Ivan Liljeqvist (Moralis)

Finance

Katie Haun’s VC Firm Leads $11M Round for Web 3 Community Platform Highlight

Highlight offers a no-code toolkit for creators to easily build NFT-based Web 3 communities.

Venture capitalist Katie Haun appears on stage at the 2022 FTX/SALT Crypto Bahamas conference. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Michael Wagner: Building a Virtual Nation-State in the Metaverse

Meet the co-founder of Star Atlas, one of the most ambitious games in blockchain. You just have to get through the security first.

(Michael Wagner/modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bankless Crypto Channel Banned From YouTube

One of the most popular Ethereum-focused newsletters and podcasts said its account was terminated without warning or justification.

Screen after attempting to go to Bankless's channel. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Cometh Raises $10M to Boost Blockchain Game Adoption

The round was led by venture capital fund White Star Capital and decentralized autonomous organization Stake Capital.

Cometh has raised $10 million in a new funding round. (Getty Images)

Opinion

DeFi: Building the Infrastructure for Future Economies

It's also building the infrastructure for existing economies.

(Wordzandguitar/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

California Governor Signs Executive Order to Spur Crypto Industry in the State

The order prompts the creation of a regulatory framework for blockchain technologies and crypto financial assets.

California Governor Gavin Newsom

Finance

Gate Ventures on Track to Close $200M Crypto Fund by Q3

The VC arm of Gate.io will invest in layer 1 and layer 2 protocols that can help build an open internet.

Money (Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)

Finance

OneFootball Closes $300M Funding Round Led by Liberty City Ventures

The company also announced the formation of OneFootball Labs, a joint venture with Animoca Brands and Liberty City Ventures to accelerate its expansion into Web 3.

(Photo and Co/Getty images)

Finance

Maaria Bajwa: 'People Like to Root Against the Winners'

Bajwa once got wise advice from a mentor: To be valuable to your venture firm, you must have “domain expertise that no one else has.”

(Maaria Bajwa, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)