Web 3.0


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.

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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)

Opinion

Crypto Payments: When the Tech Fades to the Background

The evolution in interest among TradFi, which was once dominated by diehard crypto skeptics, from crypto curiosity to crypto commitment is perhaps the industry’s most important move yet.

TradFi version of ledgers (Chris Pastrick/Pixabay)