Web3


Finance

FTX Ventures, DCG Back $9.6M Funding for Decentralized Database Solution Kwil

The community-owned platform could make it easier for Web2 developers to move into Web3.

Amy Wu, the head of of FTX Ventures (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Italy's AC Milan Launches NFT Game With MonkeyLeague

The new partnership with an esports franchise signals the soccer champion’s latest step forward into the web3 world.

AC Milan – Serie A Scudetto trophy (Chris Ricco/Getty Images)

Finance

The ETH Merge Did Little to Energize a Tepid NFT Market

In the weeks leading up to the Merge, NFT trading decreased overall, and this past week has been just slightly better.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Finance

Cryptography Network Lit Protocol Raises $13M to Bolster Web3 Autonomy and Interoperability

The Series A round is being led by crypto investment firm 1kx.

Lit Protocol has raised $13 million in a Series A round. (Pixabay)

Opinion

The Merge Doesn’t Solve Ethereum’s 'Atomic Composability'

What that is and why "cross-pollination" between decentralized applications matters.

(Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Opera's Crypto Browser to Add Support for Elrond After Roping In Eight Other Blockchains

The Norwegian browser company has already offered in-browser crypto wallet support to nine blockchains since its beta version in January.

Opera added support for Elrond, the ninth blockchain to be integrated with the browser. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Introducing ‘Women Who Web3’ – CoinDesk’s Newest Podcast

The CoinDesk Podcast network’s latest addition attempts to bridge the gender disparities within the Web3 community as well as celebrate and promote women within the space.

CoinDesk Podcast Booth (CoinDesk)

Finance

Funko Teams Up With Warner Brothers for DC Comics' NFT Release

DC fans who purchase the collectible can connect their crypto wallet and claim the NFT online, which is minted on the WAX blockchain.

A comic book cover and Funko action figures from DC’s “The Brave and the Bold” (Funko)

Opinion

What Are Solarpunk and Lunarpunk Anyway?

Two environmentally focused fictional microgenres have become cornerstones of the Web3 aesthetic. Here’s how that happened.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

NFT Marketplace OpenSea to Support Ethereum Roll-Up Arbitrum

“This is a first step in building our goal of a Web3 future where people have access to the NFTs they want on the chains they prefer,” OpenSea said in a tweet.

NFTs for sale on OpenSea (CoinDesk screenshot)